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Todd Hollingshead

Media Relations Manager/Information Manager
Email: toddh@byu.edu
801-422-8373

Todd's primary roles for BYU include writing feature stories and pitching them to national and local media, serving as a spokesperson and managing one of BYU’s social media accounts. He's also the point of contact for journalists looking for data & information requests or expert sources from our faculty.   

Todd graduated from BYU with a bachelor's degree in communications in 2004 and added a master's degree in communications in 2012. Before coming to BYU, he worked as a news reporter for The Daily Herald and The Salt Lake Tribune. Todd has worked in University Communications since 2007. He teaches an undergraduate public relations class in the Communications Department and loves the chance to be part of the students' lives.   

He loves working with the people in his department and across BYU and counts himself lucky to have witnessed the Jimmer years in person. 

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Intellect

Family ties: BYU study finds older Hispanic adults are buffered against social isolation despite higher rates of sensory disabilities

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By Sharman Gill
August 13, 2026
A recent BYU study, led by nursing professor Corinna Trujillo Tanner, examined social isolation in an especially vulnerable group — older adults with vision and hearing impairments. Researchers say the results, showing higher social connection in US Hispanic and Mexican older adults, can be explained by the shared ethnic cultural value of familismo that prioritizes family, respect for the elders, and reliance on one another for essential support.
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How BYU MBA students & Pathway Worldwide are empowering the next generation in Ghana

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By Sharman Gill
August 05, 2026
In an effort to encourage competitive skills in a complex labor market, a group of MBA students and professors from the BYU Marriott School of Business recently spent two weeks in Ghana, consulting with businesses and working with Ghanaian BYU-Pathway students.
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T-minus 2 years: How BYU is helping NASA prep for their 2028 Dragonfly mission

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NASA’s Dragonfly mission will send a robotic spacecraft to Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, where scientists hope to uncover clues about the building blocks of life. The mission is scheduled to launch in July 2028 and, with two short years to go, a group of BYU researchers has been tapped by NASA to understand the landscape and interpret what they will find.
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BYU study: Legalization of sports betting has led to households saving significantly less money

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July 21, 2026
As legalized sports betting becomes increasingly accessible with mobile apps such as DraftKings and FanDuel, a new study from BYU Finance professors is finding people are saving less to fuel gambling habits.
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How BYU students are tracking birds and protecting habitats at the Provo River Delta

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July 07, 2026
NOTE: All birds were captured and handled by Utah Division of Wildlife Resources with appropriate permits.
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Eleven new buildings to be built at Wymount Terrace

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Brigham Young University will construct 11 new apartment buildings at the Wymount Terrace on-campus housing area to replace existing aging buildings.
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Saving Lives at 14,000 Feet: How BYU Nursing transforms mountain rescue efforts in India and beyond

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By Sharman Gill
June 18, 2026
Since 2021, BYU Nursing professors and students have been helping transform mountain rescue so that Hindu pilgrims can worship with increased safety. Part of the broader Mountain People Project founded by nursing professor Craig Nuttall and co-operated with Summers, BYU established the first medically-trained helicopter airlift program in the region to evacuate people to the main trauma center.
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New research from BYU-led multi-institution consortium finds all major AI models ignore faith, religion in responses

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By Todd Hollingshead
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Newly published research from The Consortium for Evaluation of Faith and Ethics in AI (CEFE-AI) — a collaboration among researchers at BYU, Baylor University, the University of Notre Dame and Yeshiva University — found a consistent, repeatable pattern: religious perspectives are being left out of AI responses.
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BYU engineering students design new wearable tech for search and rescue rats... yes, rats!

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By Sharman Gill
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A recent BYU engineering capstone team took on the challenge of designing an improved backpack localization device for APOPO, a global organization that has deployed HeroRATS for more than 25 years. APOPO’s rats have helped save millions of lives by sniffing out explosives in war-torn regions and detecting tuberculosis in laboratory settings.
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