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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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Tiny 'ghost creatures' from Antarctica give insight into past, current climate change
By Brenna Seeman
August 25, 2020
Researchers, led in part by BYU’s Byron Adams, are using the history of tiny little microscopic Antarctic animals to solidify exactly how ice sheet dynamics played out over time and how they impacted historical ecosystems.


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Health lobbyists swarming for COVID-19 funding, study finds
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By Todd Hollingshead
August 12, 2020
To date, Congress has authorized roughly $3 trillion in COVID-19 relief assistance— the largest relief package in history. With more COVID relief money on the way, a new study led by two Brigham Young University business professors finds these newly available funds led to a significant surge in health sector lobbying activity, especially within the pharmaceutical industry.


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Study: Women’s in-class participation, performance increase with more female peers, instructors
By Christie Allen
August 05, 2020
Because 60% of biology undergraduates nationwide are female, the life sciences have long been thought to enjoy more gender equity than other STEM fields. But a new BYU study challenges the notion that all is well for gender parity in biology classrooms.
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Want to increase your scientific impact? Consider popular media, new research finds
By Christie Allen
July 27, 2020
New BYU research published in PLOS One found that the more scientific publications were referenced in popular media — mainstream news and social media — the more they were also cited in peer-reviewed literature.
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BYU analysis of 115+ studies: Masks powerful & cost-effective in combating COVID-19
July 23, 2020
In an analysis of more than 115 studies on the effectiveness of masks in controlling COVID-19, BYU researchers found that masks could be one of the most powerful and cost-effective tools to stop COVID-19 and accelerate the economic recovery.


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BYU students help create thermal imaging system to detect wildfires early
By Cami Buckley
July 22, 2020
A group of BYU students from the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering teamed up with internet connectivity provider UTOPIA Fiber to create a new early-detection tool that could save communities thousands of dollars and, more importantly, lives.


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Study: Black homeownership is lowest since 1968; what that means in an election year
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By Todd Hollingshead
July 08, 2020
Since data shows homeownership is strongly tied to voter turnout this could indicate a potential negative impact on Black voter turnout in 2020.
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Study: Going to virtual work spaces has changed leadership. Have you noticed?
By Christie Allen
June 29, 2020
According to recent BYU research, members of virtual teams identify leaders in significantly different ways compared to members of in-person teams.
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Low-cost ventilator evolves from BYU Capstone project to FDA-approved device for COVID-19
By Cami Buckley
June 19, 2020
A group of BYU alums and BYU students have created a low-cost, lightweight ventilator that just received emergency FDA approval for use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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