Skip to main content
University Communications
News
Hollingshead, Todd 07 copy.jpg

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. 

More from this author
data-content-type="article"
Intellect

Figure 8: Skaters feel eight times their body weight when they land a jump

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
February 17, 2014
When Gracie Gold and Ashley Wagner head back out onto the ice this week they will be competing against the world’s best for Olympic gold.

3 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Intellect

Immune system discovery could lead to more effective vaccines

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
February 12, 2014
A BYU study in Nature Immunology could have significant impact on the development of vaccines. This research joins other studies taking place at BYU, helping improve treatment and diagnosis in the fields of cancer, Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

3 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Intellect

What your company can learn from NASA's tragedies

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 28, 2014
A new study of NASA’s safety climate coauthored by BYU professor Peter Madsen finds that recognition of near-misses events goes up when the significance of a project is emphasized, and when organizational leaders emphasize safety relative to other goals (like efficiency).

3 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Intellect

BYU's smart object recognition algorithm doesn't need humans

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 14, 2014
BYU engineer Dah-Jye Lee has created an algorithm that can accurately identify objects in images or video sequences without human calibration.

2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Intellect

BYU biologist receives White House's top young faculty distinction

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 02, 2014
Joel Griffitts, BYU professor of microbiology and molecular biology, was recently awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, becoming only the third BYU faculty member ever to receive the distinction.

2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Intellect

BYU research in Nature: Rare gene variants double Alzheimer's risk

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
December 10, 2013
BYU researchers — including one undergraduate student — are part of a team that has identified gene variations that double a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life.

2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Intellect

Malnourished children still have hope beyond first 1,000 days

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
December 09, 2013
In a longitudinal study of 8,000 children from four poverty-laden countries, BYU health science professor Ben Crookston and colleagues found that the developmental damage of malnutrition during the first 1,000 days is not irreversible.

2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Intellect

BYU engineers turn to origami to solve astronomical space problem

November 26, 2013
Working with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a team of BYU mechanical engineering students and faculty have designed a solar array that can be tightly compacted for launch and then deployed in space to generate power for space stations or satellites.

2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Intellect

Consistent bed time and wake time linked to healthier weight

November 12, 2013
BYU exercise science professor Bruce Bailey studied more than 300 women from two major Western U.S. universities over the course of several weeks and found that those with the best sleeping habits had healthier weights.

2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
Previous Next