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Announcements

President Worthen accepts two distinguished appointments

May 25, 2023
Just one month after leaving the president’s office, Kevin J Worthen has been named as a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School and the first BYU Wheatley Institute Distinguished Fellow in Constitutional Government.
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Intellect

BYU team using wearable nanocomposite sensor and AI to create prescription-like system for chronic back pain

By Emily Lambert
May 24, 2023
To find effective therapies for chronic low back pain, and to help curb opioid addiction, the NIH created the Back Pain Consortium Research Program. BYU is one of 10 major universities (along with Harvard, Ohio State and the University of Utah) tapped to help with this effort, and new work from researchers here has led to a system to prescribe patient-specific back pain remedies like doctors would prescribe medication.
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Faith

Devotional: Choosing Christ's light burden

By Kailey Marshall
May 23, 2023
In a world in which so many view religion as a burden, it can be easy to be consumed by the message that by abandoning religion you can live a better, freer and more “advanced” life, taught Justin Dyer.
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Cougar Query: Justin Dyer

May 23, 2023
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Justin Dyer, a professor of Church history and doctrine.
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Intellect

Motivated by a love of God and His children, BYU student helps others find belonging

By Shelby Clark
May 18, 2023
Devoted BYU student Josie Zenger combines her passion for research and community, helping to create a sense of belonging for all students.
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Faith

Devotional: The process of Christlike transformation

By Kailey Marshall
May 16, 2023
Melissa Larson, a teaching professor in the School of Accountancy at BYU Marriott School of Business, delivered Tuesday's devotional address. She testified that while transforming moments can often be difficult, they are essential in order to become more like the Savior.
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Intellect

BYU grad programs shine in 2023-2024 edition of U.S. News rankings

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
May 16, 2023
Once again, BYU graduate programs shined in the newly released annual U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings, with the J. Reuben Clark Law School earning its highest ranking to date.
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Cougar Query: Melissa Larson

May 16, 2023
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Melissa Larson, a teaching professor in the School of Accountancy.
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Intellect

BYU students engineer most fuel-efficient vehicle on the continent, drive away with national title

By Shelby Clark
May 11, 2023
Engineering students at BYU have built a vehicle that can travel from Provo to Niagara Falls on one gallon of gas. To be exact, it can travel 1,915.83 miles per gallon, an astounding distance that is not only the best in the United States, but the best across the Americas.
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Faith

Devotional: "Here's my heart, O take and seal it"

By Kailey Marshall
May 09, 2023
Delivering the first devotional address of the spring term, Brooke Robertson, a policy manager and analyst for BYU’s Integrity and Compliance Office, shared several personal experiences and testified that by binding herself to Jesus Christ, she has been able to navigate the unexpected.
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Intellect

Awards season 2023: BYU students honored with prestigious scholarships, first-place finishes

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
May 09, 2023
Rise and shout! Across various disciplines, BYU students are being recognized for their world-class accomplishments.
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Faith

Ten uplifting quotes from 2023 BYU Women's Conference

May 08, 2023
The theme for the entire conference came from D&C 68:6: “Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you.”
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Intellect

BYU nursing professor awarded Utah Governor’s Medal for research on sexual assault

By Christie Allen
May 03, 2023
Dr. Julie Valentine “has been a driving force to inform policy to reduce sexual violence, provide a voice and vision for affected individuals"
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Intellect

A Q&A with a BYU hydrologist and flood expert as flooding threatens Utah this spring

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
May 01, 2023
In this Q&A, we hear from BYU civil engineering professor Jim Nelson, a hydrologist with decades of experience. He’s traveled across the country and the globe to consult with federal agencies, nonprofits and engineering consortiums to help better predict streamflows and plan for flooding.
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Events

April 2023 Commencement: Using agency to lift and empower others

By Christie Allen
April 27, 2023
At April’s commencement ceremony on Thursday, April 27, more than 6,800 students were honored for completing higher degrees at Brigham Young University.
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BYU grad combines science training and spiritual learning to serve those with genetic diseases

By Carl Stengel
April 27, 2023
Inspired by doctors who cared for her family, BYU grad Caitlin Silva pursues a career as a genetic counselor.
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International student using her education to help cultivate change

By Kailey Marshall
April 26, 2023
Michella Kopti's experiences at BYU have taught her self-reliance and set her on an academic path to accomplish her goals. She feels grateful for the professors and mentors who took her under their wings and opened doors of opportunity for her.
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Events

Devotional and forum schedule for spring/summer 2023

April 25, 2023
For the weekly devotionals and forums during the 2023 spring and summer terms, select BYU employees and industry experts will bring their industry knowledge, life experiences and spiritual insights to aid students in achieving BYU's aims.
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Brain tumor doesn't stop BYU grad from dancing and giving back

By Emily Lambert
April 25, 2023
Just over a month ago BYU senior Logan Barnes won the title of National Cabaret Champion at the National DanceSport Championships. While Barnes appears to be at the top of his game now, he came very close to missing out on dance, school and life just a few years ago.
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Events

Elder D. Todd Christofferson to speak at BYU's 2023 commencement exercises

April 24, 2023
Elder D. Todd Christofferson, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is scheduled to be the presiding authority and speaker during BYU's commencement exercises on Thursday, April 27.
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Seizing every good opportunity: A Q&A with the 2023 student commencement speaker

By Christie Allen
April 24, 2023
At BYU’s commencement exercises this week, University Honors student Samuel Benson will represent the graduates as the student speaker.
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Languages and leadership: How BYU prepared Andrew Bonney to build bridges of connection

By Shelby Clark
April 21, 2023
Andrew Bonney speaks Armenian, Arabic, Azerbaijani and Turkish. He is also fluent in the languages of leadership, love and loss.
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After ADHD diagnosis, mother of four returns to school to help others with disabilities

By Christie Allen
April 20, 2023
Rebekah Kaylor knows personally what it’s like to be burdened with an unrecognized disability. When three of her children were diagnosed with ADHD, she realized that she shared many of their symptoms. She eventually learned that she herself had the same condition, which explained why she’d struggled to complete college as a young adult years before.
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Announcements

BYU Tuition to increase 3% for 2023–24 academic year

April 20, 2023
Brigham Young University will implement a 3% increase for undergraduate tuition for the 2023–24 academic year. This will bring the undergraduate rate per semester from $3,152 to $3,248, an increase of $96.
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Intellect

ChatGPT can’t ace this test, but experts think it soon will… What it means for teaching

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
April 19, 2023
An astonishing 327 co-authors from 186 educational institutions in 14 countries participated in a new BYU-led study testing the capacity of ChatGPT to handle university-level accounting exams. They contributed 25,181 classroom accounting exam questions to see if the bot could outscore students.
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Wheatley Institute report: sexual restraint during dating years linked to strong marriages

April 18, 2023
The report reviews a series of recent studies using several different national datasets showing that having multiple sexual partners during the dating years leads to higher divorce rates in future marriages. These studies conclude that the number of sex partners a person has prior to marriage is one of the strongest predictors of divorce in social science research.
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From struggle to strength: How faith and community transformed the life of BYU student Jeremiah Tolento

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
April 13, 2023
For Tolento, a first-generation college student, the BYU experience was deeper than a world-class education. It was a place that helped him realize his full divine potential – a caring community of faith and friends unlike he’d ever experienced before.
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Faith

Devotional: Our own best story

By Kailey Marshall
April 11, 2023
“Over the years, I have been intrigued by connections that transform our physical world,” Elder Gerrit W. Gong acknowledged during his Tuesday devotional address at Brigham Young University. “For each of us, connection and transformation are also at the heart of our own best story.”
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Intellect

BYU projects show how students are prepared to make an impact on the world

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
April 11, 2023
From developing creative ways to teach math to planting trees along the Provo River, recent scholastic and civic projects from BYU students prove that an education that integrates faith, emotion, and intellect produces leaders with devoted hearts and purposeful souls.
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Intellect

BYU students shine at 42nd College Television Awards with multiple top accolades

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
April 05, 2023
The Television Academy Foundation announced the winners of the 42nd College Television Awards or “Student Emmy’s” earlier this week and BYU students once again claimed the top spot in the best animation series and the best commercial.
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