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Access to Education Records—FERPA—Annual Notice
September 25, 2020
Student education records at BYU are generally accessible to eligible students according to the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). BYU has adopted Access to Student Records Procedures that explain in detail student rights relating to their education records.
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Intellect
BYU professor helps courts solve 60 cases as language detective
By Christie Allen
September 25, 2020
Dr. Eggington has had plenty of exciting moments as a forensic linguist. What he really cares about—why he became a linguistics professor to begin with—is using his knowledge of language to help others.
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Intellect
Hottest and driest August in Provo ever recorded
Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
September 23, 2020
BYU student- and faculty-run weather station sees record-high temperatures and little rain this summer.
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Faith
Devotional: Enduring and trusting to the end
By Kaylee Esplin
September 23, 2020
Estela Marquez, an advisor at BYU Multicultural Services, delivered Tuesday’s devotional. She shared several personal experiences and challenges, speaking about enduring to the end and trusting in God.
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Announcements
New dean for College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
September 22, 2020
Brigham Young University Academic Vice President C. Shane Reese announced today that Grant Jensen has been named the new dean of the BYU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
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Character
Cougar Query: "The title of my autobiography would be 'To Live a Plentiful Life'"
By Kaylee Esplin
September 18, 2020
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Estela Marquez of BYU Multicultural Student Services.
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BYU stays in the top 10 for social media engagement for fourth year in a row
September 18, 2020
Thanks to its passionate student body, faculty, alumni and friends, BYU is ranked No. 10 in the nation among universities for social media engagement.
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Announcements
Mike Roberts named managing director of BYU Alumni and External Relations
Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
September 18, 2020
Brigham Young University Advancement Vice President Keith Vorkink announced today that Mike Roberts has been named the managing director of BYU Alumni and External Relations.
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Announcements
BYU announces new Sorensen Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership
Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
September 17, 2020
Brigham Young University today announced the creation of the David E. and Verla A. Sorensen Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership. The new Center was made possible by a $40 million endowment from the Sorensen Family, longtime supporters of BYU and members of the BYU President’s Leadership Council.


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Faith
Devotional: Choose you this day whom ye will serve
By Kaylee Esplin
September 15, 2020
Elder James B. Martino, general authority seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday’s campus devotional, which was livestreamed from the Marriott Center. He spoke about making choices that align with a desire for righteousness.
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Character
First responders honored on 9/11 through pro bono 'Wills for Heroes' project
September 14, 2020
Roughly 120 local first responders were assisted in completing their basic estate planning documents, free of charge, as BYU Law sponsored it’s second Wills for Heroes project last week.


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Intellect
BYU Chamber Orchestra, Lea Salonga beat out stiff competition for BroadwayWorld award
By Christie Allen
September 09, 2020
A collaborative album between the BYU Chamber Orchestra and Broadway superstar Lea Salonga, “The Story of My Life: Lea Salonga Live from Manila,” recently received the 2020 BroadwayWorld Album Award for Best New EP/Solo Release.
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Faith
BYU Devotional: Faith, courage and hope
By Kaylee Esplin
September 08, 2020
President Kevin J Worthen and Sister Peggy S. Worthen welcomed students back to campus with the first devotional of the semester. They spoke about maintaining faith and hope during challenging times.
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Intellect
Animation-streaming glasses to help children with autism establish eye contact
By Rachel Smith
September 02, 2020
Hoping to create a solution to the eye-contact conundrum for children with autism, a BYU Engineering Capstone team and their sponsor have created a pair of glasses that display dynamic animated images on the lenses, potentially increasing the engagement and comfort of the child as they work to improve eye contact.


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Character
President Worthen: In the midst of a pandemic, “act while being acted upon”
Natalie Ipson
By Natalie Ipson
August 27, 2020
In his general session address, President Kevin J Worthen encouraged faculty and staff to continue to push forward through the circumstances brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. 
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Intellect
Forty years of voting history reveals vote-by-mail does not give either political party an edge
By Christie Allen
August 26, 2020
Researchers evaluated over 40 million individual voting records and found the system is unlikely to advantage Democrats, disadvantage Republicans.
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Intellect
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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Announcements
2020 University Conference awards
August 24, 2020
Over this past year and throughout their careers, 47 BYU employees—professors, accountants, office managers, photographers and more—have found significant ways to contribute to the university.
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Office of Research and Creative Activities is now the Research Administration Office
August 21, 2020
The Office of Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) is now the Research and Administration Office (RAO). The name change, approved in June 2020, will more accurately reflect the office’s primary functions.
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Intellect
Reports of domestic violence on the rise during pandemic, BYU study finds
By Christie Allen
August 21, 2020
The conditions created by COVID-19—unexpected time at home, unemployment and financial insecurity, anxiety and stress—are the same conditions known to aggravate domestic violence.
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Announcements
BYU announces temporary “test optional” admission application
August 13, 2020
Recognizing the disruption COVID-19 has created for prospective students, potentially interfering with test preparation and the logistics of taking the ACT/SAT exams, Brigham Young University has temporarily suspended the ACT/SAT test score requirement for admission and scholarships.
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Intellect
Health lobbyists swarming for COVID-19 funding, study finds
Todd Hollingshead
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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Announcements
Devotional and forum schedule for fall semester 2020
Natalie Ipson
By Natalie Ipson
August 06, 2020
BYU President Kevin J Worthen and his wife Peggy kick off the semester and are followed by members of the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, BYU employees and a range of industry leaders and thinkers.
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Intellect
BYU Project seeks to connect generations of Cambodian families
By Brenna Seeman
August 05, 2020
Launched in January of 2016, the Cambodian Oral History Project works to collect and preserve the records of the Cambodian people.
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Intellect
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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Announcements
BYU names new chief information security officer, new chief information privacy officer
Natalie Ipson
By Natalie Ipson
July 28, 2020
Brigham Young University Vice President of Information Technology Tracy Flinders named John Payne as the new chief information security officer and Howard Loos as the new chief information privacy officer responsible for protecting the university’s information.
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Intellect
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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Intellect
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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Intellect
For pandemic comfort eating, Utah is the plate: new book shows why
By Brenna Seeman
July 23, 2020
We may be in the middle of a global pandemic, but there is no way Utahns would ever give up their fry sauce!
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Intellect
Statistics professors awarded for their excellence in research
Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
July 22, 2020
Three separate statistics articles by BYU professors recently won paper-of-the-year awards from three academic journals.
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