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BYU information systems professor tackles health fraud in India

October 01, 2009
Plagued by the disease of dirty business, India’s health system was weighed down by fraudulent bids for supplies. Conan Albrecht, a professor of information systems at the Marriott School, accepted the challenge to find a cure.

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BYU's "Education in Zion" exhibit hosts family night activity Oct. 5, 19

September 30, 2009
BYU’s “Education in Zion” exhibition will host a family night, Monday, Oct. 5, and again on Monday, Oct. 19, on the second floor exhibition gallery, located in the Joseph F. Smith Building.

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Women in the African peace process subject of BYU lecture Oct. 7

September 30, 2009
Asha Haji Elmi will present “Sixth Clan in Somalia: Women’s Influence for Peace,” at a David M. Kennedy Center lecture Wednesday, Oct. 7, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.

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Freedom of speech topic for South African editor at BYU lecture Oct. 6

September 30, 2009
“Freedom of Speech and Press: The Need and the Reasons” will be the topic at a David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies lecture Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.

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BYU's Orpheus Winds to present varied program Oct. 17

September 29, 2009
Orpheus Winds, a School of Music faculty ensemble, will be performing Saturday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall.

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Guest artists to present free woodwind recital at BYU Oct. 16

September 29, 2009
Guest artists Rebecca Henderson and Frank Morelli will be performing at the Madsen Recital Hall Friday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.

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NYC-based Theater Mitu to present "Death of a Salesman" at BYU Oct. 9-10

September 29, 2009
Theater Mitu will present Arthur Miller’s classic American drama “Death of a Salesman” at BYU during three shows Friday and Saturday, Oct. 9-10, in the Pardoe Theatre.

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BYU show "Real Families" nominated for Rocky Mountain Emmy

September 29, 2009
"Real Families Real Answers," a program sponsored by the School of Family Life and the College of Family, Home and Social Sciences, has been nominated for a Rocky Mountain Emmy.

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BYU Museum of Peoples, Cultures hosts mystery date night Oct. 9-10

September 29, 2009
The BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures, located at 700 N. 100 East in Provo, will host a mystery date night where couples will work together to solve “The Disappearance of the Parrot Jar” Friday and Saturday, Oct. 9-10, beginning at 6 p.m.

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What's New at BYU for October 2009

September 29, 2009
What’s New at BYU for October 2009, a calendar of campus events.

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Sugar + weed killer = potential clean energy source

September 28, 2009
Researchers at Brigham Young University have developed a fuel cell – basically a battery with a gas tank – that harvests electricity from glucose and other sugars known as carbohydrates.

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Marriott School students ramp up summer experience to compete

September 27, 2009
Hundreds of students from BYU's Marriott School of Management equipped themselves with skills to get ahead by interning last summer with some of the biggest names in business.

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BYU's Bean Museum names insect collection after two researchers

September 24, 2009
The Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum recently named its extensive entomology collection for two BYU emeritus professors, Richard W. Baumann and Stephen L. Wood.

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ORCA hosts Writing Workshop Sept. 30

September 24, 2009
The Office of Research and Creative Activities will host a Writing Workshop to help students prepare their ORCA applications Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 10 a.m. in the Wilkinson Student Center Varsity Theater.

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Entrepreneur Magazine, Princeton Review rank BYU Marriott School 18th

September 24, 2009
The Marriott School of Management is one of the top 25 colleges for students looking to start their own businesses, according to rankings published by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review.

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Chilean ambassador to the U.S. to speak at BYU Oct. 9

September 23, 2009
His Excellency José Goñi, Chilean ambassador to the U.S., will address “U.S.-Chilean Relations,” at a David M. Kennedy Center lecture Friday, Oct. 9, at 2 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium.

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BYU-Idaho president Kim B. Clark featured at Sept. 29 BYU devotional

September 23, 2009
Elder Kim B. Clark, BYU-Idaho president and an Area Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will speak at a campus devotional Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.

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"Reap the Wild Wind" to open BYU classic film series Sept. 25

September 23, 2009
Cecil B. DeMille's "Reap the Wild Wind" will begin the 11th season of the Brigham Young University Motion Picture Archive Film Series on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium.

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BYU Fine Arts and Entertainment Calendar for October 2009

September 22, 2009
The BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications has posted events for October 2009.

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School of Music faculty trio will perform Oct. 6

September 22, 2009
A faculty trio will be performing Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. The concert will feature Julie Bevan on cello, Jaren Hinckley on clarinet and Jeff Shumway on piano. The event is free.

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Terrorism analyst to discuss global threat Sept. 30 at BYU

September 22, 2009
Terrorism and Homeland Security analyst Ryan Chavez will address “Eight Years Later: Assessing the al-Qaida and Global Terrorist Threat” at a David M. Kennedy Center lecture Wednesday, Sept. 30, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.

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Christopher Dromey new chair of Department of Communication Disorders

September 20, 2009
K. Richard Young, dean of the David O. McKay School of Education, recently announced the appointment of Christopher Dromey as chair of the Department of Communication Disorders. Dromey replaces David McPherson, who has led the department since its inception nearly 13 years ago.

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BYU professor emeritus receives top honor from German government

September 20, 2009
Randall L. Jones, professor emeritus of German and former dean of the College of Humanities, has received a Bundesverdienstkreuz Award presented by Wolfgang Drautz, Los Angeles Consul General for the Federal Republic of Germany.

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BYU film professor lands Emmy nomination

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
September 17, 2009
BYU film professor Brad Barber headed off to New York City this week to find out if he and his colleagues will land an Emmy. Barber and colleagues were nominated for their editing work on "Resolved," and HBO documentary about high school debate students.

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Instrumental Showcase Oct. 1 to feature BYU's top bands, orchestras

September 17, 2009
The Instrumental Showcase will feature the Symphonic Band, Symphony Orchestra, Wind Symphony, Percussion Ensemble and Philharmonic Orchestra Thursday, Oct. 1, in the de Jong Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m.

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Michael D. Barnes new chair of BYU Department of Health Science

September 17, 2009
Dean Rodney J. Brown has appointed Michael D. Barnes as chair of the Department of Health Science in the College of Life Sciences.

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How to spell B-Y-U with DNA

September 15, 2009
Researchers from Brigham Young University found how to shape customized segments of DNA into tiny letters that spell “BYU.” This new method of DNA origami will appear in the aptly titled journal Nano Letters.

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DATE CHANGE: U.S. Coast Guard Band Saxophone Quartet to give BYU concert Oct. 1

September 15, 2009
The United States Coast Guard Band Saxophone Quartet will be performing in a free concert Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in BYU’s Madsen Recital Hall.

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Noted astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to give BYU forum Sept. 22

September 15, 2009
Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, will discuss “The Cosmic Perspective” during a campus forum Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.

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New BYU Museum of Art exhibit explores ‘types and shadows’ of Jesus Christ

September 15, 2009
“Types and Shadows: Intimations of Divinity,” a new exhibition at the Museum of Art on display from Friday, Sept. 18, through Saturday, March 13, will encourage viewers to participate in the process of seeking out and finding meaning in the symbols, metaphors and veiled visual references that “point to” the divine mission of Jesus Christ.

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