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Intellect

BYU tech leads to one of the fastest growing companies in America

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
November 30, 2020
A startup created from and fueled by BYU tech, is the fastest growing simulation company in America, ranking No. 594 in the Inc. 5000 list. The company grew out of the research of BYU professor Michael Scott and builds engineering simulation software commonly used in the automotive and defense industries.
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Character

Cougar Query: "BYU’s mission and people make it wonderful; there’s no place quite like it."

By Kaylee Esplin
November 30, 2020
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet English professor Matthew Wickman.
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Announcements

Theme and changes to BYU Women’s Conference 2021 announced

November 23, 2020
The theme for the conference is “I am a Child of God. His Promises are Sure,” reminding us that we are all beloved spirit daughters of heavenly parents and that God desires to bless us with the richest of all blessings.
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Intellect

Forum: Education as emancipation

By Kaylee Esplin
November 17, 2020
Ziauddin Yousafzai, educator and social activist, delivered the forum address on Nov. 17.
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Intellect

Online therapy just as effective as in-person therapy for many patients

By Christie Allen
November 12, 2020
Online therapy boasts a number of benefits, including eliminated wait times, increased accessibility, lower cost, anonymity and the ability to self-pace.
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Intellect

BYU partnering with NASA to send a ‘spacecraft selfie cam’ into space on official mission

November 11, 2020
After years of engineering, testing and coordinating with engineers from NASA’s Launch Services Program, Brigham Young University students have created a cube satellite that will launch into space on an official NASA mission later this year.


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Faith

Devotional: Great expectations

By Kaylee Esplin
November 10, 2020
Elder Quentin L. Cook, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday’s devotional address. He spoke on the great expectations for the rising generation, saying that our Heavenly Parents and Jesus Christ have high hopes and aspirations for all of their children on the earth.
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Intellect

BYU blood test can detect presence of deadly superbugs in less than one hour

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
November 09, 2020
Four BYU professors across four disciplines — molecular biology, chemistry, integrated optics and chemical processing — have created a method to extract superbugs from whole blood, prep them for testing and then provide a diagnosis all in under one hour.


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Announcements

BYU announces hiring of new police chief

November 04, 2020
BYU today announced the hiring of Matthew G. Andrus as the new Chief of the BYU Police Department, effective immediately.


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Intellect

Tired of staring at your phone? Grab a short story from BYU’s new dispensers

By Christie Allen
November 04, 2020
Two new vending machines on BYU's campus will print out free short stories, poems and essays on rolls of receipt paper. One is on the library's ground-floor thoroughfare and another is taking stops all across campus.
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Faith

Devotional: Faith and science, symbiotic pathways to truth

By Kaylee Esplin
November 03, 2020
Jamie Jensen, associate professor in the College of Life Sciences, delivered Tuesday’s devotional address. She spoke about the battle between faith and science and about how diligent study of different truths can lead to conclusions about each.
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Character

Cougar Query: One item on my bucket list is to go on an African safari and see the wildlife before it’s gone.

By Kaylee Esplin
November 03, 2020
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Jamie Jensen, Associate Professor in the College of Life Sciences.
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Intellect

BYU team combines supercomputers and Henry Eyring’s 90-year-old theory to create a new chemical catalyst

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
October 30, 2020
A group of undergraduate students, graduate students and a post-doctoral scholar in a BYU chemistry lab combine forces and use machine learning to solve a complex chemistry problem.
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Intellect

Families resilient in face of COVID-19, American Family Survey says

By Christie Allen
October 29, 2020
In the tumult of 2020 America—the pandemic, the protests, the presidential election—BYU political scientists have spotted some good news.
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Faith

Devotional: Racism and other challenges

By Kaylee Esplin
October 27, 2020
President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday’s devotional address. He spoke about addressing racism and other current social challenges.
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Intellect

Civic participation higher among male veterans compared to other men

By Christie Allen
October 26, 2020
A new BYU study shows that contrary to many assumptions, military service has historically predicted greater civic participation — involvement in formal, purposeful social organizations — later in life.
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Character

Undergraduate research opportunities launch BYU grad to Yale Med

By Christie Allen
October 22, 2020
Jacob Mabey authored two research papers as an undergraduate at BYU and coauthored two more before graduating this year. Now he is using his research experience as a first-year student at the Yale School of Medicine. He follows the path of many BYU grads who go on to earn PhDs, something for which BYU ranks No. 5 in the country.
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Intellect

With innovative nanofiber membranes, cloth masks’ efficacy goes up to 99%

By Christie Allen
October 21, 2020
The cloth masks many are sporting these days offer some protection against COVID-19. However, they typically provide much less than the professional N95 masks used by healthcare workers. That may soon change. Recently, students from BYU’s College of Engineering teamed up with Nanos Foundation to develop a nanofiber membrane that can be sandwiched between the cloth pieces in a homemade mask, increasing efficacy up to 99%.


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Intellect

Forum: The power of interfaith unity

By Kaylee Esplin
October 20, 2020
Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, delivered Tuesday’s university forum. He spoke on the importance of an interfaith effort to achieve unity.
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Intellect

Fighting fire with seeds: BYU restoring scorched landscapes after devastating wildfires

Julie Walker
By Julie Walker
October 14, 2020
Catastrophic fires in the West are burning hotter than ever, leaving paths of destruction through both human development and native plant ecosystems. Seed coating technology from BYU is helping restore native plant systems.
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Faith

Devotional: Harmony of body and spirit, a key to happiness

By Kaylee Esplin
October 13, 2020
Bishop Gérald Caussé, Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday’s devotional address. He spoke about building harmony between our bodies and spirits, which Caussé said is key to finding true happiness both in our mortal existence and in the life to come.
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Q&A about BYU's campus climate survey on diversity and equity

October 13, 2020
BYU is conducting a campus climate survey on diversity and equity as part of an ongoing effort to “review processes, laws and organizational attitudes regarding racism and root them out.”
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Intellect

Work to be done before people feel ready for COVID-19 vaccine, BYU study finds

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 13, 2020
A new BYU study, published in the journal Vaccines, shows that 68% of respondents are supportive of being vaccinated for COVID-19, but concerns remain about side effects, sufficient vaccine testing and vaccine effectiveness.


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Intellect

BYU software predicts the rise and fall of every river on earth; agencies like NASA are using it to save lives worldwide

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 08, 2020
Water modeling software created by BYU researchers can predict the rise and fall of every river on the face of the planet. Those streamflow forecasts are now being made available to agencies worldwide to deal with water emergencies.
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Faith

Devotional: Angels to beckon me

By Kaylee Esplin
October 06, 2020
Candace Berrett, associate professor in the statistics department, delivered Tuesday’s devotional. She spoke about waiting and recognizing the efforts from those around us to lift and strengthen in our behalf.
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Character

Cougar Query: "My favorite lecture to teach is one that involves food or clever uses of mathematics."

By Kaylee Esplin
October 05, 2020
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet statistics professor Candace Berrett.
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Announcements

New BYU Security Department announced; will operate separately from BYU Police

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 01, 2020
BYU announced today the formation of the new BYU Security Department, which will function separately from and alongside the BYU Police Department.
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Intellect

Forum: What does it mean to be educated?

By Kaylee Esplin
September 29, 2020
Lawyer and political adviser Melody Barnes spoke about education, the implications of picking and choosing who will be educated and the ramifications of such choices for today's democracy during Tuesday’s forum via Zoom.
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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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