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BYU Devotional: Meekly placing our total trust in God

By Kaylee Esplin
February 11, 2020
Elder Terence M. Vinson, a member of the Presidency of the Seventy for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday’s campus Devotional address. He spoke about meekness and placing our total trust in God.
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Intellect

10,000 steps: Not quite magical when it comes to weight

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
February 10, 2020
For years now, 10,000 steps a day has become the gold standard for people trying to improve their health — and recent research shows some benefits can come from even just 7,500 steps. But if you’re trying to prevent weight gain, a new Brigham Young University study suggests no number of steps alone will do the trick.
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Faith

BYU Devotional: Ask of God — our solace, guide and stay

By Kaylee Esplin
February 04, 2020
Sister Bonnie H. Cordon, Young Women general president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday’s campus Devotional address. She spoke about finding peace and relying on God through prayer.
3 Min Read
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Intellect

BYU study: Wildfires increase winter snowpack — but that isn’t necessarily a good thing

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
February 04, 2020
Deep in the Tushar mountains, some three hours south of BYU’s campus, Ph.D. student Jordan Maxwell and two other students found themselves in deep snow, both literally and figuratively.
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Intellect

Praising students in a classroom setting has big impact on their behavior

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
January 29, 2020
The number of times a teacher compliments or recognizes a student’s good behavior, compared to how often the teacher reprimands the student, the more likely that student is going to stay focused on the task at hand.
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Intellect

BYU Forum: 26 Years to Pluto with Commitment and Collaboration

By Kaylee Esplin
January 28, 2020
In Tuesday’s campus forum, aerospace engineer and planetary scientist Alan Stern discussed the NASA mission to Pluto, New Horizons, and how his team was able to accomplish the impossible through commitment and collaboration.
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Intellect

Lost Einsteins: Reducing poverty increases innovation

Joe Hadfield
By Joe Hadfield
January 27, 2020
Law professor and neuroscientist Stephanie Plamondon Bair is making a new case for laws aimed at reducing poverty: They will fuel economic growth through an untapped pool of innovators.
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Intellect

Nature Study: Increasing number of university-licensed startups in the U.S. are not actually operating

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 23, 2020
An analysis of the Top 50 patent-producing universities in the United States finds a staggering increase in the amount of university-licensed startups that exist on paper, but are not really doing anything — no employees, often no physical location, no economic impact, finds the Nature Biotechnology study.
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Faith

BYU Devotional: Free to Choose

By Kaylee Esplin
January 21, 2020
Elder Ronald A. Rasband, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday’s campus Devotional address. He spoke about agency and religious freedom.
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Intellect

BYU professor’s full-length film accepted to Sundance Film Festival

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
January 21, 2020
Robert Machoian Graham has seen four of his past films make it to Sundance. The latest marks the first time one of his full-length films has been accepted.
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Intellect

Drinking 1% milk instead of 2% milk is associated with 4.5 years of less aging in adults

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 15, 2020
Drinking low-fat milk is associated with longer telomeres in adults. Adults who drink whole and 2% milk experience significant additional aging on the cellular level.
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Faith

BYU Devotional: Everything we need

By Kaylee Esplin
January 14, 2020
Elder Michael T. Ringwood, General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday’s campus Devotional address. He spoke about precious truths and gifts from Heavenly Father.
2 Min Read
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Events

Devotional and forum schedule for winter semester 2020

January 09, 2020
Every Tuesday at 11:05 a.m., students, faculty and staff head to the Marriott Center for the weekly Devotional or Forum address. 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. Entertainment assemblies celebrating the talent of BYU students round out the semester schedule.
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Faith

BYU Devotional: Enduring Joy

By Kaylee Esplin
January 07, 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 building character and finding joy.
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Events

A Decade in Review at BYU

Jon McBride
By Jon McBride
December 26, 2019
As 2019 wraps up, here's a look back at some big moments, important announcements, amazing inventions and fascinating research at BYU over the past decade.
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Intellect

Accounting students land BYU another No. 1 ranking

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
December 23, 2019
School of Accountancy students are the top large program in the country for first-time pass rates of the Certified Public Accountant Exam.
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Announcements

BYU announces interim university librarian

Natalie Ipson
By Natalie Ipson
December 19, 2019
Brigham Young University Academic Vice President C. Shane Reese has announced that Brian Rennick has been named interim university librarian, following the passing of university librarian Jennifer Paustenbaugh last month.
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Intellect

BYU offers 'crash course' in self-driving car technology

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
December 19, 2019
A BYU electrical engineering professor has found an innovative and inexpensive way to teach students how to program self-driving cars. Instead of building a full-scale autonomous vehicle, DJ Lee used RC cars and an indoor mini course to give students a crash course in the vocabulary and tech behind autonomous vehicles.
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Intellect

Which type of online sports fan are you: tailgater, trivia seeker or bandwagon fan?

By Sara Jane Aubrey
December 16, 2019
Recent research from BYU communications professors found the reason many fans get online to read and post about their favorite sports team tells a lot about the type of fan they are.
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Intellect

Succeeding out of your comfort zone

Joe Hadfield
By Joe Hadfield
December 11, 2019
A trio of BYU Law students entered and won the Utah Venture Capital Case Competition without any previous experience in the field.
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Faith

BYU Devotional: How to be happy now – and forever

By Kaylee Esplin
December 10, 2019
Sister Jean B. Bingham, General Relief Society President for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday’s campus Devotional address. She spoke about how keeping an eternal perspective leads to current and lasting happiness.
3 Min Read
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Intellect

How are local dry lakes impacting air quality and human health?

By Paul Swenson
December 09, 2019
New research from BYU’s geological sciences department found that about 90 percent of dust in Utah’s Wasatch Front comes from the west desert, an area that was once covered by the prehistoric Lake Bonneville but that is now a dried lakebed.
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Intellect

Water animation gets easier thanks to BYU professors

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
December 04, 2019
Computer science professors at BYU developed a method to quickly resize 4D animations of fluids without having to completely re-simulate the entire sequence.
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Faith

BYU Devotional: The power to change & experience God's love

By Kaylee Esplin
December 03, 2019
Elder Dale G. Renlund, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife, Sister Ruth L. Renlund, delivered Tuesday’s campus Devotional address. They spoke about the importance of making the power of God a central piece of our lives.
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Events

2019 BYU Holiday Event Guide

By Kaylee Esplin
November 25, 2019
Festivity, fun and inspiration are everywhere this holiday season, especially at BYU.
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Character

As they continue march through NCAA tournament, soccer stars cherish role in life-saving BYU humanitarian program

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
November 20, 2019
Senior soccer stars Lizzy Braby and Rachel Lyman have played a major role in dozens of wins over their BYU career. But their biggest win to date came thousands of miles away as part of BYU's Rheumatic Relief program.
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Intellect

BYU Forum: Reconstruction, white supremacy and the rise of Jim Crow

By Kaylee Esplin
November 19, 2019
Henry Louis Gates Jr., an award-winning filmmaker, historian and journalist, delivered Tuesday’s campus Forum address about the role that the historical period of Reconstruction continues to play in the racial conversation of the country today.
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Intellect

Stronger for having served

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
November 11, 2019
More than one million American men and women are veterans of the War on Terror—that is, veterans who served in the U.S. Armed Forces after September 2001. Contrary to popular belief, most veterans who return home do not experience PTSD or similar conditions.
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Intellect

E-bikes provide intense exercise, but it doesn’t feel like a workout

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
November 07, 2019
Participants in a new study hit elevated heart rates riding the same test loop on both e-mountain bikes and regular mountain bikes, suggesting that e-bikes can in fact be a good source of high-intensity exercise.
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Faith

BYU Devotional: Are you ready?

By Kaylee Esplin
November 05, 2019
Bishop W. Christopher Waddell, second counselor in the Presiding Bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday’s campus Devotional address about the difference between good and essential, and the importance of thoughtful preparation.
3 Min Read
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