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Announcements

Honor Code Office website updated with student resources

July 10, 2019
BYU’s Honor Code Office updated the website HonorCode.BYU.edu today with additional student resources and information about Honor Code Office procedures.
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Faith

BYU Devotional: The gift of uncertainty

By Kaylee Esplin
July 09, 2019
Amy Tanner, associate professor and undergraduate coordinator for the mathematics education department, delivered Tuesday’s Devotional address in the de Jong Concert Hall.
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Announcements

New managing director for Risk Management and Safety

July 08, 2019
Branden Wilson has been named the new managing director of the risk management and safety department at Brigham Young University.
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Character

Cougar Query: "Math is collaborative and creative"

July 08, 2019
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Amy Tanner, a math education professor.
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Intellect

Can your shoes really make you run faster?

July 08, 2019
Led by Professor Iain Hunter, researchers at BYU studied top marathon running shoes to discover if one could help runners be more efficient
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Faith

BYU Devotional: Navigating "The Undiscover'd Country"

By Kaylee Esplin
July 02, 2019
Chris Crowe, professor of English and English education, delivered Tuesday’s Devotional address in the de Jong Concert Hall. Crowe spoke about navigating Hamlet’s “undiscover’d country” and how to face uncertainties.
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Character

Cougar Query: “Don’t sacrifice what you want most for what you want now”

By Kaylee Esplin
July 01, 2019
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Chris Crowe, a professor of English.
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Intellect

Freeze Frame: Researchers Solve How Cells Unfold Proteins

June 27, 2019
Researchers from Brigham Young University and University of Utah capture how Cdc48, harvested directly from yeast cells, unfolds proteins.
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Announcements

BYU announces changes to sick and vacation leave for administrative and staff employees

June 26, 2019
Accrual time for staff vacation leave to increase, new hires to receive five days sick and vacation leave upon hiring, sick leave accruals to be capped at 480 hours
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Faith

BYU Devotional: Choose to trust the Lord

By Kaylee Esplin
June 26, 2019
Michalyn Steele, associate professor of law, delivered Tuesday's Devotional address in the de Jong Concert Hall. Steele spoke about trusting the Lord throughout times of trial and tribulation.
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Intellect

Viewing pornography at work increases unethical behavior on the job

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
June 23, 2019
New research discovers employees who view pornography aren’t just costing companies millions of dollars in wasted time, they’re causing harm to the company.
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Character

Cougar Query: "You can do hard things"

By Kaylee Esplin
June 23, 2019
Name: Michalyn Steele
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Intellect

How you feel about your home is more important than the size

June 19, 2019
Although home environments affect the way many feel which, in turn, has the potential to influence family relationships, researchers at BYU recently found that how individuals perceive the space (too crowded or too spread out) in their homes has more of an effect on family functioning than actual characteristics, such as the size of the house or number of bedrooms.
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Be a light on the hill, BYU Broadcasting director inspires Knight Society

June 19, 2019
BYU Broadcasting stands on the shoulders of giants, according to managing director Michael Dunn.
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Announcements

Rosemary Thackeray appointed BYU assistant to the president for planning and assessment

June 18, 2019
Replaces James D. Gordon III, who is retiring after 35 years of service to the university
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Intellect

NASA turns to BYU for critical Mars research ahead of human missions

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
June 17, 2019
A multidisciplinary team of BYU chemistry and engineering researchers has been tasked by NASA to develop a system to measure the size and electrical charge of Mars dust — a detail seemingly innocuous, yet critical to the success of human missions to the Red Planet.
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Intellect

Helicopter parenting: Control vs. support makes all the difference

By Jayne Edwards
June 17, 2019
BYU researchers identify three different kinds of helicopter parents
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Intellect

Karl G. Maeser and James E. Talmage mentorship inspired special BYU coin

June 13, 2019
Justin Kunz, an illustration professor at BYU and medallic artist for the U.S. Mint, has previously designed more than 10 coins for the U.S. Mint as a member of the Artistic Fusion Program. Perhaps his most well-known was the 2017 portrayal of Lady Liberty that commemorated the 225th anniversary of the Mint’s coin production and was later named Best Gold Coin in the Coin of the Year Awards at the World Money Fair in Berlin. Recently, Kunz designed a new commemorative coin for BYU to celebrate the motto Inspiring Learning.
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Announcements

Larry Howell new BYU associate academic vice president

June 13, 2019
Academic Vice President C. Shane Reese has announced the appointment of Larry L. Howell as the new associate academic vice president for research and graduate studies at Brigham Young University.
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Announcements

Paul S. Edwards named new director of BYU’s Wheatley Institution

June 10, 2019
Replaces founding director Richard Williams, who will be returning to full-time teaching and research in Counseling Psychology and Special Education in the David O. McKay School of Education.
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Intellect

Water cycle diagrams are giving us a false sense of water security

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
June 10, 2019
New study finds texbook depictions need to be updated to show human impact
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Faith

BYU Devotional: The relational aspects of covenants

By Kaylee Esplin
June 10, 2019
Ellie Young, associate professor of clinical psychology and special education delivered Tuesday’s Devotional address in the de Jong Concert Hall. Young spoke on keeping our covenants with the Lord in an uplifting and supporting way.
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Cougar Query: "I have a beautiful view of the mountains, I have lovely colleagues around me and students stop by to chat."

By Kaylee Esplin
June 09, 2019
Name: Ellie Young
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Intellect

Immigrant students raise performance across the board

June 06, 2019
A group of researchers from BYU and the University of Albany recently tested the claim that immigrant students drain resources from native-born students -- but they found just the opposite to be true.
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Intellect

What if you could spot skin cancer before it got too serious?

June 04, 2019
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. If you could visibly see signs of skin cancer on your body, would you be more likely to visit the doctor? A group of professors from BYU and the University of Utah asked that exact question as they looked for the most effective ways to influence people to screen themselves for cancer.
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Faith

BYU Devotional: That shall ye also do

By Kaylee Esplin
June 03, 2019
Phillip Rash, director of First-Year Experience and assistant dean of Undergraduate Education, delivered Tuesday’s Devotional address in the de Jong Concert Hall. Rash spoke on the importance of reaching out to those on the margins of the different groups we belong to, including those who might feel marginalized at BYU.
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Cougar Query: "Approach old situations and challenges from new perspectives"

By Kaylee Esplin
June 02, 2019
Name: Phillip Rash
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Photo contest winners: The beauty of BYU

May 29, 2019
There were more than 70 entries in our Y News photo contest, each capturing a unique perspective of campus. From a surprise visit overhead to a pile of ducklings, every corner of BYU has its own beauty.
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Announcements

Interim dean for College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

May 29, 2019
Brigham Young University Academic Vice President James R. Rasband has announced that Gus L. W. Hart has been named interim dean of the BYU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, following the appointment of current dean C. Shane Reese as the academic vice president.
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Announcements

NASA scientist, NYT columnist among 2019-2020 BYU Forum Speakers

May 28, 2019
Six times a year, BYU invites experts in their fields to deliver a Forum address on campus. These illustrious speakers address the campus community on a variety of topics around the central theme, "The Pursuit of Democratic Character."
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