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BYU plans to appeal Department of Public Safety decision

February 25, 2019
For nearly 40 years, BYU has protected its students and campus community, one of the largest concentrations of citizens in the state of Utah, through a state-certified police force called University Police. For that entire time, Utah statutes have recognized the police force that BYU established and have authorized its state-certified peace officers to keep the peace. During this time, BYU has borne the financial burden of paying for these law enforcement officials.
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Intellect

BYU Forum: Seek help and show compassion

By Erica Ostergar
February 25, 2019
Dr. Kay Jamison, clinical psychologist mental health advocate, delivered the BYU Forum address on Tuesday. Dr. Jamison shared personal experiences with mental illness and discussed the relationship between students and mood disorders like depression and bipolar disorder.
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Intellect

BYU's new lab mixes virtual and augmented realities

By Jayne Edwards
February 19, 2019
In BYU’s new Mixed Reality Lab, students are forging a new frontier of virtual and augmented reality. The lab becomes scattered with robots. Equipped with a headset and a controller, a player is tasked with saving the lab from an invasion. Their reality is mixed with augmented 3D technology.
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Announcements

New Dean for BYU Religious Education

February 17, 2019
Brigham Young University Academic Vice President James R. Rasband announced today that Daniel K Judd has been named the new Dean of Religious Education.
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Intellect

BYU researchers unfold new class of mechanical devices

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
February 13, 2019
"Developable mechanisms" are built into the surfaces of structures
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Intellect

BYU marriage and family therapy program honored nationally for research

February 13, 2019
The BYU marriage and family therapy program was recently named the No. 1 program of its kind for research productivity.
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Faith

BYU Devotional: If you don't like it, change it

By Erica Ostergar
February 11, 2019
Carrie Roberts, head coach of the BYU women’s golf team, delivered Tuesday’s BYU Devotional. She spoke about agency and becoming a champion through making choices.
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Character

Cougar Query: "I teach them a thing or two about golf"

By Erica Ostergar
February 06, 2019
Name: Carrie Roberts
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Intellect

BYU researchers find new target for pancreatic cancer treatment

By Whitney Steele
February 05, 2019
One of the biggest challenges to cancer therapy is that cancer cells adapt to their environment and become resistant to treatment. New research by BYU professor John Price and grad student Monique Speirs found a way to slow this adaptation process — technically called metabolic reprogramming — in one of the most difficult cancers to treat: pancreatic cancer.
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Faith

BYU Devotional: Always Remember Him

By Erica Ostergar
February 04, 2019
Elder Ulisses Soares, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke at Tuesday’s BYU Devotional about taking the sacrament and remembering Christ.
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Intellect

Study finds bedrock is teeming with microorganisms protecting water quality

February 03, 2019
Nitrogen pollution from human fertilizer and fossil fuels affects two-thirds of freshwater bodies worldwide and causes billions of dollars of damage to fisheries and ecosystems annually. It triggers harmful algal blooms and dead zones where only worms and bacteria can survive.
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Announcements

BYU one of nation's highest producers of foreign-language degrees

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 30, 2019
BYU comes in at No. 3 overall, tops several specific language categories
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Intellect

Study: Collaborative video games could increase office productivity

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 28, 2019
Move over trust falls and ropes courses, turns out playing video games with coworkers is the real path to better performance at the office.
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Intellect

BYU Forum: Crafting authentic stories

By Erica Ostergar
January 28, 2019
Matt Luhn, a story and branding consultant for Pixar, delivered the BYU forum address on Tuesday. He discussed how to craft and tell stories, whether those stories are for a movie or for any other outlet.
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Announcements

Chris Autry appointed BYU Police Chief

January 23, 2019
Replaces Chief Larry Stott, who retired after 19 years as BYU's Police Chief
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Intellect

BYU professor’s film short gets Sundance premiere, wins Jury award

By Alexa Reimschussel
January 22, 2019
Less than one percent of submissions to the Sundance Film Festival gets accepted. This year alone, the committee selected a mere 112 pieces from more than 14,000 entries.
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Intellect

On its own, Trump admin's price disclosure policy unlikely to help curb drug prices

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 21, 2019
The Trump administration’s proposal to require pharmaceutical companies to publish drug prices in TV ads is unlikely to help control drug prices, according to a co-authored BYU study published Jan. 22 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Faith

BYU Devotional: Stand forever with faith

By Erica Ostergar
January 21, 2019
Elder Lawrence E. Corbridge, a General Authority Seventy for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke at Tuesday’s BYU Devotional about standing strong with faith, even amid antagonistic voices.
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Intellect

BYU researchers create a FitBit-like device for figure skaters

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 14, 2019
Project is funded by the U.S. Figure Skating Association
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Faith

BYU Devotional: Can you hear the music of heaven?

By Erica Ostergar
January 14, 2019
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke at Tuesday’s BYU Devotional. He spoke about listening to and learning from the voice of the Spirit.
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Intellect

Good vs. Evil: How heroes and villains affect the food you buy

January 09, 2019
Heroes on packaging can make vice food seem less harmful to consumers
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Faith

BYU Devotional: Find your spiritual gifts, Know who you are

By Erica Ostergar
January 07, 2019
President Kevin J Worthen and Sister Peggy S. Worthen welcomed students back to campus with the first devotional of the semester. They spoke about spiritual gifts and eternal identities.
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Intellect

‘A way cool way to be’: BYU team gains insights into understudied group of children with autism

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
January 01, 2019
It’s a challenging proposition for anyone: Lie flat on your back, helmet covering half of your face, in a tight-quartered MRI capsule that would make even the non-claustrophobe jittery. Then try not to move for 45 minutes. For children and adolescents with autism and low verbal and cognitive performance (LVCP), that proposition has been nearly impossible without sedation — until now.
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Intellect

Top 10 BYU News stories of 2018

By Erica Ostergar
December 19, 2018
Bonus feature: Top 5 BYU videos of the year
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Intellect

Does political party trump ideology?

By Jayne Edwards
December 17, 2018
It’s the political scientist’s often-asked chicken and egg: does a person’s political party or policy attitudes come first?
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Intellect

BYU study: Cancer passing heart disease as leading cause of death in more and more states

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
December 17, 2018
Trend shows U.S. on verge of epidemiologic transition
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Events

Devotional and forum schedule for winter semester 2019

December 16, 2018
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 Arts round out the semester schedule.
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Intellect

Students build smaller, equally powerful version of Village Drill

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
December 12, 2018
Water-well drill can now reach more remote locations around globe
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Intellect

BYU home to nation's best chemical engineering student

By Jayne Edwards
December 11, 2018
BYU professor also wins prestigious chemical engineering honor
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Faith

BYU Devotional: This is my day of opportunity

By Erica Ostergar
December 10, 2018
Sister Michelle D. Craig, first counselor in the Young Women general presidency for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke at Tuesday’s BYU Devotional. She talked about taking advantage of the opportunities we have in life to develop things we can take with us into the eternities.
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