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Intellect

BYU engineering prof helping find answers to why Mexico quake was so deadly

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 25, 2017
It’s been a little over a month since a devastating 7.1-magnitude earthquake killed 370 people and injured roughly 6,000 more in Mexico. A BYU professor is helping find answers to help the rebuilding effort.

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Events

‘The Mill on the Floss’ Opens Dialogue on Love and Loss

October 24, 2017
A moving story portraying a family’s plight with pride, forgiveness and humility will be depicted in “The Mill on the Floss,” opening Nov. 3.

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Events

Percussion Ensembles perform rhythms from around the world

October 24, 2017
An Evening of Percussion includes performances by BYU’s Percussion Ensemble, Gamelan Bintang Wahyu and Panoramic Steel

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Intellect

The font you never realized was everywhere

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
October 23, 2017
In his new book, Never Use Futura, BYU design professor Douglas Thomas explores the cultural history and impact of the typeface you never knew you knew.

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Intellect

All is fair in love and war: Politicians divide parties with violent speech

By K.C. Miller
October 23, 2017
Scroll through Twitter or watch an NFL game and you’ll quickly remember we live in a time of unprecedented political polarization. According to BYU researchers, politicians’ penchant for violent language isn’t helping.

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Announcements

BYU Broadcasting Consolidates TV and Radio Operations

October 22, 2017
KBYU Channel 11 to become BYUtv HD Local, Classical 89 to become BYUradio on June 30, 2018

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Events

Free Family Concert Series introduces young audiences to opera and jazz

October 22, 2017
The first two Family Concert Series events will feature selections from “A Grand Night of Opera” and the BYU Jazz Ensemble.

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Intellect

BYU neuroscientists identify how brain cells in adolescent mice are modified by marijuana

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 19, 2017
A newly published study by BYU researchers details how marijuana affects an adolescent brain’s reward center, at the cellular level.

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Intellect

Texas football culture spreads to BYU faculty

Joe Hadfield
By Joe Hadfield
October 17, 2017
This women’s flag football team is full of Ph.D.s
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Events

Wind Symphony presents melodies from down under

October 17, 2017
The BYU Wind Symphony will present their concert titled Music from the Land Down Under on November 3.

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Events

25th Anniversary of Final Cut Film Festival to Feature Student-made Films

October 16, 2017
In a quarter of a century, it has become the longest-running and largest film festival on campus.

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Faith

BYU Devotional: Yoked with Christ

By Kristine Hoyt
October 16, 2017
Carolyn Billings, director of Sports Medicine, spoke about how to stay with Christ during personal struggles. 

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Intellect

Study shows stress could be just as unhealthy as junk food

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 15, 2017
We all know that a poor diet is unhealthy, but a new BYU study finds that stress may just as harmful to our bodies as a really bad diet.

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Character

Cougar Query: "When I have 30 minutes of free-time, you can find me riding my motorcycle"

By Kristine Hoyt
October 15, 2017
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them a few simple questions about their work, interests and life. Today we meet Carolyn Billings, Director of Sports Medicine.

 

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Intellect

Break the attachment before selling your stuff, BYU study says

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 12, 2017
Ever tried to sell something you’ve owned for a while on Craigslist and found that no one is willing to pony up what you’re asking? It's because you're asking too much.

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Events

Renowned guitar duo comes to BYU

October 12, 2017
The two guitarist met backstage at a Punch Brothers concert and combined their styles to make an unlikely, but succesful, duo.

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Announcements

Respect the Rights of Others–– Annual Copyright Notice

October 10, 2017
Copying and distributing copyrighted material without permission may incur civil and criminal liabilities. This includes peer to peer file sharing.

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Events

“A Grand Night of Opera” explores dichotomy of human emotions

Natalie Ipson
By Natalie Ipson
October 09, 2017
Giacomo Puccini's contrasting operas, "Suor Angelica" (a tragedy) and "Gianni Schicchi," (a comedy) will be presented together by BYU's School of Music.

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Faith

BYU Devotional: Putting off the natural man and becoming saints

By Trevor Morgan
October 09, 2017
Elder Carl B. Cook, General Authority Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, invited listeners to put off the natural man

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Intellect

New England Journal of Medicine study: Benefits of gastric bypass surgery persist 12 years later

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 05, 2017
New research coauthored by a BYU professor shows that 12 years after gastric bypass surgery, significant weight loss and diabetes-related benefits persist in most patients.

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Announcements

BYU Tuition to Increase 2.9 Percent for 2018-2019 Academic Year

October 05, 2017
Brigham Young University will implement a 2.9 percent increase for both undergraduate and graduate tuition for the 2018-2019 academic year.

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Intellect

Delivering bad news? Don't beat around the bush.

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
October 04, 2017
New BYU research shows that when it comes to receiving bad news, most people prefer directness, candor and very little — if any — buffer.

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Intellect

BYU Forum: A deeper theme in "The Chronicles of Narnia"

By Kristine Hoyt
September 25, 2017
Dr. Michael Ward, senior research fellow at the University of Oxford and C.S. Lewis scholar, shared his theory that Lewis used the medieval cosmos’ seven heavens to symbolize Christ throughout The Chronicles of Narnia.

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Intellect

BYU-developed helmet smartfoam signals potential concussions in real time

By Jayne Edwards
September 20, 2017
Ph.D. student Jake Merrell and his mentors have developed a smartfoam that can be placed inside a football helmet to more accurately test the impact and power of hits. The nano composite foam can help diagnose concussions.

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Announcements

Dining Services Q & A on caffeinated soft drinks announcement

September 20, 2017
Dining Services has announced that effective today it will begin offering caffeinated soft drinks on BYU’s campus.

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Intellect

Researchers use Wikipedia to give AI context clues

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
September 19, 2017
A team of BYU computer scientists is teaching artificial intelligence agents how to interact with the world in a way that makes sense.

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Events

Create your own show each performance with “The Glorious Story Emporium”

September 19, 2017
Oct. 4 marks BYU Young Company's first of 10 improvised performances based on fairytale elements

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Character

Stone Cold Sober contest highlights kindness in the hunt for golden tickets

September 19, 2017
Final winner had run out of cash and then a stranger saved the day
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Faith

BYU Devotional: Shape your life through service to others

By Trevor Morgan
September 18, 2017
Elder Richard J. Maynes, General Authority Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke about developing a mindset focused on serving others.

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Intellect

Variation of Jonah and the Whale found in rare ancient Jewish synagogue mosaic

September 15, 2017
A group of BYU archaeologists spent their summer at the ancient Jewish village of Huqoq near the Sea of Galilee in Israel, uncovering an ancient synagogue mosaic with rare biblical depiction

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