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Q&A: Using the Student Health Center

August 08, 2017
News of the BYU Student Health Center now being opened to BYU Employees has been met with great interest and excitement over the past two weeks, as well as some questions. Y News editor Natalie Ipson spoke with Brad LeBaron, director of Student Health Services, to answer your most frequently asked questions:
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Faith

BYU Devotional: Why, Who, and What to Advocate

By Kristine Hoyt
August 07, 2017
Gayla Sorenson, dean of admissions of the J. Reuben Clark Law School, spoke about advocacy at Tuesday’s BYU Devotional. 

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Intellect

BYU researchers develop method that could produce stronger, more pliable metals

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
August 07, 2017
BYU researchers said this paper is the first to attempt to crack the code of the atomic structures that heavily influence grain boundary properties with the computer algorithms of machine learning.

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Events

‘Hamilton’ Tony Award-winner Renee Elise Goldsberry to open 2017-18 BRAVO! Season

August 07, 2017
Known for her role as Angelica Schuyler Church in the original Broadway cast of "Hamilton," Renée Elise Goldsberry will perform a solo concert at BYU. 

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Character

Cougar Query: "One item on my bucket list is to get BYU to change from Coke to Pepsi."

By Kristine Hoyt
August 06, 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 Gayla Sorenson, Dean of Admissions at the J. Reuben Clark Law School.

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Character

20 straight years as the most "Stone Cold Sober" school

Joe Hadfield
By Joe Hadfield
July 30, 2017
No surprise here: The Princeton Review named BYU the most "Stone Cold Sober" school in the country once again. Read some fascinating facts about our favorite campus drink. 

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Faith

BYU Devotional: What Goes Around Comes Around

By Kristine Hoyt
July 30, 2017
Kirt Saville grew up watching his father serve many strangers and set the example of looking for ways to serve others. His motto was “what goes around comes around."

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Cougar Query: "Three things that are always found in my refrigerator are a light bulb, steel racks and ice cubes"

By Kristine Hoyt
July 30, 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 Kirt Saville, Director of the School of Music.

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Intellect

Running experts: You've already hit your stride

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
July 26, 2017
A new study by the duo of BYU professors finds the stride length people naturally choose is the best for them, whether they are experienced or inexperienced runners.

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Faith

BYU Devotional: Acting on the Call of the Lord

By Kristine Hoyt
July 24, 2017
Paul Calderella spoke at Tuesday’s Devotional about responding when the Lord calls each of us to do something that may be difficult.

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Character

Cougar Query: The best advice I’ve ever received about teaching is, “It’s all about the relationship”

By Kristine Hoyt
July 23, 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 Paul Calderella, Associate Professor in the McKay School of Education

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Announcements

Wall burger wins Best of State

By Bekah Peterson
July 19, 2017
The Wall burger has been around since the restaurant first opened in 2013, but it was Chef John Newman’s twist that clinched the title.

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Intellect

Teaching without training

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
July 18, 2017
Despite efforts from No Child Left Behind to promote “highly qualified” teaching, BYU research shows that just 36 percent of new science teachers are teaching only in their trained subject.

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Intellect

BYU Forum: Dead Cats, Dead People, and Human Relationships

By Kristine Hoyt
July 17, 2017
History department professor Amy Harris told stories of dead cats and people to teach that many are missing the point with family history work at Tuesday's BYU Forum. 

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Cougar Query: "My favorite lecture to teach is about the history of the color pink and its gendered associations"

By Kristine Hoyt
July 17, 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 Amy Harris, Family History Coordinator in the History Department. 

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Intellect

Dream On: BYU data scientist wants to mine your dreams to help you

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
July 14, 2017
A BYU dreamer (and professor) wants to help people better understand dreams to help improve their lives. So he and his colleagues built an app.

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BYU is a top 10 university for social media engagement

By K.C. Miller
July 13, 2017
Thanks to its passionate student body, faculty, alumni and friends, BYU finds itself ranked No. 8 in the nation among universities for social media engagement.

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Announcements

BYU Office of Residence Life Outlines Plans to Remove Wymount Terrace Quad at the End of Spring 2018

July 05, 2017
This plan will include a change in parking for Heritage Halls residents and the availability of more family housing at Wyview Park

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Intellect

Relationship builder, selfie, town crier or window shopper: What kind of Facebook user are you?

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
July 04, 2017
BYU researchers asked people why they Facebook, then identified four categories of users.

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Intellect

BYU engineering in the Dominican Republic: A study in water

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
July 04, 2017
Helping a country predict water flow leads to a flow of BYU PhDs
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Events

BYU Education Week Set for August 21-25

By Kristine Hoyt
June 29, 2017
BYU professors, LDS seminary and institute instructors, and experts from a variety of fields will teach 1,000 classes focused on increasing knowledge and helping attendees to bless the lives of others.

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Intellect

Now or Later: How taste, touch and sound affect when you buy

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
June 29, 2017
There’s a reason marketers make appeals to our senses; the “snap, crackle and pop” of Rice Krispies makes us want to buy the cereal and eat it. But as savvy as marketers are, they may be missing an ingredient in their work.

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Announcements

BYU offering paid maternity and parental leave to full-time staff and administrators

June 27, 2017
BYU is now offering to full-time, benefited staff and administrative employees six weeks of paid medical maternity leave, as well as one week of paid parental leave. This policy is retroactive to April 18, 2017.

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Faith

BYU Devotional: A Future Only God Could See for You

June 27, 2017
Eva Witesman, associate professor in the Marriott School of Management, delivered this week’s devotional address about the importance of obtaining education in preparation for the future God sees in all of His children.

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Intellect

Study abroad programs highlighted in popular Instagram takeover series

By Amanda Chase
June 27, 2017
BYU recently featured five students in five study abroad locations over five days in Instagram Story takeovers, garnering 1.6 million views.

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Character

Cougar Query: "I get most excited about my work when I can see real changes as a result."

By Kristine Hoyt
June 25, 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 Eva Witesman, Associate Professor in the Marriott School of Management.

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Announcements

BYU formalizes amnesty policy; reports high completion rate of its campus climate survey

June 22, 2017
Brigham Young University has formalized its amnesty policy, following a recommendation made by the Advisory Council on Campus Response to Sexual Assault in October. Since that time, BYU has been operating under the amnesty guidelines outlined by the council. The university has also closed its campus climate survey and is reporting an overall completion rate of 42.8 percent.
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Announcements

Confidentiality, amnesty and leniency for victims and witnesses

June 22, 2017
Being a victim of Sexual Misconduct is never a violation of the CES Honor Code.

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Events

Conference on Religious Freedom to be held at BYU, July 6-7

By Kristine Hoyt
June 22, 2017
The BYU International Center for Law and Religion Studies is inviting the public to a conference focused on the current state of religious freedom in schools, the workplace and in the public square. ​

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Intellect

BYU back to E3 with Nokbak

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
June 19, 2017
Nokbak is the third BYU-created video game in five years to be nominated as a finalist in E3’s College Game Competition.

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