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Events

BYU Symphonic Band to perform Nov. 2

October 30, 2016
This concert features pieces from many historic periods, new music for the wind idiom, and compositions from faculty and student composers.

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BYU Folk Music Ensemble to Perform with Special Guests Nov. 8

October 28, 2016
The concert features a student ensemble, skilled at a variety of traditional musical forms including American Cajun, Bluegrass, Celtic and much more.

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BYU Wind Symphony to pay tribute to music from the movies in fall concert

October 27, 2016
The BYU Wind Symphony concert features music from the silver screen such as Silverado and Star Wars as well as masterworks like Bach’s Toccata in D Minor.

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BYU Men’s Chorus and Women's Chorus to Perform Nov. 4-5

October 27, 2016
http://liveconcerts.byu.eduThe BYU School of Music Men's and Women's Choruses will perform Friday, Nov. 4 and Saturday Nov. 5

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BYU School of Music to Showcase Seven Student Jazz Groups Nov. 5

October 27, 2016
The showcase features seven of the school’s jazz groups. Each group will include multiple musicians and the groups will perform two songs, including a variety of different musical styles.

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BYU Department of Dance presents Ballet Showcase Nov. 4-5

October 26, 2016
Ballet Showcase features eleven BYU ballet dancers performing beautiful, engaging choreography by faculty and students in both classical and contemporary ballet.

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Utah Symphony brings Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony to BYU Nov. 3

October 26, 2016
The classically charged Utah Symphony, conducted by Thierry Fischer, will transport the audience to another time and place.

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Announcements

Message to students, faculty and staff: Advisory Council study of sexual assault complete

October 25, 2016
A letter sent to the campus community by President Kevin J Worthen announcing the completion of a study by the Advisory Council on Campus Response to Sexual Assault.

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Announcements

Members of the Advisory Council on Campus Response to Sexual Assault

October 25, 2016
Biographical information on the four members of the Advisory Council. 

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BYU faculty group Orpheus Winds to perform on Oct. 27

October 25, 2016
The BYU School of Music presents Orpheus Winds Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m., in the Madsen Recital Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center. This event is free and no ticket is required.
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Announcements

BYU completes study on sexual assault and implements recommendations

October 25, 2016
The President’s Council has reviewed and accepted all recommendations from the Advisory Council, including the creation of a victim advocate position in the counseling center and the adoption of an amnesty clause.

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Announcements

Q & A with Jan Scharman about the Advisory Council's work

October 25, 2016
Vice President Scharman talked with University Communications’ Natalie Tripp about the council’s deliberations and some of the key outcomes. 

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Announcements

Access to Education Records—FERPA Annual Notice

October 24, 2016
Student education records at BYU are generally accessible to eligible students according to the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). 

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Intellect

BYU researcher links air pollution to blood vessel damage

Jon McBride
By Jon McBride
October 24, 2016
BYU professor Arden Pope has studied the environmental economics of air pollution for decades, showing that air pollution causes cardiovascular problems. Now he's showing how it does so.

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Faith

A Visionary House, Vice President Matthew O. Richardson speaks at Devotional

By Trevor Morgan
October 24, 2016
"Stand up straight, smile and remember who you are." Advancement Vice President Richardson shared his wife's daily words of encouragement, as well as his own personal mementos, to help students find success and peace. 

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Character

Cougar Queries: "I'm Secretly Good at Making My Children's Halloween Costumes"

October 23, 2016
This week's #BYUDevo speaker is Advancement Vice President Matthew Richardson. Get to know him in this Q &A. 

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Character

Cougar Query: “This is my first visit to the U.S. and I’m really looking forward to it”

By Trevor Morgan
October 20, 2016
I am here at BYU as a Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Scholar to conduct research in the area of higher education policy. I will also be making presentations on my research and other topics related to education in India during my term here.

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Events

New BYU Art Exhibit Inspired by van Gogh Draws on Nostalgia and Memory

October 20, 2016
A new exhibition at the BYU Museum of Art is gaining traction as visitors see themselves in the paintings. No, not literally, but many of the paintings have a resemblance to old family photographs, many of which seem like they could be our own family photographs.
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BYU Department of Theatre and Media Arts to Put On The Importance of Being Earnest Oct. 28–Nov. 5

October 19, 2016
This comic masterpiece untangles the double lives of two well-to-do society-gentlemen, both of whom have assumed the same alias in order to escape the doldrums of everyday life.

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Faith

Audacious Faith, Professor Brett Scharffs speaks at Forum

By Trevor Morgan
October 18, 2016
Audacious is defined as "daring, bold, confident, and intrepid." Scharffs’ remarks focused on the simple, yet crucial, audacious beliefs of the "peculiar people" of LDS Church.

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Character

Cougar Queries: "The faculty and staff are bright, talented and experienced."

October 17, 2016
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them a few simple questions about their work, interests and life. Today we meet Jan Scharman, Student Life Vice President.

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Mongolian Music Group Anda Union to Perform at BYU Oct. 27

October 17, 2016
Combining throat singing and long song with a wide range of musical instruments, Anda Union brings Inner Mongolian old and forgotten music to life as never before.

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BYU Symphony Orchestra to Perform Music by Prominent American Composers Oct. 26

October 17, 2016
The concert features students performing instrumental masterworks for the Symphony Orchestra’s first concert of the fall season.

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Q'd Up Faculty Jazz Quintet in Concert Oct. 25

October 17, 2016
The showcase features BYU Jazz faculty with original compositions and unique arrangements of jazz standards by the BYU jazz faculty.

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Guest Artist Erin Morley to Give Vocal Performance at BYU Oct. 28

October 16, 2016
Morley has stepped into the international spotlight in recent years with a string of critically acclaimed appearances in the great opera houses of the world.

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Character

Cougar Queries: "On Saturday mornings you'll find me… huffing and puffing on my mountain bike"

By Trevor Morgan
October 16, 2016
Name: Brett Scharffs, Director of BYU International Center for Law and Religion Studies
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Intellect

BYU Prof Helps Pilot Sharia and Human Rights Masters Program in Indonesia

October 13, 2016
Ten years ago, BYU Law Professor Brett Scharffs gathered in a hall at a conference with a handful of other attendees and conceived an idea that would take a decade of academic persistence and collegiate engagement.

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Intellect

Smartphones alone not the smart choice for teen weight control, study finds

By Brooke Adams
October 12, 2016
Teens use smartphones successfully to do almost anything: learn new skills, communicate with friends, do research and catch Pokémon. But a new study finds smartphones aren’t as useful for helping teens maintain weight loss.

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Events

BYU Singers and Concert Choir to Welcome BYU-Idaho Collegiate Singers for Combined Vocal Performance Oct. 25

October 12, 2016
The program features performances by BYU Singers, BYU Concert Choir and a special guest choir, the BYU-Idaho Collegiate Singers

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BYU School of Music to Perform La Bohème Oct. 15, 18-22

October 11, 2016
One of the most beloved operas of all time will transport you back to Paris in the early 1800s, where you will share in romance, friendship and death.

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