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BYU’s space ace: Minor planet named in honor of Jani Radebaugh

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
April 10, 2024
BYU planetary geology professor Jani Radebaugh’s contributions to planetary science have reached cosmic proportions as she recently received the prestigious honor of having a minor planet named her. The asteroid, previously known as “45690,” now bears the name “45690janiradebaugh” on official NASA/JPL websites.
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Faith

Devotional: Finding direction in uncertainty

By Kailey Marshall
April 09, 2024
Mary Davis, an associate professor of microbiology and molecular biology, delivered Tuesday's devotional address. She focused her remarks on learning how to move forward in uncertainty and refraining from comparing life paths with others.
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Intellect

BYU team helps create diagnostic tool that achieves accuracy of PCR tests with faster, simpler nanopore system

April 09, 2024
A new diagnostic tool developed by Brigham Young University and UC Santa Cruz researchers can test for SARS-CoV-2 and Zika virus with the same or better accuracy as high-precision PCR tests in a matter of hours.
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Character

Cougar Query: Mary Davis

April 08, 2024
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.
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Intellect

BYU professor’s designs featured on new Congressional Gold Medal

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
April 03, 2024
A new Congressional Gold Medal featuring the designs of BYU illustration professor Justin Kunz was recently unveiled at a ceremony held at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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Faith

Devotional: The tree, the fruit and the building

By Kailey Marshall
April 02, 2024
Rick Anderson, the university librarian, explored symbols from Lehi’s vision in the Book of Mormon as he delivered Tuesday’s devotional. He emphasized the choice individuals face between following worldly wisdom and finding joy in partaking of God's love.
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Character

Cougar Query: Rick Anderson

April 01, 2024
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.
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Intellect

Green-thumb dynasty: BYU landscaping wins fifth national championship in six years

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
March 27, 2024
For the fifth time in six years, BYU students dug, pruned and planted their way to the National Collegiate Landscaping Competition title, the March Madness of college landscaping teams. BYU bested 50 other universities in the four-day event, outscoring the second-place finisher by more than 358 points and breaking the 5000-point total for the first time in the 48-year history of the tournament.
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Intellect

Forum: How to be a confident pluralist

By Christie Allen
March 26, 2024
In a democracy where people hold many conflicting views, how do we each honor our own values while making decisions together? Grappling with that question in Tuesday’s forum address, Harvard professor Danielle Allen encouraged her audience to meet this challenge by becoming “confident pluralists.”
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Intellect

More than money, family and community bonds prep teens for college success

By Christie Allen
March 21, 2024
Family bonds make the difference in getting teens to college, BYU study says.
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Faith

Devotional: Rise to your divine identity, purpose and destiny

By Kailey Marshall
March 19, 2024
Elder Brian K. Taylor, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, focused his Tuesday devotional address on the importance of understanding the plan of salvation and our divine nature.
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Intellect

Innovative group of BYU students roll out new AI tech to solve parking problems

By Shelby Clark
March 19, 2024
A group of enterprising BYU students aim to significantly — if not entirely — reduce parking violations in paid parking lots, college and otherwise. And their idea, an AI detection and tracking system called Spot Parking (more on that in a minute), just got a major endorsement and $12,000 in cash by winning the 2024 BYU Student Innovator of the Year (SIOY) competition.
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Intellect

Q&A with President Reese on BYU’s undergraduate teaching focus

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
March 15, 2024
In this Q&A series with President Reese, he shares more about the seven initiatives he shared in his 2023 inaugural response and how they apply to BYU employees.
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Intellect

BYU math videos aim to transform equations into excitement

By Grace Pope
March 13, 2024
From calculating the perfect bottle flip to understanding how much force is behind a penny dropped off a skyscraper, Math the World videos creatively answer the age-old math question, “When will I ever use this?”
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Faith

Devotional: Our path to lasting personal peace

By Kailey Marshall
March 12, 2024
Prior to delivering Tuesday’s devotional address, Steve Hafen, BYU’s administration vice president and CFO, found himself reflecting on two interrelated questions: 1) how can individuals increase the frequency and depth of peace in their lives?, and 2) what is the role of the Savior's Atonement in this process?
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Character

Cougar Query: Steve Hafen

March 11, 2024
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.
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Intellect

BYU professor and alumni shine with Oscar-nominated animated film

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
March 07, 2024
An animated short film co-produced by BYU animation professor Kelly Loosli was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Animated Short category. The Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, March 10, on ABC.
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Faith

Devotional: Stronger and closer connection to God through multiple covenants

By Kailey Marshall
March 05, 2024
“There is only one way to return to live with God, and it is designated as the covenant path,” said Elder Dale G. Renlund, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as he delivered Tuesday’s devotional address.
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Intellect

Experience Design Study: Attending campus devotionals increases student sense of connection

By Grace Pope
March 04, 2024
Professors asked BYU students how they anticipated their experiences on campus would impact their feelings of connectedness to BYU. While the top-ranking activity was playing for a BYU athletic team, something only a few students have the privilege to do, the next thing on the list was something available to every BYU student: attending weekly campus devotionals.

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BYU expert on social isolation tapped to lead U.S. Surgeon General advisory, advise World Health Organization

By Christie Allen
February 28, 2024
Julianne Holt-Lunstad shaping national strategy for social connection
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Intellect

Forum: The value of faith in your education

By Christie Allen
February 27, 2024
“Tell your story and your journey, not to say that you’re so great, but rather to say, you are so blessed,” taught Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, president emeritus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, in Tuesday’s forum.
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Intellect

Q&A with President Reese on “strengthening the student experience”

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
February 23, 2024
In this Q&A series with President Reese, he shares more about the seven initiatives he shared in his 2023 inaugural response and how they apply to BYU employees.
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Intellect

Life and Breath: Interdisciplinary BYU team travels to Nepal to study health effects of air pollution

By Christie Allen
February 21, 2024
An interdisciplinary BYU team recently came together to conduct a research study in Nepal, aiming to measure brick workers’ exposure to pollutants and to assess their respiratory health. The eventual goal is to determine what information, technology and strategies they can develop with the Nepali people to help them improve their well-being.
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Announcements

Matt Giles named new assistant administration vice president

February 20, 2024
BYU Administration Vice President and CFO Steve Hafen announced today the hiring of Matt Giles as the new assistant administration vice president of physical facilities.
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Intellect

The NSF wants to pay tuition, rent and much more for BYU Cybersecurity students

By Shelby Clark
February 14, 2024
The NSF recently awarded the cybersecurity program within the BYU Electrical & Computer Engineering department with a five-year, $3.7 million grant called the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service. BYU is one of only six schools nationwide to receive the award this year, which recognizes students with technical talent, moral integrity, leadership, and second language skills.
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Faith

Devotional: "Can you imagine?"

By Kailey Marshall
February 13, 2024
Elder Evan A. Schmutz, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday's devotional address. He urged the audience to consider the importance of their mortal lives.
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Intellect

Wheatley Institute report: Flourishing romances are more the result of proactive behaviors than soulmate spark

February 13, 2024
Sixty percent of Americans believe in the idea that true love is found in a one-and-only soulmate relationship, confirming that the quest to find one’s soulmate continues to play a significant role in our modern dating culture. However, a new report finds that enduring connection in romantic relationships results more from the personal virtues and intentional efforts of the partners, than it does from spontaneous love and emotional spark.
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Intellect

BYU documentary on Wyoming Black 14 featured at College Football Hall of Fame Black History Month event

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
February 12, 2024
Against the backdrop of iconic football memorabilia in the heart of the College Football Hall of Fame, a story of reconciliation and love took center stage last week. BYU students and professors were part of it.
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Intellect

Newly discovered (tiny) animal species now carries the name of a BYU professor

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
February 08, 2024
Meet the newest nematode to be discovered on Earth: Steinernema adamsi, named after BYU professor Byron Adams. It’s not cute or cuddly, but it’s part of a special group of nematodes considered beneficial to humans because it can infect and kill insect pests.
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Faith

Devotional: Magnifying our precious gift of time

By Kailey Marshall
February 06, 2024
Brother Jan E. Newman, Second Counselor in the Sunday School General Presidency, delivered the Tuesday morning devotional. He taught that making time for the most important things in our lives is essential no matter our stage in life.
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