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Scan this year’s crop of student research grant winners and you’ll notice a student sleuthing the origin of a painting recently acquired by the Museum of Art, one analyzing the stock market’s response to presidential elections and another drawing inspiration from Mother Nature to design tiny airplane wings.
Bug-sized spy planes may sound like science fiction, but undergraduate student Ryan George hopes that his research will help make them a reality. With Professor Scott Thomson, George is researching the wing movements of ladybugs to try and create micro-air vehicles.
For centuries a small village in western Spain has practiced equality when it comes to family inheritance – a tradition ahead of its time and also the subject of study by a nontraditional BYU student.
Not long ago, BYU’s Museum of Art acquired a painting for their “Beholding Salvation” exhibition that depicts shepherds admiring the new-born Christ. There’s just one problem – it’s not completely certain who painted the scene in “Adoration of the Shepherds.”
Control of the White House has only changed parties three times in the life of BYU undergrad Ian Wright, yet he’s undertaken a project to answer whether change in the Oval Office stirs the stock market.
The Brigham Young University Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Kory Katseanes will join forces with BYU’s top student musicians in the annual “Evening of Concertos” Thursday, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
Scott Holden, Brigham Young University School of Music faculty artist and chair of piano and organ studies, will appear in recital Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
Dodge Billingsley, documentary film producer and director, will present a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies lecture, “Making of ‘Global Car’: The Director’s Perspective,” Wednesday, Feb. 25, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
The combined audition choirs of Brigham Young University will join forces for a concert directed by Craig Jessop, head of the Music Department at Utah State University, Saturday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Provo Tabernacle, 100 S. University Ave.
Brigham Young University will host the 19th Annual Russell B. Clark Gerontology Health Conference Monday, March 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the BYU Conference Center.
Brigham Young University’s Wheatley Institution will host a Conference on Ethics Thursday and Friday, Feb. 26-27. Admission is free, and the public is welcome to attend.
Horacio Echavarría González will present “Pobreza entre las Pueblos Indigenas de Chihuahua” at a David M. Kennedy Center Lecture on Friday, Feb. 20, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. The lecture will be given in Spanish.
Jeffrey Parkin, a Brigham Young University associate professor of Theatre and Media Arts, will present a House of Learning Lecture, “Story and Authentic Messengers: Meditations on Film, Originality and Poisonous Art,” Thursday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium.
Brigham Young University will host the Spring 2009 Grad Fair for seniors graduating in April to order caps and gowns for commencement and convocations Wednesday and Thursday, March 4-5, on the third floor of the BYU Bookstore.
Brigham Young University Charles Redd Center for Western Studies will host a special advance screening of “A Class Apart,” a one-hour film produced by Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller from PBS’s American Experience series, Thursday, Feb. 19, at 11 a.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium.
Visitors to the BYU Museum of Art’s newest photography exhibition will find themselves surrounded by a familiar make-believe world created from buttons, dice, marbles, rubber frogs, toy robots and other whimsical items.
High school and junior high students from around Utah gathered on Saturday, Jan. 24, to participate in the 19th annual BYU Model United Nations Conference, wholly organized by BYU’s MUN team.
The annual BYU Office Professionals Conference, “Seek Ye Earnestly the Best Gifts,” will be held during the mornings of Wednesday through Friday, March 11-13, beginning at 8:45 a.m.
Freshman and sophomore microbiology majors at Brigham Young University have a new opportunity this fall to participate in an innovative research program recently initiated by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to collect, analyze and possibly publish data on previously unknown viruses.
Just back from a 10-day performance tour in Arizona, Brigham Young University’s Living Legends will perform “Seasons,” their signature display of Polynesian, Latin American and Native American music and dance, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20-21, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
Brigham Young University’s graduate accounting team placed first at the national Deloitte Tax Case Study Competition, beating out national finalist teams from the University of Denver, the University of Southern California, the College of William and Mary, the University of Central Florida and Georgia State University. BYU’s undergraduate team also earned a spot at the national competition and received a national finalist award.
Stephen D. Houston from Brown University will present the Annual Grace Elizabeth Shallit Memorial Lecture, “Beyond Script: Notation and Memory at the Margins of Writing,” Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 3 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium at Brigham Young University.
Dianna Douglas, national desk producer at National Public Radio, will present a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center Lecture, “Dispatches from the Red Zone — National Public Radio's Baghdad Bureau Chief on Covering the Iraq War,” Thursday, Feb. 19, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
Top student vocal talent from Brigham Young University’s School of Music will perform a variety of works by well-known composers during “Opera Scenes” Wednesday through Saturday, Feb. 18-21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
The BYU Alumni Association will present Bronco Mendenhall in a live broadcast on BYU Television Friday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. MST. Mendenhall will draw on his life’s experiences to share principles designed to interest and benefit a diverse audience.
How a country treats its women could be an important factor in understanding how it treats its neighbors, suggests a new study by a Brigham Young University-led research team. Their results are reported in the new issue of the journal International Security, published by Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
Two BYU researchers who just returned from Antarctica are reporting a hardy worm that withstands its cold climate by cranking out antifreeze. And when its notoriously dry home runs out of water, it just dries itself out and goes into suspended animation until liquid water brings it back to life.
Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, will speak at a Brigham Young University forum Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Brigham Young University will host “Preserving the History of Latter-day Saints,” the fourth annual Church History Symposium, Friday, Feb. 27, from 1 to 6 p.m. in the BYU Conference Center.
Adam Fife will present “Afghanistan, Iraq and Counterinsurgency: Similarities, Differences and the Way Forward” at a Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center Lecture Wednesday, Feb. 18, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
Edward A. Geary will present “Tom and Bessie Kane and the Mormons” Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 3 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium at Brigham Young University.
The Brigham Young University Multimedia Lab at the Harold B. Lee Library is offering free software classes throughout the semester available on lab computers.
Brigham Young University’s Broadway-caliber musical-theatre talent will take the stage for the annual Music Dance Theatre Showcase Thursday, Feb. 12, at 7:30 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 13, at 7 and 9 p.m. in a new, larger venue, the Pardoe Theatre, Harris Fine Arts Center.
The 30th Annual Brigham Young University Jazz Festival will take place Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 12-14, with performances by BYU’s Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band with guest artist Bryan Shaw, and Synthesis with guest artist Anthony Wilson.
Associate professor of clarinet Jaren Hinckley will present “Brazen Theft!” a light-hearted evening of music originally written for flute, oboe, saxophone, violin, viola and bass, Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m. at Brigham Young University’s Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
Brigham Young University’s David O. McKay School of Education presents a “Power of Teaching” forum by Ardeth G. Kapp Thursday, Feb. 19, at 11 a.m. in B-190 Joseph F. Smith Building.
The most recorded mezzo-soprano of all time, Jennifer Larmore, will appear in recital at Brigham Young University Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
During a time of renewed emphasis on the Justice Department's use of media subpoenas, a recent study by Brigham Young University law professor RonNell Andersen Jones promises to inform the debate over how often reporters have been compelled to reveal sources and information.
The Brigham Young University Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Kory Katseanes, will perform Brahms’ Symphony No. 2, Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” and Georg Druschetzky’s Concerto for Oboe and Tympani featuring faculty artists Geralyn Giovannetti and Ronald Brough Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
The Brigham Young University Cougarettes will present their annual concerts Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 19-21, at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee performance on Saturday at 2 p.m. The concert will be at the Covey Center for the Arts in Provo.
Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Presidency of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will present a campus devotional Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center at Brigham Young University.
Brigham Young University’s L. Tom Perry Special Collections will display images of prominent African-Americans on the third level of the Harold B. Lee Library throughout February to commemorate Black History Month.
Brigham Young University graduate student Tabitha Bush won the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award at the American Astronomical Society meetings Jan. 4-8.
Brigham Young University’s Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology will host a variety of activities to celebrate National Engineering and Technology Week Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 18-20.
Roger D. Kangas, a professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., will present a David M. Kennedy Center Lecture, “Please Don’t Turn Out the Lights: Eurasian Energy and National Security,” Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.
“Contemporary Jerusalem: Between Confrontation and Conciliation” will be the topic of a David M. Kennedy Center Lecture by Daniel Seidemann Wednesday, Feb. 11, at noon in the Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium.
The American Piano Duo, composed of Brigham Young University faculty artist Jeffrey Shumway and guest artist Del Parkinson, will perform an evening of 20th-century American music Saturday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
The BYU campus community, including alumni and friends of the university, are invited to attend a BYU Inquiry Conference on Friday, Feb. 27, in the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center. With an emphasis on inquiry, scholarship, learning and teaching at religiously affiliated schools, the conference will feature President Cecil O. Samuelson, as well as BYU faculty, students and invited guests.
Brigham Young University professor of ancient scripture Victor L. Ludlow will host the annual Passover Seder Services March 27-28 and April 2, 8, 11, 16 and 24 at 6:30 p.m. in 3228 Wilkinson Student Center, except for the April 2 service that will be in 3220-3224 WSC.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, artists flocked to the American Southwest captivated by its rugged, unspoiled landscape and the native people who had been there for hundreds of years. The artistic visions of this land and its people captured in vivid hues and bold colors on the canvases of these painters continue to resonate today as museums and collectors compete with increasing enthusiasm to build collections of Southwest art.
Husband-and-wife piano duo Ning Lu and Jie Lu will appear in a guest artist recital Thursday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall at Brigham Young University.
The Brigham Young University Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology will host a lecture and book signing by author and humanitarian Paul Polak Thursday, Feb. 5, at 11 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
Brigham Young University’s Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology’s Construction Management team took first place in the National Home Builders competition.
More than 60 Brigham Young University School of Music students and faculty will take the stage to celebrate the 200th birthday of Felix Mendelssohn in “The Mendelssohn Project,” a marathon concert of all 49 of his “Lieder ohne Worte,” or “Songs without Words,” Tuesday, Feb. 3, from 5:30-9:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
Brigham Young University’s Office Professionals Advisory Committee will host a brown bag lecture, “Alma’s Advice on Financial Planning” by Earl Kay Stice from the School of Accountancy, Thursday, Feb. 12, at 12:05 p.m. in 3211 Wilkinson Student Center.
Brigham Young University’s popular Young Ambassadors will present “The New Music Makers” in the Harris Fine Arts Center de Jong Concert Hall Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 5-7, at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee performance Saturday, Feb. 7, at 2 p.m.
Brigham Young University’s Multicultural Student Services will sponsor several events during February in celebration of Black History Month. The activities will highlight the theme, “Where Do We Go from Here?”
The Brigham Young University Child and Family Studies Laboratory is now accepting applications for its summer school, preschool and kindergarten programs for 2009.
Brigham Young University professors Robert Freeman and Dennis Wright will be honored by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge with the George Washington Honor Medal for their research on service in wartime by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a ceremony Wednesday, Feb. 18.
The Deseret Trio, composed of Brigham Young University School of Music faculty members Jeffrey Shumway, piano, Julie Bevan, cello, and Monte Belknap, violin, will appear in recital Thursday, Jan. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
Barbara Culatta, associate dean of the Brigham Young University David O. McKay School of Education, will present a devotional, “Loving our Neighbor: Tolerance and Acceptance as We Come Together in Knowing Christ,” Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Brigham Young University’s Ground Services students were featured in the January issue of Tree Care Industry Magazine for winning the National Tree Care Industry Association Competition.
“Village of Catatonia,” a collection of the recent artistic works of Fidalis Buehler, is on display through Feb. 26 in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium gallery at Brigham Young University.
The combined choirs of Brigham Young University will appear in concert in the annual "Winter ChoirFest" at the historic Provo Tabernacle, 100 S. University Avenue, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 30-31, at 7:30 p.m.
William J. Doherty, a family therapist and director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at the University of Minnesota, will speak on parenting in today’s world at the Fifth Annual Marjorie Pay Hinckley Endowed Chair Lecture Thursday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. in the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center at Brigham Young University.
Brigham Young University’s Young Company will present “Go, Dog. Go!” a rollicking, fun-filled Theatre for Young Audiences production Tuesday, Feb. 3, through Saturday, Feb. 14, except Sunday and Monday, at 7:30 p.m. in the Nelke Theatre at the Harris Fine Arts Center. A matinee performance will be Saturday, Feb. 14, at 2 p.m.
KBYU-TV, Channel 11, will air special programming designed to help individuals and families in overcoming substance abuse Monday through Wednesday, Jan. 26-28, at 8 p.m.
Joseph Price, from the Brigham Young University Economics Department, will discuss “The impact of High School Sports on Teenage Births” at a Women’s Studies Colloquium Thursday, Jan. 29, at noon in 4188 Joseph F. Smith Building.
A new study by researchers at Brigham Young University and Harvard School of Public Health shows that average life expectancy in 51 U.S. cities increased nearly three years over recent decades, and approximately five months of that increase came thanks to cleaner air.
Guest artist Michelle Stebleton, associate professor of horn at Florida State University, will appear in recital at Brigham Young University Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
Brigham Young University’s L. Tom Perry Special Collections will celebrate the 250th birthday of the poet Robert Burns with the exhibit, “Robert Burns and the Poetic Image,” opening with a reception Saturday, Jan. 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. on the main level of the Harold B. Lee Library.
The Dancers’ Company will give an eclectic and energetic performance at “Dance in Concert” in honor of the group’s founder and former Brigham Young University faculty member Dee R. Winterton at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 29-31, in the Pardoe Theatre, Harris Fine Arts Center.
The House of Representatives of the Association of American Law Schools has elected H. Reese Hansen, a professor and former dean at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, as the 2010 president of the AALS. Hansen will be the first BYU faculty member to serve as president of the AALS. He will serve as president-elect for 2009.
David G. Long, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University, will present the annual Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecture, “Microwaves, Icebergs and Global Warming,” at a university forum Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
A new study connects young adults’ use of video games to poorer relationships with friends and family – and the student co-author expresses disappointment at his own findings.
"All This, and Heaven Too," a 1940 film classic starring Academy Award-winning actress Bette Davis, will be shown Friday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium as part of the Brigham Young University Motion Picture Archives Film Series.
Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host a lecture on U.S. foreign aid by Aaron H. Sherinian titled “Why We Do It; Why It Matters; New Approaches” Friday, Jan. 23, at noon in B-092 Joseph F. Smith Building.
Earl H. Fry, Brigham Young University political science professor and Canadian studies coordinator, will present a Global Awareness Lecture titled “Is the United States a Declining Superpower?” Wednesday, Jan. 21, at noon in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium.
Matthew Shumway, a Brigham Young University geography professor, will present a campus devotional, “Our Journey Through Mortality,” Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Corry L. Cropper, Brigham Young University associate professor of French studies, will present a David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies lecture titled “The Olympic Games: European Elitism for the Masses” Wednesday, Jan. 28, at noon in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium.
Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host an Asian Studies Lecture by New York-based filmmaker Yunah Hong followed by a film screening of her documentary, “Between the Lines: Asian-American Women’s Poetry,” Thursday, Jan. 22, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in B-094 Joseph F. Smith Building.
Hungarian chemist Gabor A. Somorjai will present at the Brigham Young University Second Annual Reed M. Izatt and James J. Christensen Lecture Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 6 p.m. and Thursday, Jan. 22, at 4 p.m. in 214 Ronald A. Crabtree Technology Building.
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research awarded James Patterson, a Brigham Young University assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, a Young Investigators Program award of $300,000 for research on campus.
The Brigham Young University Alumni Association will present an evening with BYU football coach Bronco Mendenhall Friday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. MST on BYU-TV. BYU's popular male a cappella group Vocal Point will also join the program.
Brigham Young University will host a Community Outreach Day and the annual Walk of Life Monday, Jan. 19, to commemorate the life and mission of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Sundance Trio will perform a program of 20th-century music Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Harris Fine Arts Center’s Madsen Recital Hall at Brigham Young University.
Cynthia Finlayson, assistant professor in the Brigham Young University Department of Anthropology will present a lecture at a Women’s Studies Colloquium titled “Women, Status and the Ethnographic Textiles of Syria” Thursday, Jan. 15, at noon in 4188 Joseph F. Smith Building.
Q'd Up, the Brigham Young University School of Music faculty jazz quintet, will perform Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Harris Fine Arts Center’s Madsen Recital Hall.
Starting in January 2009, the Family History Library in the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University is offering a variety of free family history classes from 3 to 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Sunday of each month.
The “Education in Zion” exhibition on the second floor gallery of the Joseph F. Smith Building at Brigham Young University is now open Mondays until 9 p.m.
The Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University will open its winter semester House of Learning Lecture Series with a pair of addresses at 2 p.m. in the library auditorium on the first level.
Audiences will find their toes tapping as flappers take the stage, tap-dancing the night away in Brigham Young University’s Department of Theatre and Media Arts production of the Broadway smash-hit “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” It will run nightly at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21 until Saturday, Jan. 31, except Sundays and Mondays, at the Harris Fine Arts Center’s de Jong Concert Hall.
Brigham Young University’s Harold B. Lee Library will host a lecture by Lowell Bennion and Thomas Carter titled “Twelve Mormon Homes: Touring Utah with Elizabeth and Thomas L. Kane, 1872-1873,” Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 3 p.m. in the library auditorium on the first level.
The Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host an International Study Programs Winter Fair Thursday, Jan. 15, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Herald R. Clark Building.
David Nevin, adjunct professor of trial practice from the University of Idaho College of Law, will present a Global Awareness Lecture titled “The Rule of Law in a Time of Terror” Wednesday, Jan. 14 at noon in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium on the first level.
Dean Rodney J. Brown of the Brigham Young University College of Life Sciences has announced the appointment of William W. Winder as chair of the Physiology and Developmental Biology Department.
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will speak at a Brigham Young University devotional Tuesday, Jan. 13, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Two Brigham Young University master’s students in Information Systems Management think they’ve figured out how to make online retailer Overstock.com even more successful, and the judges agreed.
"Hearts of Courage," a true account of a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in an unimaginable situation, is now a new BYU Television documentary, "LDS Lives: Joseph Tippets," to be broadcast on Jan. 12, 15 and 19.
The Young Artists of Voice competition will feature top talent from Brigham Young University’s School of Music in three rounds Jan. 13, 15 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Harris Fine Arts Center‘s Madsen Recital Hall.
Join KBYU-TV, Channel 11, on Friday, Jan. 9, from 8-11 p.m., and Saturday, Jan. 10, from 8-10:30 p.m. for a classic TV series competition and vote for your favorite.
Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe will perform ancient Japanese puppetry Friday and Saturday, Jan. 16 and 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Pardoe Theatre at Brigham Young University.
Brigham Young University Student Association is welcoming back students with hot chocolate in the mornings, recreation and food in the afternoons and a dance and movie Friday night Monday through Friday, Jan 5-9.
Student Life Vice President Janet S. Scharman has announced the appointment of M. Kirk Dougher, clinical professor of counseling psychology, as director of the Counseling and Career Center at Brigham Young University.
Brigham Young University President Cecil O. Samuelson and his wife Sharon will greet the campus community during a back-to-school devotional Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 11:05 a.m in the Marriott Center.
Husband-and-wife duo and Brigham Young University School of Music faculty members Darrell Babidge and Jennifer Welch-Babidge will appear in recital Thursday, Jan. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Harris Fine Arts Center Madsen Recital Hall.
Lots of experts disagree over the seemingly obvious notion of keeping weight off by trying to eat less – a debate that centers on whether the practice backfires, leading to binging and weight gain.
These are the ten most-read stories from news.byu.edu in 2008. The scientifically-proven method of fending off aggressive bears, birth order’s link to quality time, an award-winning animated film with space aliens, and more.
Innovating a franchise to fit local conditions may actually lead to less growth, shows a new study from Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management.
A group of six Brigham Young University students must take their cereal very seriously, because for them, figuring out the best way to get cereal from point A to point B earned them $3,000 and first place at the 12th Annual FedEx Freight International Graduate Logistics Case Competition held at the University of Arkansas.
Brigham Young University’s Board of Trustees recently approved the creation of a Finance Department in the Marriott School of Management, a move that will help the school recruit new finance professors and better address finance students’ needs.
Take an arid field riddled with salty soil. Irrigate it with salty water. Plant a salt-tolerant grass along with a salt-sucking companion plant and what do you get? If you're a Brigham Young University research team, you raise a crop that successfully replaces corn as cattle feed.
For those who might be looking for some activities during the Christmas break, Brigham Young University has posted holiday hours for some of its popular facilities:
The Brigham Young University Bookstore will kick off the end-of-semester textbook Sell-back Saturday, Dec. 13 with a “Sell-Abration” at 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the third floor of the Bookstore in the Wilkinson Student Center.
Accounting professors from across the country selected Brigham Young University’s graduate accounting program as best in the nation — unseating the University of Texas-Austin which had held the top spot for more than a decade.
Surrounded by centuries-old city walls of Xi’an, a cultural capitol of China, students from Brigham Young University participated in their first international Model United Nations conference of the academic year, and their performance did not disappoint as the group earned another “outstanding” award, the highest recognition given.
Brigham Young University law professor W. Cole Durham Jr. will receive the 2009 International First Freedom Award for extraordinary advocacy of religious freedom. The First Freedom Center will recognize Durham on Jan. 15 in Richmond, Va., in conjunction with National Religious Freedom Day.
Thanks in part to the efforts of two Brigham Young University professors, the information technology discipline now has its first-ever standardized curriculum.
Elder Bruce. D. Porter, member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will give a Brigham Young University devotional address titled "A Child is Born" Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
While the personal health and safety risks of drug and alcohol abuse are well-documented, a new study by researchers at LDS Hospital and Brigham Young University suggests substance dependence increases medical costs by way of the intensive care unit.
Funeral services for Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will air live on all BYU radio and television stations, including BYU Television and KBYU-TV, Channel 11, on Friday, Dec. 5, at noon (MST).
"Afghanistan: Security, Development, and Relations with the U.S." will be the topic of an Ambassadorial Insights Lecture presented by His Excellency Said Tayeb Jawad, Afghan ambassador to the U.S., on Monday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m. in the David M. Kennedy Center conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building, at Brigham Young University.
Jacob Dayan, Israeli Consul General, will present a Middle East Briefing on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 2 p.m. in the David M. Kennedy Center conference room (238 Herald R. Clark Building) at Brigham Young University.
Andrei S. Markovits, the Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, will be guest lecturer as part of the Sports and Global Society Lecture Series, discussing “Sports and Culture in Europe and America—A Mirror of Modern Life,” Thursday, Dec. 11, at 4 p.m. in 2107 Jesse Knight Building at Brigham Young University.
Raymond Taras, professor of international relations and director of the World Literature Program at Tulane University, will present “A Europe of Phobias? How Immigration is Making the EU Paranoid” Wednesday, Dec. 10 at noon at Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
Brigham Young University’s UNICEF club will host a “Believe in Zero” benefit concert and dance party to raise money for underprivileged children throughout the world, Saturday, Dec. 6 from 7 to 11 p.m. in the Wilkinson Student Center Ballroom.
The 33rd annual Brigham Young University Adventssingen, a concert of traditional European Christmas music celebrating the Advent of the Nativity, will be held Sunday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Provo Tabernacle.
The University Accessibility Center at Brigham Young University welcomes students, faculty and staff to an open house Wednesday, Dec. 3, in its new office, 2170 Wilkinson Student Center, behind the Cougareat food court.
The 2008 election is not the first time The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been a focus of attention in the national political scene. The early Saints were discussed often in the nation’s capital during the time of Brigham Young. Thomas G. Alexander will highlight this time in his lecture, “Thomas L. Kane and the ‘Mormon Problem’ in National Politics,” on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium.
The Brigham Young University Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Kory Katseanes, will present a concert Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
Students and faculty researchers at Brigham Young University will now be able to sequence their genetic samples literally a million times faster than before thanks to a new genome sequencer.
Beginning this week, Brigham Young University is encouraging all members of the campus community to view its new, online emergency preparedness training video. The video provides helpful information and shows how students, faculty and staff should register to be included in the university’s emergency notification system, called Y Alert.
Jin Makabe, a Harvard-Yenching Institute visiting research fellow, will present “A Genealogy of Japanese Colonial Policies: The Views of Christian University Scholars” Friday, Dec. 5, at noon in the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
The Brigham Young University School of Music’s Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band will perform a combined concert Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
Join BYU Television on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27) at 6 p.m. for the broadcast premiere of “The Errand of Angels” and again on Friday, Nov. 28, at 9 p.m.
Mike Chinoy, Edgerton Fellow on Korean Security at the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles, will speak at an Asian Studies Lecture Thursday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m. in the David M. Kennedy Center conference room, 258 Herald R. Clark Building.
Brigham Young University College of Nursing professor Barbara Mandleco recently returned from Russia, where she attended a workshop for nurses, mentoring them in creating research projects for completion during the upcoming calendar year. Mandleco was part of a team of six American nurses who participated in the workshop as mentors.
Scott Sprenger, director of Brigham Young University’s European Studies program and associate professor of French studies, was awarded a Fulbright-Schuman Grant to conduct research on European language policy at the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris from February to June 2009.
Celebrating the international enthusiasm of the holiday season, the Brigham Young University International Folk Dance Ensemble will present “Christmas Around the World, 2008 edition…OPA!” Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5-6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Marriott Center.
In the spirit of competition and in recognition of one of the West’s greatest rivalries, the BYU Bookstore is offering an iPod sale based on the points BYU scores against the University of Utah during Saturday’s football game.
Few things excite accountants more than numbers. Brigham Young University accounting professor Kevin Stocks has taught more than 2,000 students in 100-plus classes at two universities during the past 26 years. He can now add another number to his list: the No. 1 accounting professor in Utah.
Just in time for the holidays, those who enjoy studying to music can gather at the south end of the Harold B. Lee Library second floor in the new music study area.
This semester, the David O. McKay School of Education at Brigham Young University has begun offering a new bilingual minor, preparing teachers to teach native Spanish and English speakers in a dual-immersion environment.
Sharon Eubank, director of the Humanitarian Wheelchair Program for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will present a Global Awareness Lecture titled “Please Don’t Tell this Story: LDS Humanitarian Work and the Media” Wednesday, Dec. 3, at noon in the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
More than 600 student performers from the combined choirs and Philharmonic Orchestra of Brigham Young University will fill the de Jong Concert Hall stage for the annual Celebration of Christmas Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5 and 6, at 7:30 p.m.
Students are invited to come ride the lift to Silicon Slopes, Utah's high-tech corridor, during the Rollins Center for eBusiness' semiannual eBusiness Day Friday, Nov. 21, at the Tanner Building on the Brigham Young University campus. The event will include speakers, discussion panels and raffles.
On Friday, Nov. 21, "The Nun’s Story, " a classic film starring Audrey Hepburn that was nominated for eight Academy Awards, will be shown at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Admission is free, but early arrival is recommended because seating is limited. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
TechRepublic, a leading technology news organization owned by CBS Interactive, ranked Brigham Young University’s undergraduate information systems program among the top ten in the nation.
The Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education at Brigham Young University was recently awarded approval status from the National Association of School Psychologists, a significant vote of credibility for the department’s evidence-based approach to serving diverse individuals.
New research shows that the cost of health insurance for a typical family increases about $100 per month when state governments limit price adjustments based on factors like age, health or risky behaviors such as smoking.
Brigham Young University’s master's of business administration program is climbing the charts according to BusinessWeek’s latest rankings that place BYU at 22nd in the nation — the program’s highest ranking since the publication started grading MBA programs 20 years ago.
The Brigham Young University School of Music presents the Symphony Orchestra in concert, with faculty artist Steve Call and guest artist Catalin Rotaru, Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
The 2009 Princeton Review’s “The Best 296 Business Schools” ranked Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management as the nation’s most family friendly business school.
The Administrative Advisory Council invites members of the campus community to nominate administrative and staff employees to receive the Ben E. Lewis Management Award, the Fred A. Schwendiman Performance Award or the President’s Appreciation Award.
Brigham Young University’s Latin American Law Student Association is hosting a Latino Pre-law event Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. in room 303 of the J Reuben Clark Law School. The association invites all interested students to come learn more about the law school and the legal profession.
The David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies and BYU International Services will host a series of events for International Education Week Monday through Friday, Nov. 17-21.
Jani Radebaugh will lead a tour of the outer solar system at this year’s Alice Louise Reynolds Women-in-Scholarship Lecture, “Encounters at the Edge of the Solar System: Exploring Jupiter, Saturn, and Beyond,” Friday, Nov. 21, at 2 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium at Brigham Young University.
The Brigham Young University Department of Dance presents the Senior Dance Showcase Friday and Saturday, Nov. 21-22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Dance Studio Theatre, 166 Richards Building.
The Brigham Young University Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Kory Katseanes, will perform Saturday, Nov. 22, at 8 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
The Brigham Young University School of Music presents the debut of percussion group Gamelan Bintang Wahyu, with BYU’s Percussion Ensemble and Panoramic Steel in concert Friday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
Washington Post polling director and polling editor Jon Cohen will headline the Postelection Conference at Brigham Young University’s Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy.
A Brigham Young University research team recently completed a project to fortify corn tortillas with vitamins and minerals that are too often absent from Mexicans’ diets.
Brigham Young University’s School of Music will host four free concerts featuring trombone, woodwinds, strings and brass, Tuesday through Friday, Nov. 18-21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
The American Piano Quartet— featuring Brigham Young University faculty artists Jeffrey Shumway, Robin Hancock and Scott Holden with guest artist Paul Pollei — will perform Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
Synthesis jazz ensemble will celebrate four decades of big band at Brigham Young University swinging through the past with their concert, “Celebrating Nine Decades of Big Band Music,” Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
World Fest, Brigham Young University’s annual celebration of international cultures, will be celebrated Tuesday through Friday, Nov. 18-21, in the Wilkinson Student Center.
British author, humorist, TV personality and punctuation champion Lynne Truss will give a Brigham Young University forum address titled “Is This the End of Literacy?” Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
The David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University is pleased to announce the winners of the ninth annual International Study Programs photo contest in conjunction with International Education Week, November 17-21.
After a very close final round, Brigham Young University law students Joshua Chandler and David Scott came out victorious at the Trial Advocacy Competition, Thursday, Nov 6. Participants Elizabeth Thompson and Kyle Witherspoon came in second.
C. Terry Warner, professor of philosophy, will give a Brigham Young University devotional address titled “Educating the Soul: Our Zion Tradition of Learning and Faith,” Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Four Brigham Young University professors will discuss “What’s Next? Post-Election Perspectives on U.S. Foreign Policy” Wednesday, Nov. 12, at noon in the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies Conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
On Thursday, Nov. 13, Scott Van Keuren will present “Pottery and Cults in the 14-Century Pueblo World.” This lecture, the first in the Museum of Peoples and Cultures’ Fourmile Ruin Lecture Series, will begin at 5 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium at Brigham Young University.
“Gail S. Halvorsen: The Berlin Candy Bomber,” which premieres Monday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m. on BYU Television, tells the story of how an American pilot became a German hero.
The Brighm Young University Student Alumni Association — determined to beat the University of Utah off the ball field as well as on — will launch its annual food drive competition Friday, Nov. 7, with a food rally at Macey’s in Provo and a pancake breakfast Saturday, Nov. 8, at Legends Grill at BYU.
Brigham Young University professor Rodney Forcade will receive the Fourth Annual Distinguished Teaching Award from the Department of Mathematics, Thursday, Nov. 13, at 3:30 p.m. in 1170 James E. Talmage Building. A reception will be held in the Talmage Building lobby 30 minutes prior to the event.
The annual Christmas Preview Night at the BYU Bookstore will be Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 5 to 9 p.m. The Preview Night sale offers 20 percent off most merchandise, including many items already on sale. Free door-buster specials will also be given to the first customers to visit many Bookstore departments.
Brigham Young University’s School of Music will showcase the talents of selected performing groups in two Chamber Nights Friday and Saturday, Nov. 14-15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center.
Bioterrorism and threats to food supply will be the topic of a lecture by John Rupnow, professor of food science and technology at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Thursday, Nov. 13, at 11 a.m. in 456 Martin Building at Brigham Young University.
“Islam and the Modern World” will be the topic of a guest lecture given by Akbar Ahmed, holder of the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Nov. 6, at 3 p.m. at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies conference room, 238 Herald R. Clark Building, at Brigham Young University.
Brigham Young University’s College of Home, Family and Social Sciences will host the Third Annual Social Work Conference, titled “Spirituality in Working with Families and Children: Promoting a Strengths-Based Research Agenda,” Thursday and Friday, Nov. 6-7, at the Wilkinson Student Center.
A new study shows counties can boost voters’ trust in elections by tapping local businesses, unions and schools to recruit poll workers – suggesting a need for investment in the human side of election administration.
About 1000 college students from seven universities throughout Utah will work long hours on Election Day to conduct the KBYU/Utah Colleges Exit Poll, the longest running student-run exit poll in the country.
Fans of BYU's Center for Animation voted its latest short film to victory in the Viewers' Choice category of Nicktoons Network's annual animation festival. Festival judges also awarded "Pajama Gladiator" their Producers' Award.