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Current educational efforts are not doing enough to promote a breadth of literacy among young people, according to a Brigham Young University study featured in this month's edition of the Harvard Educational Review.
Brigham Young University undergraduate engineers demonstrated a portable workstation that creates custom insoles for shoes in less than 30 minutes on Tuesday. The team, sponsored by a Utah entrepreneur, was assigned to take a process that currently requires days and reduce it to minutes, with the potential for their invention to be an option for podiatrists' offices, athletic footwear stores or even ski outfitters.
Brigham Young University’s Museum of Peoples and Cultures received a donation of approximately $25,000 to create an Educator Services Program to be launched by August 2008.
Brigham Young University's business and law schools are among the top 50 in the United States, reports U.S.News & World Report in its "America's Best Graduate Schools" issue, on sale Monday, March 31. Other BYU graduate programs and specialties rank in the top 100 in their categories.
The Brigham Young University Wind Symphony will bid farewell to longtime director David P. Blackinton in his final performance directing the group on Wednesday, April 2.
Brigham Young University’s David O. McKay School of Education will host You Can Do This: An Approach to Raising Wonderful Children on BYU Television Saturday, April 5, at 6 p.m., Sunday, April 6, at noon and on Tuesday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m.
The Brigham Young University Instituto de Estudios Vallejianos will mark the 70th anniversary of the death of well-known Peruvian writer César Vallejo in a bilingual dance and theatre celebration Tuesday, April 8.
“Meet the Mormons: Public Perception and the Global Church” is the topic of the 19th annual International Society Conference Monday, April 7, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Assembly Hall at the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center at Brigham Young University.
While Brigham Young University’s basketball team was winding down its winning season, BYU’s Model United Nations delegation won the highest awards possible for the fourth straight year at the National Model United Nations in New York last week.
Six students from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management won second place and $2,000 at the 11th annual FedEx Freight International Graduate Logistics Case Competition in Fayetteville, Ark.
“Global Mormonism in the 21st Century,” a new book from the Religious Studies Center at Brigham Young University, is taken from 17 years of conferences on the globalization of Mormonism and is the beginning of an effort to fill in a significant gap in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Hikers and campers venturing into bear country this spring may be safer armed with 8-ounce cans of bear pepper spray than with guns, according to a new study led by a Brigham Young University bear biologist.
What: The president of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios will speak at Brigham Young University at the premiere of the award-winning BYU animation program's newest short, "Pajama Gladiator." The premiere and the speech will follow an administrative announcement regarding the future of the animation program at BYU.
Hundreds of mentored student learning projects will be on display at Brigham Young University during the Fourth Annual Mentored Student Research Conference funded by the Mary Lou Fulton Chair in the College of Family, Home and Social Sciences Thursday, April 3, in the Wilkinson Student Center Ballroom.
The 1952 comedy “Monkey Business,” starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers and Marilyn Monroe, will be shown as part of the Brigham Young University Motion Picture Archive Film Series on Friday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium. Admission is free.
Kenneth Cope, a popular Latter-day Saint composer, performer and producer, will be the guest speaker during this year’s Mary Ellen Edmunds Nursing Endowment for the Healer’s Art Dinner Wednesday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the Wilkinson Student Center Ballroom at Brigham Young University.
The Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center has released the proceedings of last year’s BYU Easter Conference, “Behold the Lamb of God," edited by Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Frank F. Judd Jr. and Thomas A. Wayment.
Registration for BYU faculty, staff and students is now available for the 2008 BYU Women's Conference, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, May 1-2. The discounted price for all current BYU ID cardholders is $15 forthe full conference or $8 for either Thursday or Friday.
Robert J.V. Hiebert, a professor of Old Testament studies at Trinity Western Seminary in British Columbia, will present two lectures during a visit to Brigham Young University.
On Thursday, April 3, the Brigham Young University Chamber Orchestra and Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Kory Katseanes will present a concert that will include the world premiere of a piece the Chamber Orchestra will perform at New York’s famous Carnegie Hall this spring.
The Brigham Young University School of Music will present the Percussion Ensemble and Panoramic Steel in concert on Friday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall.
The Brigham Young University Women’s Chorus and Men’s Chorus will perform two spring concerts Tuesday and Wednesday, March 25-26, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
There is an imperative need for BYU students to strengthen their understanding of the atonement of Jesus Christ, Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said at the March 18 devotional.
Marriott School students, faculty and staff at Brigham Young University are challenged to race up seven stories in an unconventional fundraising event designed to grow the school’s scholarship fund.
“Truth Restored: The Development and Progress of the Church’s Ground-Breaking Paid Media Test and How It Could Change Missionary Work” will be the topic of this year’s annual Raymond E. and Ida Lee Beckham Lecture in Communications series presented at Brigham Young University on Thursday, March 27 at 11 a.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium.
Krzysztof Pomian, historian and scientific director of the Museum of Europe in Brussels, will conclude the European Lecture Series at Brigham Young University with a presentation on the “Museum of Europe” on Wednesday, April 2, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
His Excellency James Spalding, Paraguayan ambassador to the U.S., will speak at an Ambassadorial Insights Lecture at Brigham Young University on Thursday, March 27, at 11 a.m. in the Hinckley Center at Brigham Young University.
Brian Greene, author, physicist and string theorist, will speak on "The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality" during a Brigham Young University forum Tuesday, March 25, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
“Seeking theDivine: Ritual, Prayer, and Celebration,” an exhibit which has been showcasedin the Brigham Young University Museum of Peoples and Cultures since May of2005, will close at the end of March.
The College of Family, Home and Social Sciences and TheCharles Redd Center for Western Studies are hosting the Annaley Naegle ReddLecture Tuesday, March 25, at 7 p.m. in the Lee Library auditorium at BrighamYoung University.
A portable device that can detect a chemical attack has been licensed from Brigham Young University to a Utah-based company working in support of the U.S. Department of Defense.
On Thursday, March 20, the Brigham Young UniversityChamber Orchestra under the direction of Kory Katseanes will perform at Provo’s Covey Center for the Arts.
In most cases, traditional MRI scans of people who sustain a concussion look like normal, healthy brains – something that puzzles the medical profession.
New research shows that happily married adults have lower blood pressure than singles with supportive social networks, suggesting marriage may literally be a matter of the heart.
According to the Institute of International Education, over the last eight years the Mathematics Department at Brigham Young University has received more Fulbright Awards than any other mathematics department in the nation.
ElderBruce C. Hafen, a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church ofJesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and author of “A Disciple's Life: TheBiography of Neal A. Maxwell,” will speak on “Disciple-Scholarship in theLord's Kingdom” during the second annual Neal A. Maxwell Institute forReligious Scholarship Lecture Friday, March 21, at 7 p.m. in 2258-2260Conference Center at Brigham Young University.
Theexperimental music group fEARnoMUSIC will perform the Utah premiere of BrighamYoung University faculty composer Steven Ricks’ “Anthology” during a concert onthe BYU campus Friday, March 21.
Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is scheduled to deliver a Brigham Young University devotional address Tuesday, March 18, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Despite studies that find that educated Americans are the least likely to participate in religious activities, education can strengthen your testimony of the restored gospel, Terry B. Ball, dean of Religious Education, assured students at Tuesday's devotional.
Brigham Young University'sCapital Needs Analysis Project won the 2008 Leveraging Excellence Award fromthe National Consortium for Continuous Improvement in Higher Education.
JadHatem, a professor philosophy at the University of Saint Joseph in Lebanon, will offer a series of threelectures in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium at Brigham Young UniversityMonday through Wednesday, March 24-26, from 2-3:30 p.m.
Thissummer eight undergraduate Marriott School students will intern with keyindustry companies after winning the school’s second annual Intern Competition —an event sponsored by the Marriott Undergraduate Student Association at Brigham Young University.
Brigham Young University’sCollege of Physical and Mathematical Sciences will host its Spring Conferencebeginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, March 15, in the Jesse Knight Building.
His Excellency Pierre Vimont will discuss “French-AmericanRelations in Today's World” on Monday, March 24, at 3 p.m. in the Assembly Hallof the Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center at Brigham Young University.
Like baseball, it happens every spring — the Brigham Young University Employee Giving 2008 fundraising campaign is off and running. First pitches were thrown to department representatives in orientation meetings last month. They are now distributing invitations to more than 4,000 full-time BYU employees.
Oxford professor Barry Cunliffe will deliver the 2008 GraceElizabeth Shallit Memorial Lecture at Brigham Young University on Monday, March17, at 3 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium.
KentDean Blad, associate teaching professor in the Brigham Young University Collegeof Nursing, was recently selected as a 2008 Fellow of the American Academy ofNurse Practitioners. He will be honored during an honorary induction ceremonyat this year’s AANP National Conference later this year.
TheBrigham Young University Computer Science Department will host its EighthAnnual Workshop on Technology for Family History and Genealogical Researchbeginning at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 13, at the BYU Conference Center.
Seven Brigham Young University students competed among the 27 delegates at a Model European Union competition held Feb. 22-23 at the University of Washington. The simulation dealt with the revision of the failed Constitutional Treaty as well as environmental post-Kyoto reforms.
The Brigham YoungUniversity Ballet Showcase will present a collection of choreography ranging fromthe classic pas de deux to the new and jazzy on Friday and Saturday, March 21and 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Dance Studio Theater, 166 Richards Building.
Terry B. Ball, professor of ancient scripture and dean ofReligious Education, will share how students can have "A SpirituallyStrengthening Education" during the Brigham Young University weekly devotional addressTuesday, March 11, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Brigham Young University employeesgave more than $200,000 to the United Way of Utah County in 2007, the secondconsecutive year the university has topped the $200,000 level. It reflects a commitment that began more than 40 years ago and continues not only withcash donations but also in service and food drives.
Robert G. Patman will present, “From Retreat toRe-engagement: American Policy toward Sub-Saharan Africa Before and After9/11,” in a Global Awareness Lecture Wednesday, March 16, at noon in 238 HeraldR. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.
Racingdown a professional ski course was just part of the University of Denver’s 2008Race and Case competition, where six Brigham Young University MBA students earned firstplace in the combined skiing and ethics case event.
“Roofsliding,” a new play written by Brigham Young University theatre and media arts graduate student Morag Plaice Shepherd, will premiere Friday, March 21, in the Pardoe Theatre at Brigham Young University.
On Saturday, March 22, Brigham Young University’s toptwo choral ensembles, the BYU Singers and Concert Choir, will present anevening of eclectic choral music, including a unique set of Scandinavian songsand a look at the Great American Songbook.
The Brigham Young University Monte L. Bean Life ScienceMuseum will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a variety ofactivities during the week of March 24-29.
The Brigham Young University Students for International Development Club will host the 18th annual Hunger Banquet on Friday and Saturday, March 14-15, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Wilkinson Student Center Terrace.
JohnEdward Clark will present “The Non-Biblical Genesis of New World Civilization”during the 15th Annual Martin B. Hickman Outstanding Scholar Lectureat Brigham Young University on Thursday, March 13, at 7 p.m. in 250 Spencer W.Kimball Tower.
The 2008 BYU Easter Conference will be held on Saturday, March 22, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium at Brigham Young University. Admission is free and the public is welcome.
Thisyear's Brigham Young University Conference on Family Life will be held Friday,March 28, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the BYU Conference Center located on 770 E.University Parkway.
Parity, the Brigham Young University gender equality club, is hosting a lecture by Valerie Hudson, a BYU political science professor,on Thursday, March 6,in 3224 Wilkinson Student Center from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. The 30-minute lecture will look at women's issues throughout the world and what students can do to improve the status of women.
Just as accountants keep record books for businesses, a "Bookof Life" is being kept for each one of us, said Kevin D. Stocks, director ofthe School of Accountancy at the Marriott School of Management, duringTuesday's devotional.
Brigham Young University modern dance performing group dancEnsemble will perform its “Fragments” concert, featuring works by both students and faculty, on Friday and Saturday, March 14-15.
Loch K. Johnson, a leading U.S. intelligence scholar, will speak on the "2008 Presidential Elections" in an International Relations Lecture Thursday, March 13, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University hosted by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies.
The Religious Studies Center at BrighamYoung University has released a new publication, “Moral Foundations: StandingFirm in a World of Shifting Values.” It will be available in the BYU Bookstore during March.
William M. Tsutsui will discuss “Godzilla and Postwar Japanese Culture” in an Asian Studies Lecture Wednesday, March 12, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.
TheBrigham Young University Child and Family Studies Laboratory is now acceptingapplications for its summer school, preschool and kindergartenprograms.t
"Intelligenceand National Security," a leading journal for scholars who study intelligence,has released its February 2008 Special Issue: "Spying in Film and Fiction."
Brigham Young University will again host the National Amateur DanceSport Championships in ballroom dance Thursday through Saturday, March 13-15, in the Marriott Center.
"Inter-religious Understanding" will be the topic of a Global Awareness Lecture presented by Gary D. Bouma on Wednesday, March 12 at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.
The Annual OPAC Conference for all Brigham Young University office professionals, this year titled “Be Not Afraid, Only Believe,” will be held Wednesday through Friday, March 12-14.
The Eleventh AnnualComputerized Family History and Genealogy Conference is scheduled for Fridayand Saturday, March 14 and 15, at the Conference Center at Brigham YoungUniversity.
The Brigham Young University David O. McKay School of Education Alumni Board, inconjunction with the McKay School Center for the Improvement of TeacherEducation and Schooling, is sponsoring the first bi-annualliteracy conference titled, "The Literacy Promise — Opening Doors for theAdolescent Learner" Wednesday through Friday, March 5-7, at the Salt Palace Convention Center.
Internationally recognized clinical psychologist W. Kim Halford will discuss couple relationship programs during a lecture Wednesday, March 5, at 5 p.m. in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium at Brigham Young University.
Kevin D. Stocks, director of the School of Accountancy at the Marriott School of Management, will offer a Brigham Young University devotional address, “Our Book of Life,” Tuesday, March 4, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Fred Adams, founder of the Utah Shakespearean Festival, will lecture in the BYU Women March meeting on Saturday, March 8, at 2 p.m. in the multi-purpose room of the Hinckley Center at Brigham Young University.
Brigham Young University’s undergraduate business programs rank seventh overall and first among recruiters according to BusinessWeek magazine’s comprehensive ranking of U.S. undergraduate business programs. The Marriott School of Management was also ranked first in return on tuition for private colleges.
For three years Utah artist Chris Dunker documented the dismantling of the Geneva Steel Works in Vineyard, Utah, through the lens of a large-format camera. His photographs utilize color, light and scale to explore the formal elements of the vacant industrial structures and to articulate a sense of loss and mourning for an industry that profoundly shaped the life of Utah County throughout the 20th century.
Brigham Young University will host The Association for Mormon Letters 2008 Annual Conference on Saturday, March 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Wilkinson Student Center. This will mark the first time that the AML has held a meeting on BYU campus since its organization in 1976.
Growing up in a town of 234 people in rural Idaho, Tara Westover barely considered attending college, let alone envisioned that one day she would be headed to the University of Cambridge for postgraduate studies with a prestigious scholarship worth more than $37,000.
Everyone knows that exercise improves endurance - now Brigham Young University scientists have discovered one reason why, pinpointing the enzyme that kickstarts the process. The finding will be important to future efforts to enhance the beneficial effects of exercise, and to possibly extend those benefits to people suffering from ailments such as diabetes and heart disease.
The 18th Annual Russell B. Clark Gerontology Health Conference will be held in the Brigham Young University Conference Center on Monday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calculus has touched everyone's lives to some degree, said Dr. Kening Lu, Brigham Young University's Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer and professor of mathematics, at Tuesday's forum in the Marriott Center.
Winners selected from the Brigham Young University School of Music auditions will perform during the “Evening of Concertos” with the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Kory Katseanes Tuesday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
Current and former members of the Brigham Young University Chamber Orchestra will perform together in a memorial concert honoring Clyn D. Barrus on Saturday, March 8.
The American Piano Quartet, featuring Brigham Young University faculty artists Jeffrey Shumway, Robin Hancock and Scott Holden with guest artist Paul Pollei, will perform on Thursday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
On Thursday, March 6, the Brigham Young University School of Music will host a forum featuring Blaine Nelson, chairman of the board of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Board of Governors and a managing partner for Deloitte.
The 10th annual International Field Studies Inquiry Conference will be held Wednesday through Friday, March 5-7, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.
Brigham Young University School of Music facultyartist Geralyn Giovannetti, oboe, will perform with her group the Sundance Trioin a recital on Tuesday, March 4, at 5:30 p.m. in the MadsenRecital Hall. Admission is free.
The BYU Bookstore and the BYU Alumni Association will sponsor a Graduation Fair Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 26-28, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 29, from10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the upper level of the BYU Bookstore.
Brigham Young University’s seven-time National Collegiate Dance Team Champions, the Cougarettes, will perform in concert at Provo’s new Covey Center for the Arts Wednesday through Saturday,Feb. 27-March 1.
The BYU faculty/staff locker renewal deadline for the Smith Fieldhouse and the Richards Building is Friday, Feb. 29. Lockers may be renewed at the Information Desk, 112 RB, Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. The renewal fee is $25 and includes the use of the locker, clothing and facilities and, as a bonus, a laundry service.
The L. Tom Perry Special Collections department of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University will acquire the papers of poet Clinton Larson on Friday, Feb. 29.
"Can Calculus Carry Nerve Signals?" Brigham Young University's Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer and professor of mathematics, Kening Lu, will answer that question in a university forum on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Brigham Young University faculty performing ensemble Orpheus Winds will perform two works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a free recital titled “An Evening of Mozart” Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall.
Anne-Marie Thiesse, director of research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, will present "The Cultural Construction of National Identities in Europe," the third segment of the European Culture Lecture Series at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, Wednesday, Feb. 27 at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.
Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management has announced eight Master of Business Administration candidates as its 2008 Hawes Scholars. The honor, which carries a cash award of $10,000, is the highest distinction given to second-year MBA students at the school.
This President’s Day, a book by a Brigham Young University political scientist reveals that Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln relied on religious morals to guide their political careers.
As part of this year's Theatre and Community Stories Fulton Initiative, the Brigham Young University Department of Theatre and Media Arts will co-sponsor the Timpanogos Mid-Winter Storytelling Conference Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 21-23.
Deaf and hearing actors from Cleveland Signstage on Tour will bring the story of Roald Dahl’s adventurous “James and the Giant Peach” to life through sign and speech in an adaptation of the story on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 29-March 1, at Brigham Young University.
Brigham Young University faculty composer Neil Thornock will present a multimedia evening of new music and video, featuring work by Dutch film-maker Jan Suschitzky, in a faculty artist recital on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free.
A Brigham Young University professor widely recognized for his research into the process of turning coal into gas told an audience at the annual meeting of the world's largest scientific society that the technology may, for the first time, be financially compelling, thanks to concerns about global warming.
Brigham Young University’s Theatre Ballet will perform two works to honor master choreographer Antony Tudor in a diverse program that celebrates love on all its levels Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 21-23.
New research from Brigham Young University shows that first-born children get about 3,000 more hours of quality time with their parents between ages 4 and 13 than the next sibling gets when they pass through the same age range.
Brigham Young University opera students will perform select scenes from celebrated Italian operas Wednesday through Saturday, Feb. 20-23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free.
Be mine. Tie the knot. Let’s kiss. True love. During this week of candy hearts and love notes, there’s nothing quite like getting a sweet-smelling card saturated with I love yous and Xs and Os.
The Brigham Young University Women’s Chorus and Men’s Chorus will perform two joint concerts on Wednesday and Friday, Feb. 20 and 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
David Battisti of the University of Washingtonwill speak at Brigham Young University on “Greenhouse Warming: Science, Projections and Uncertainties” for the 2008 Quey Hebrew Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 13, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in B092 Joseph F. Smith Building.
Brigham Young University is tied with Harvard as the No. 1 university in the country when it comes to admitted students who actually enroll, according to a new study in U.S. News & World Report.
Timothy B. Smith, associate professor of counseling psychology at Brigham Young University, will share "Love of the Savior: A Pattern for Following Christ and Serving Others" in a devotional address on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Adam Fife will present "Iraq: Why the Surge Worked" at a Global Awareness Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building on the Brigham Young University campus.
A Global Awareness lecture will be given by his Excellency Ferenc Somogyi, ambassador to the United States for Hungary, on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University. He will discuss “Hungary-U.S. Relations.”
New research from Brigham Young University shows that parents influence their child’s likelihood of involvement with drugs, alcohol and risky sexual activity even after their child leaves for college.
On Saturday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m., the Brigham Young University Philharmonic Orchestra will premiere a work by Grammy Award-winning composer Libby Larsen in a concert to coincide with the 2008 College Orchestra Directors Association National Conference at BYU Feb. 21-23.
While the fight against segregation on public buses remains a civil rights symbol, a BYU historian shows how the struggles of black families vacationing by car contributed to the push for equal access to public accommodations.
Everyone should strive to become like God along the journey of life, said Elder Bruce C. Hafen of the First Quorum of the Seventy at the university devotional Tuesday.
Arnaud Huftier will present "Images de soi, images de l'autre: visages du cinéma européen" at a Brigham Young University lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building. His address will be offered in French.
The Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum at Brigham Young University will display the winning entries from its 2008 Nature Photography Competition and Exhibition Friday, Feb. 8 to Friday, March 14 at the museum.
Award-winning jazz bands and special guest artists will keep audiences singing and swinging during the Brigham Young University Jazz Festival Wednesday through Saturday, Feb. 13-16.
The BYU Department of Theatre and Media Arts will host a department forum featuring Denny Miller, an acting veteran of 50 years, on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 11 a.m. in the Nelke Theatre.
The annual Passover Seder Services at Brigham Young University, conducted by Victor L. Ludlow, have been scheduled for March 28 and April 3, 11, 12, 17 and 25. All the events — except the April 11 service, which will be held in 3280-3290 Wilkinson Center — will be in 3228 WSC and will go from 6:30 to about 10 p.m.
The prosperity of the Victorian era (1837-1901) transformed the British art world from a small group of artists who painted for the nobility into a robust community of artists who were free to create paintings that depicted powerful stories from ancient history and contemporary life with a richness of color and wealth of detail that captured the admiration of the age.
Brigham Young University media arts and animation students will share their films and filmmaking experiences in BYU Broadcasting’s new program, “First Look,” airing Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 9 p.m. on the BYU channels.
Elder Bruce C. Hafen of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will speak at a Brigham Young University devotional on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Guest artist Jenny Jordan Frogley will join more than 60 Brigham Young University students in the Music Dance Theatre Showcase performance “Stages of Love” Thursday and Friday, Feb. 7- 8.
Instead of fighting violence and war with more violence, people should strive to increase dialogue, said Paul Rusesabagina, the original hotel manager of the renowned "Hotel Rwanda," speaking to students at Tuesday's forum in the Marriott Center
Dodge Billingsley will offer a Global Awareness Lecture on “Abkhazia: Untold War Story” Wednesday, Feb. 6 at noon in 238 of the Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.
Guest lecturer Kyu Ho Youm will present "A Global Perspective on Press Freedom Issues" followed by a question-and-answer session on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 3 p.m. in 115 David O. McKay Building at Brigham Young University.
The Brigham Young University Singers and Concert Choir will perform a special Valentine’s Day celebration, “Facets of Love:A Valentine’s Concert,” on Tuesday, Feb. 12, and Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
Using authentic choreography, intricate costumes and live music, Brigham Young University’s Living Legends will bring to life the beauty of traditional cultures often forgotten in today’s modern world in their performance of “Seasons” on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9, and again on Thursday, March 27.
Malan Jackson, emeritus director of international studies at Utah Valley State College, will discuss "Fifty Years on the Frontier in Asia" on Thursday, Jan. 31 at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Buildingat Brigham Young University.
"Americans Abroad: How to Be a Soft Power Superhero" will be the topic of an International Relations Lecture on Friday, Feb. 1 at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.
Larry Lohmann, founding member of the Durban Group for Climate Justice, will present “Carbon Trading: Solution to Climate Change or Corporate Resource Grab?” Friday, Feb. 8, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.
BYU Studies at Brigham Young University is devoting its February 2008 issue to a chronology of the life of the Prophet Joseph Smith. This comprehensive chronology tracks the life of the first president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on a week-to-week basis and shows his involvement as a prophet, revelator, husband, father, brother, friend, citizen, city builder, public speaker and religious leader.
During Black History Month at Brigham Young University, students will focus on “Becoming the Change” through a series of programs and activities celebrating African American heritage. The event in sponsored by Multicultural Student Services.
The Brigham Young University faculty performing group the Deseret Trio will perform a free recital on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall.
The Marriott School’s Ginny Richman has been named Air Force ROTC Civilian of the Quarter in recognition for her contribution to the Brigham Young University AFROTC detachment.
Patricia Dewey will speak on “Navigating the European Union Cultural Policy Labyrinth” on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.
In response to the passing of President Gordon B. Hinckley, world leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, BYU's President Cecil O. Samuelson issued the following statement Sunday evening:
Thomas L. Pearcy will present “Central America in Transition: A Circular History” at a Global Awareness Lecture at Brigham Young University in 238 Herald R. Clark Building on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at noon.
Brigham Young University’s Theatre for Young Audiences will take a walk on the wild side in a new musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale “The Jungle Book” Friday, Feb. 8, through Saturday, Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Nelke Theatre.
The third annual Midwinter Symposium on Books for Young Readers, a Brigham Young University conference, will feature Mark and Caralyn Beuhner, Donna Jo Napoli and Gary Schmidt, four award-winning authors of books for children and young adults, on Saturday, Feb. 2, in the Provo Public Library.
Contrary to popular opinion, you can judge a book by its cover, at least when it comes to the clothing people wear, said Rory Scanlon, associate dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communications, at Tuesday's devotional in the Marriott Center.
Award-winning pianist Alan Chow, coordinator of the piano program at Northwestern University, will perform a concert at Brigham Young University on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall.
Brigham Young University vocal performance student Rachel Willis-Sorensen, soprano, won first place in the Rocky Mountain Regional Finals of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in Denver on Jan. 19.
Christian Smith, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology and director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame, will present "Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers" at the fourth annual lecture from the Marjorie Pay Hinckley Endowed Chair in Social Work and the Social Sciences at Brigham Young University.
On Saturday, Feb. 2, Brigham Young University faculty artist Larry Green will present a solo recital full of the sounds of Latin American and Spanish guitar.
On Wednesday, Jan. 30, Brigham Young University School of Music faculty artist Jaren Hinckley, clarinet, will take the audience to the world of crickets, frogs and wolves in his recital, “A Wild Time!”
John Bruton, European Union Ambassador to the United States, will speak at a Provo High Town Meeting sponsored by the Center for the Study of Europe in partnership with the Intercultural Outreach and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University.
“The Quiet Man,” starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, will be screened as the first in this year’s Special Collections Motion Picture Archive Film Series at Brigham Young University Friday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium.
Brigham Young University's "Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library," produced by the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship and published by Brill Academic Press, is on Choice Magazine's short list of Outstanding Academic Titles from among 7,000 or so reviewed in 2007.
Paul Rusesabagina, the courageous hotel manager whose story of survival during the Rwandan genocide became the film "Hotel Rwanda," will speak at a Brigham Young University forum assembly on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 11:05 a.m. at the Marriott Center.
Brigham Young University chemistry and biochemistry professor Paul Farnsworth was recently awarded the 2006 Elsevier/Spectrochimica Acta Atomic Spectroscopy Award.
"Here to There," a new theatre work that shares the stories of Utah Valley residents and transportation — how it affects or restricts them and what about it they would change or keep the same — will be performed in several locations this week.
President Henry B. Eyring, recently appointed second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke about the power of God’s deliverance during the Brigham Young Univeristy devotional Tuesday, Jan. 15.
The combined Brigham Young University choirs will perform during the annual Winter ChoirFest concerts on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25 and 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Provo Tabernacle.
Rory Scanlon, associate dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communications at Brigham Young University, will deliver the devotional address on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
The David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University is seeking qualified couples and individuals to teach at highly respected universities in the People's Republic of China during the 2008-2009 academic year.
The BYU Bookstore has created a new Web site — www.byuphotoshop.com — that allows customers to upload digital pictures and order pictures online. Customers can also pay online, eliminating any waiting in line at cash registers.
The European Union ambassador to the United States will offer a David M. Kennedy Center lecture at Brigham Young University in the Assembly Hall of the Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 3 p.m. Admission is free and the public is welcome.
During every transition of life, personal finances play an influential role in deciding goals for the future. In an effort to provide families and individuals with the tools and resources necessary to obtain financial freedom, Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management has introduced a personal finance Web site designed to help users at every stage of financial knowledge.
Dance, music and film will join together to portray compelling stories from the journals of the women of the Mormon Battalion in the Brigham Young University Dancers’ Company performance “Dance in Concert: Onward, Alone,” Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 31- Feb. 2.
Guest artist Mark Broschinsky, trombone, will perform a concert with Brigham Young University School of Music faculty artist Larry Blackburn, piano, on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall.
Brigham Young University’s best student singers will compete before judges—including renowned mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade—for the title of “Singer of the Year” in the School of Music’s Young Artists of Voice Competition Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, Jan. 15, 17 and 19.
Brigham Young University music professor Christian Asplund will present some of his compositions in a faculty artist recital titled “Two Song Cycles” on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free.
Robert Bullough, associate director for teacher education research at the Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling at Brigham Young University’s David O. McKay School of Education, has received the Michael Huberman Award for Excellence in Research on the Lives of Teachers from the American Educational Research Association.
Beginning Friday, Jan. 25, the Brigham Young University Department of Theatre and Media Arts will present a colorful 19th century, South American setting of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
President Cecil O. and Sister Sharon Samuelson started the new year by offering words of advice and praise to the BYU community in the first devotional of the semester Tuesday in the Marriott Center.
Brigham Young University's faculty jazz quintet Q’d Up will perform a free concert on Wednesday, Jan. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center.
Elder Earl C. Tingey, a member of the Presidency of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will address a Church Educational System Fireside Sunday, Jan. 13, at 6 p.m. in Brigham Young University’s Marriott Center.
President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will offer a devotional address Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center at Brigham Young University.
On Monday, Jan. 21, Brigham Young University will host a Community Outreach Day and the annual Walk of Life to commemorate the life and mission of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The visit to the Brigham Young University campus by renowned mezzo-soprano Frederica Von Stade Jan. 18-19 will mark the inauguration of the Nancy Peery Marriott Visiting Artist Endowment at BYU.
On Friday, Jan. 18, Brigham Young University will present a concert by the mezzo-soprano hailed by The New York Times as “one of America’s finest artists and singers,” Frederica von Stade.
Managing a business while attending school has proven to be a rewarding experience for two Brigham Young University students who tied for the title of 2007 Student Entrepreneur of the Year. Ethan Heintzelman, founder of Elite Express, and Bo Porter, founder of Fox Websites, each received a $10,000 award for this honor.