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Brigham Young University students will hold a candlelight vigil in honor of the Virginia Tech community on Friday, April 20, from 8 to 9 p.m. on Brigham Square. Any members of the campus community who would like to show their support are invited. Candles will be provided.
Broadcast students from the Department of Communications at Brigham Young University recently took second place in the Intercollegiate Broadcast News Competition of the Hearst Broadcast News Competition.
Brigham Young University's Department of Mathematics recently placed in the top 20 in an international mathematics competition, with four students earning scores in the top 10 percent.
Brigham Young University is scheduled to host an Ambassadorial Insights lecture featuring His Excellency Willy C. Gaa, Philippine ambassador to the United States, Tuesday, May 8, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
The Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University announced nine master of business administration candidates, including two international students, as its 2007 Hawes Scholars. The honor, which carries a cash award of $10,000, is the highest distinction given to MBA students at the school.
The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance recently recognized William J. Vincent, director of the General Education Wellness Program at Brigham Young University, with an Honor Award.
The Brigham Young University Prelaw Review is accepting submissions for its 2008 issue from all students on campus who would like to publish and/or receive editing experience.
Brigham Young University’s Cougarettes claimed their seventh National College Cheer and Dance Team Championship title in Daytona Beach, Fla., April 6-7, with a routine the judges praised for its creativity and difficulty. The BYU team tied with the University of Louisville and will share the title.
For the third consecutive year, Brigham Young University’s Model United Nations program won two top honors, this time representing Syria and India at the recent National Model United Nations conference.
Grade rolls will be available through Route Y/AIM beginning Tuesday, April 17, the last day of class instruction. The deadline for submitting grades is Wednesday, May 2, at noon. Instructions for submitting grades can be found in the menu for “Faculty & Staff” at http://records.byu.edu.
Brigham Young University’s annual Unforum, a fun-filled look back at the academic year, will take place Tuesday, April 17, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management honored Steven R. Thorley with its 2007 Outstanding Faculty Award, the highest faculty distinction given by the school. The award was presented at a recent banquet where the school also recognized 11 other individuals who have made significant contributions.
The annual Brigham Young University Faculty Women's Association Retreat will be Thursday, April 26, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., finishing in time for the security check for this year's commencement exercises.
Brigham Young University’s Ad Lab in the Department of Communications won L’Oreal’s 15th annual Brandstorm Competition in New York City and will represent the United States in the international finals in Paris this June.
Brigham Young University Academic Vice President John S. Tanner has announced the appointment of Beth V. Cole as dean of the College of Nursing effective July 1, 2007.
Guest artist Jeff Bradetich, double bass, will perform Tuesday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center. His appearance is sponsored by the Brigham Young University School of Music, and admission is free.
Kaitie Dyson, a graduate student in the Brigham Young University David O. McKay School of Education, recently earned a National Association of School Psychologists Minority Student Scholarship for 2007.
Patricia L. Ravert, Learning Center and Clinical Simulation Laboratory coordinator for the Brigham Young University College of Nursing, was selected by the National League for Nursing as one of 8 national simulation experts for a special project focusing on faculty development for the use of simulation in nursing education.
Guest artists Ernst Kubitschek on the piano and traverso flute and Marianne Roenez on violin and viola d’amore will deliver a Brigham Young University School of Music Lecture at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Madsen Recital Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center, with an accompanying concert at 3 p.m. in the Lied Gallery in the Museum of Art at Brigham Young University. Admission is free.
In honor of the sacrifice and commitment of 19th-century Scandinavian missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center recently released a new volume of biographies titled “Legacy of Sacrifice: Missionaries to Scandinavia, 1872-1894.”
Catherine Black, professor of dance at Brigham Young University, will encourage students on the topic "Don't Miss the Miracle" Tuesday at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center where she will address the university devotional.
Brigham Young University’s Romney Institute of Public Management honored Bountiful City Manager Thomas R. Hardy with its 2007 Administrator of the Year award at a banquet given in his honor.
Rock, paper, scissors, GO! Friday, April 6 marks the day of what a group of Brigham Young University students hope will be the largest rock, paper, scissors competition on record. The event will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. on the Deseret Towers field.
Calle, a company that wants to be a premier brand for street soccer players, was named winner of the BYU Marriott School of Management’s 2007 Business Plan Competition and accepted a $52,500 award of cash and in-kind services.
Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies has scheduled a panel discussion on “Vice President Cheney and the Global War on Terror” Monday, April 9, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Varsity Theater.
One might not expect an American Roman Catholic priest living in the slums of Bangkok and Brigham Young University students to have much in common. But Father Joe Maier, founder of the Human Development Foundation, and seven students enrolled in the Marriott School of Management field studies program found common ground as they worked together to better the lives of Thai children.
Brigham Young University President Cecil O. Samuelson will congratulate graduating seniors during the annual President’s Senior Celebration, slated for Friday, April 6, from 6:30 to 11 p.m. in the Wilkinson Student Center.
Brigham Young University’s Harold B. Lee Library has recently made it easier for students and faculty engaged in research to place holds on necessary books.
The Second Annual Corpus Christi Medieval Theatre Festival, hosted by the Brigham Young University medieval history and reenactment club The Quill and the Sword, will be from noon to 6 p.m. in the courtyard of the Joseph F. Smith Building Saturday, April 7. Admission is $5, and children under eight will be admitted for free.
William J. Strong, Brigham Young University emeritus professor of physics, was recently awarded the Rossing Prize in Acoustics Education from the Acoustical Society of America.
The BYU Symphony Orchestra will perform Tuesday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall. Admission will be free. The concert will be conducted by Eric Hansen and will feature guest artist Xun Sun on the violin and faculty artist Julie Bevan on cello.
Brigham Young University's top jazz ensemble, Synthesis, directed by Ray Smith, will give a concert at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center, Wednesday, April 11. The concert will premiere a new piece, "Verloren (Lost)," written by faculty artist Steve Lindeman.
The Brigham Young University Percussion Ensemble and Panoramic Steel concert, part of the Percussive Arts Festival, will take place Saturday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center.
Womanhood will be celebrated during this year’s Brigham Young University Women’s Conference Thursday and Friday, May 3-4, at various locations on campus co-sponsored by the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Scott Holden, a Juilliard School of Music alumnus and faculty pianist at Brigham Young University, will present a recital at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 6, in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free.
Mark Morrison, deputy chief of staff to Utah Sen. Robert F. Bennett, is slated to present a Middle Eastern Studies/Arabic Lecture Thursday, April 5, at 4 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.
The Brigham Young University auditioned choirs and Philharmonic Orchestra will come together for “Easter Reflections,” a concert featuring classic songs of the Easter season, Friday and Saturday, April 13-14, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
Just in time for Brigham Young University’s 2007 Easter Conference on April 7, the Religious Studies Center has released “Celebrating Easter: The 2006 BYU Easter Conference,” a collection of essays from last year’s event.
Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host two distinguished speakers Wednesday, April 11, in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
The Brigham Young University Student Employment Office will honor student contributions to the university by celebrating National Student Employment Week April 2-6.
Six Brigham Young University undergraduates will soon begin new internships thanks to an unconventional internship competition sponsored last month by the Marriott School Undergraduate Management office.
Brigham Young University’s schedule of fall forum assembly speakers will include the chief justice of the United States, the U.S. Senate majority leader and a National Book Award-winning author.
The Daily Universe, Brigham Young University’s student newspaper, was recently named Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper for Region 9, earning a 2006 Mark of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists.
Richard Cowan, a professor in the Brigham Young University Department of Church History and Doctrine, will present the weekly university devotional Tuesday, April 3, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
The Honors String Quartet at Brigham Young University’s School of Music will perform a recital Saturday, April 7, at 9:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission is free.
Women’s Services and Resources at Brigham Young University has invited Brad Wilcox, a popular Latter-day Saint speaker and associate professor of teacher education, to present a lecture Thursday, April 5, at 11 a.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium.
The Brigham Young University Philharmonic Orchestra will present a "Musical Easter Celebration," Wednesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
The David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University will host a trio of lectures on the Middle East, ancient and modern, during the week of April 2.
The Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, in conjunction with BYU’s Ecology Club, will present a Global Environment Film Series April 2-6 in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
The BYU Museum of Art is now open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The museum will keep its regular Saturday hours, noon to 5 p.m. Exhibits include:
The Brigham Young University Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band, conducted by David Blackinton and Don Peterson, will feature guest artist Gunnery Sgt. Karl P. Johnson of the United States Marine Band, Friday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
The Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies will host an Asian Studies Lecture by Eni F. H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa representative to the U.S. Congress, Friday, March 30, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
Organizers of Brigham Young University’s 2008 Sidney B. Sperry Symposium have issued a call for proposals to be considered for presentation at next year’s event.
Brigham Young University’s annual Palmer Distinguished Lecture on Canadian Studies will feature Greg Melchin, Minister of Seniors and Community Supports in Alberta, Canada, Monday, April 2, at 10 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
María del Pilar Nores Bodereau de Garcia, the First Lady of Peru, will speak at Brigham Young University Friday, March 30, at 2 p.m. in 151 N. Eldon Tanner Building.
“The Perplexities of Nations: Current Trends and the International Church” will be the focus for the 18th annual International Society Conference at Brigham Young University Monday, April 2, at 8:30 a.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium.
"Live right now," Gerrit Gong, assistant to the president for planning and assessment at Brigham Young University, told students at Tuesday’s devotional. Gong emphasized the importance of both living – right now and living right – now. "While we learn from the past and plan for the future, we make decisions in the present. The nature of mortality is we live – right now. . . .Today’s choices shape tomorrow's decisions."
“Zoot Suit Sizzle,” the 2007 concert by Brigham Young University’s 164-member Ballroom Dance Company, will be held at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, April 6-7. There will also be a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday.
Spy movie enthusiasts will see the truth behind the stereotype with “Spies in Film and Fiction,” a weeklong series of films, lectures and panel discussions by intelligence experts, at Brigham Young University Monday through Friday, March 26-30, in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
With Brigham Young University leading the way, the colleges and universities of the Mountain West Conference are expected to recycle more than 1 million pounds of waste through this year’s RecycleMania competition, a national contest pitting schools against each other in the race to recycle.
“Education: The Bridge out of Poverty” will be the topic for the 2007 Brigham Young University David O. McKay School of Education’s Benjamin Cluff Jr. Lecture, featuring Garth L. Mangum, Thursday, March 29, at 3 p.m. in the Varsity Theater.
The BFA New York Showcase, featuring music/dance/theatre and acting students on their way to the Big Apple, will take place in the Nelke Theatre at 7 and 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday, April 13-14. It had been originally scheduled for March 29-30.
American documentary filmmaker Ken Burns will visit Brigham Young University to deliver a forum address Tuesday, March 27, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Brigham Young University’s annual Family Expo, a two-day event designed to strengthen families and address common family problems, will take place Monday and Tuesday, April 2-3, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the BYU Conference Center.
The work of economists, the situation of Iraqi women and Chinese life in the 19th century will be some of the topics of student research projects on display for the third annual Mentored Student Research Conference at Brigham Young University Wednesday, April 11, in the Wilkinson Student Center Ballroom.
The Brigham Young University Men’s and Women’s Choruses will perform together at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, March 27-28, in the de Jong Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center. The Women’s Chorus will be conducted by Jean Applonie while Rosalind Hall will conduct the Men’s Chorus.
Sheri L. Dew, CEO of Deseret Book Company, will be the featured speaker for the Brigham Young University Mary Ellen Edmunds Endowment for the Healer’s Art celebration dinner Wednesday, April 4, at 6:30 p.m. in the Wilkinson Student Center Ballroom.
Pamela S. Soltis, curator of the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics and Evolutionary Genetics at the Florida Museum of Natural History, will speak at the John Tanner Lectureship Series Thursday, March 29, at 7 p.m. in the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum auditorium. Admission to the lecture will be free, and the public is welcome to attend. Soltis will address "The Origin of Species: Examples from the Plant Genus Tragopogon." Soltis' research interests include angiosperm phylogeny, polyploidy and conservation genetics. Since receiving her education at the University of Kansas, Soltis has served on the Councils of the Society for the Study of Evolution, the American Society of Plant Taxonomists and the American Genetics Association.
Registration for faculty, staff and students is now available for the 2007 BYU Women's Conference, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, May 3-4. The discounted price for all current BYU ID cardholders is $15 for the full conference or $8 for either Thursday or Friday.
The annual Brigham Young University Easter Conference, this year titled “Behold the Lamb of God,” will take place Saturday, April 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium.
All female Brigham Young University students and employees are invited to attend a free “Fact vs. Myth” seminar about breast and cervical cancer Wednesday, March 28, from 1 to 3 p.m. in 3326 Wilkinson Student Center.
Jane Clayson Johnson, former co-anchor of CBS’ “The Early Show” and a Brigham Young University alumna, will visit campus to speak on “A Few Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Went Out Into the World” Thursday, March 29, at 11 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
The future of microfinance will be the subject for a lecture presented by John Hatch, inventor of the Village Banking Model, Thursday, March 22, at 7 p.m. in 111 Ezra Taft Benson Building at Brigham Young University.
Monte Belknap, violin, and Barbara Allen, piano, will perform the final of three recitals of their 10 Beethoven sonata series on Thursday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall, in the Harris Fine Arts Center at Brigham Young University.
Living Legends, a performing group at Brigham Young University celebrating the Polynesian, Native American and Latin American cultures, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in the de Jong Concert Hall on BYU campus.
Brigham Young University will get a taste of the culture of the South Pacific with the annual lu’au celebration, this year called “Embracing Discovery,” Tuesday and Wednesday, March 20-21, at 5 p.m. in the Wilkinson Student Center Ballroom.
Brigham Young University President Cecil O. Samuelson will be the inaugural speaker at the first Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship lecture Friday, March 23, at 7 p.m. in the Joseph Smith Building auditorium.
This generation is "on the threshold of the most significant missionary success to date," Elder Quentin L. Cook, executive director of the Missionary Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said this week.
The Department of Dance will present the dancEnsemble winter concert, “dancEnsemble: Move it or Lose it,” Friday and Saturday, March 23-24 in the Dance Production Theatre, 166 Richards Building, at 7:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee.
The Brigham Young University Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Kory Katseanes, will give a concert Friday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center.
Robert D. Schulzinger of the University of Colorado at Boulder will speak on “Iraq and Vietnam: Lessons Learned and Mislearned” Monday, March 26, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building for an International Relations lecture.
His Excellency Lee Tae-sik, Korean ambassador to the United States, will address “Korea-U.S. Relations” at Brigham Young University Monday, March 19, at 3 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
TIAA-CREF recently increased the number of investment options available to BYU personnel. In addition to the ten annuity options available in the past, 20 new mutual funds and lifecycle funds options have been added to the plan.
The Brigham Young University Cancer Awareness Group will raise money and increase public awareness of cancer with the 12th annual Rex Lee Run, to take place Saturday, March 24, at 9 a.m. in Provo.
"A Man Called Peter," a film based onthe 1951 biography of Scottish Presbyterian clergyman Peter Marshall,will be the next featurein the Brigham Young University Motion Picture Archives Film Series, to be shown Friday, March 23, at 7 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium.
BusinessWeek magazine ranked Brigham Young University’s undergraduate management program eighth overall and second among recruiters in the most comprehensive ranking of U.S. undergraduate business programs to date. The school was also ranked first in return on tuition for private colleges. The magazine cited the program’s ethics-based education and high-caliber recruiters as strengths.
The recently formed Brigham Young University Mormon Scholars in the Humanities organization will host its inaugural conference, “Mormon Belief, Scholarship and the Humanities,” Friday and Saturday, March 23-24, on campus.
The annual Brigham Young University Easter Conference, this year titled “Behold the Lamb of God,” will take place Saturday, April 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium.
“Live Right Now” will be the topic of a Brigham Young University devotional featuring Gerrit W. Gong, assistant to the President for planning and assessment at Brigham Young University, Tuesday, March 20, at 11:05 a.m.
“Getting at the Truth: Science and Religion in the Best of All Worlds” will be the topic for the annual Summerhays Lecture, featuring Robert L. Millet, Friday, March 30, at 7 p.m. in Brigham Young University’s Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium. Admission will be free, and the public is welcome to attend. “The everlasting quest for truth has been and continues to be an endeavor that drives us to our intellectual extremities, as well as to our knees,” Millet said. His presentation will suggest principles to live by when seeking to “learn by study and also by faith” and how to reconcile what has been discovered with what has been revealed. Millet is a BYU professor of ancient scripture with interests in outreach and interfaith relations. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from BYU and a doctoral degree from Florida State University. Since joining the BYU faculty, he has served as chair of the Department of Ancient Scripture, dean of Religious Education, director of the Religious Studies Center and the Richard L. Evans Professor of Religious Understanding. The goal of the Summerhays Lecture series is to give the university community and all others interested an opportunity to delve deeper into the relationship between science and religion. For more information, contact J. Ward Moody at (801) 422-4347.
The Utah County chapter of the Brigham Young University Alumni Association is looking for local alumni to volunteer service in various positions within the organization. The chapter needs one couple who can commit from one to three years to serve in each capacity. Open positions include secretary/treasurer, activities coordinator, annual giving coordinator, alumni mentor and chapter replenishments grants coordinator. Interested couples should send an e-mail with a short biography of themselves to chairs Scott and Sarah Reed at lafamiliareed@sbcglobal.net by March 31. They may also contact co-chairs Brett and Paige Beal for additional information. For more information, contact the Alumni Association at (801) 422-4663.
J.S. Bach would be 322 this year, and Brigham Young University faculty organist Douglas Bush will continue to honor the day with his annual recital on Wednesday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. Admission will be free.
The latest animated short film from Brigham Young University’s animation program will be awarded a College Television Award (also known as a “student Emmy”) later in March at the Academy of Television Arts Sciences Foundation gala in Los Angeles.
A pageant, authentic food and plenty of dancing will highlight this year’s Harold A. Cedartree Memorial Powwow celebration, to take place at Brigham Young University Friday and Saturday, March 23-24, in the Wilkinson Student Center.
A variety of national and international speakers will address topics from French cinema to American foreign policy in a series of David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies lectures at Brigham Young University during the week of March 19.
The Rollins Center for eBusiness at Brigham Young University and the CP80 Foundation are bringing some of Utah’s business leaders to the BYU campus Friday, March 16, for the semiannual eBusiness Day. Titled “Technology Responsibility and Ethics,” this semester’s eBusiness Day focuses on the risks and opportunities inherent in technology. The event begins at 9 a.m. and will be held in 151 N. Eldon Tanner Building. Space is limited. Registration is available online at ebusiness.byu.edu/trec. “We live in an era of unprecedented access to and reliance upon technology,” said Stephen Liddle. director of the Rollins Center for eBusiness. “This event gives people a chance to learn about the ripple effects of e-business, risk management in using technology, and how they can become personally involved in these fields.” Ralph Yarro, CEO and president of ThinkAtomic Inc., will be the event’s keynote speaker. Yarro is the founder of the CP80 Internet Initiative, a nonprofit organization working to separate Internet content that is harmful to children. Ron Schwendiman, manager of LDS Church Internet Operations, will speak on “The Storm of Technology in our Lives.” Liddle will address the event’s theme in a presentation called “A Framework for Understanding the New Challenges and Opportunities of the Internet Era.” After the lectures, there will be a question-and-answer session open to participants. Technology and ethics-related organizations such as CP80 will also have booths open to the public in the atrium of the Tanner Building. At the conclusion of the event, there will be a drawing for an iPod nano in the atrium. “This eBusiness Day is going to be an incredible opportunity to get an inside scoop on some cutting-edge technology being developed to combat some of the more troubling aspects of technology,” said Jeff Brown, program manager for the Rollins Center for eBusiness. “We’re very excited to hear from these great speakers.”
The L. Tom Perry Special Collections division of Brigham Young University’s Harold B. Lee Library will host the A. Dean Larsen Book Collecting Conference Thursday and Friday, March 29-30, in room 1130 of the library.
Jay Christofferson, a professor in the School of Technology at Brigham Young University, received the Outstanding Educator Award from the National Association of Home Builders at its recent International Builders Show in Orlando, Fla.
Val Hawks has been appointed director of the School of Technology at Brigham Young University's Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology. He has been serving as interim director of the school since June 2006.
Guest artist Richard Beene will perform on the bassoon in the Madsen Recital Hall Friday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. A professor of bassoon at the University of Michigan, Beene is in demand as a teacher, soloist, chamber musician and orchestral performer.
More than 300 students from the various departments of the Brigham Young University College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences will present the results of their research during the college’s Spring Research Conference Saturday, March 17, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Thomas L. Martin Building.
Elder Quentin L. Cook, a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be featured at a Brigham Young University devotional Tuesday, March 13 at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
The Brigham Young University production of the Shakespearean classic “Hamlet” will begin Wednesday, March 21 and run through Saturday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pardoe Theatre.
More than 700 young inventors and scientists will compete for $30,000 in cash and scholarships at the Central Utah Science and Engineering Fair, to take place March 26-29 at the Brigham Young University Conference Center.
The Brigham Young University-based American Piano Quartet will perform on Tuesday, March 13, in the de Jong Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. The quartet is comprised of artists Robin Hancock, Scott Holden and Paul Pollei.
The Brigham Young University Singers and Concert Choir, under the direction of Ronald J. Staheli and Rosalind Hall, will present a blend some of BYU’s best voices on Friday and Saturday, March 16-17, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center.
The Brigham Young University-Public School Partnership presents the 4th Biannual Conference on Instructional Leadership in the 21st Century, “Classrooms & Schools for Tomorrow,” March 6-9 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City.
The Utah Symphony under the direction of David Cho will present an evening of works by Sibelius and Glazunov in the de Jong Concert Hall at Brigham Young University Thursday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m.
“Panama-U.S. Relations” will be the topic for a Brigham Young University Ambassadorial Insights Lecture featuring His Excellency Federico A. Humbert, Panamanian ambassador to the United States, Wednesday, March 14, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
A new programming service from BYU Broadcasting was launched March 2 to serve audiences throughout Central and South America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal and the United States. At launch BYU Television International had carriage commitments from 90 cable operators throughout Central and South America.
Increasing levels of debt and bankruptcies are frequently blamed for divorces and conflict within marriage. But new Brigham Young University research suggests that marital woes that can result from financial ups and downs have as much to do with a couple’s expectations as their paychecks and credit card bills.
Three speakers will cover topics from American diplomacy and security to nations and catastrophes in a series of lectures Thursday and Friday, March 15-16, at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies on the Brigham Young University campus.
Elder Neil L. Andersen, 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, March 4, at the Brigham Young University Marriott Center.
In the hope of making sleep a higher priority for students, the Brigham Young University Department of Health Science and the Health Science Association student club will come together to host Sleep Awareness Week on campus March 5-9.
Brigham Young University's weekly campus devotional will feature William Barrett, professor in the Department of Computer Science, Tuesday, March 6, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Brigham Young University’s Young Ambassadors will perform “Broadway Rhythm” Thursday through Saturday, March 8-10, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center. A matinee will take place Saturday, March 10, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 or $8 with a BYU student ID and are available at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-7664 or at performances.byu.edu.
A lightly used parking lot on University Avenue is making way for a new building to house LDS Philanthropies. The site is Brigham Young University property at 1500 North. Completion of the three-story building is expected in spring 2008.
An "Evening of Concertos" featuring the Brigham Young University Philharmonic Orchestra will be held Wednesday, March 7. It will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall and will feature student instrumental and vocal winners from the School of Music concerto auditions.
The 10th Annual Brigham Young University Computerized Family History and Genealogy Conference will take place Friday and Saturday, March 16-17, at the BYU Conference Center.
The information revolution in India, the First Amendment and Jorge Luis Borges will be the topics for a trio of lectures at Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies during the week of March 5.
Timothy O’Connor, a Brigham Young University bioinformatics major, recently won the Gates Cambridge Scholarship for study at the University of Cambridge in England in October.
The Mathematical Association of America recently selected Julian Tay, a mathematics major at Brigham Young University, as a winner of its 2007 National Undergraduate Student Poster Session.
The Brigham Young University Bookstore and the Alumni Association will host a “one-stop shop” for April graduates Wednesday through Friday, March 7-9, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the upper level of the bookstore.
The Brigham Young University Students for International Development Club will host the annual Hunger Banquet fund-raiser Friday and Saturday, March 9-10, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Wilkinson Student Center Terrace.
Singled out by business professors across the nation, Brigham Young University professor and School of Accountancy director Kevin Stocks was recognized this month for displaying excellence in accounting education.
Two statewide awards were given to Tamara Lewis, a member of Brigham Young University’s Romney Institute Advisory Board, in recognition of her efforts to improve the health of Utah residents. Lewis was named a 2006 Health Care Hero by Utah Business magazine and also received a 2006 Public Health Hero Award from the Utah Public Health Association.
Polished Latin dance professionals and some of the best ballroom dancers from around the country will characterize this year’s 2007 United States National Amateur DanceSport Championships, which will be held Thursday-Saturday, March 8-10, in the Marriott Center. Events will take place all day, with featured events occurring at night.
Four old college friends must find some way to break free from their own personal ruts as they interact in a difficult setting as part of the Brigham Young University production "Stuck on the Edge" written by BYU alumna Elizabeth Leavitt.
Rulon D. Pope, professor of economics and associate dean of the College of Family, Home and Social Sciences at Brigham Young University, will highlight this year’s Martin B. Hickman Lecture Thursday, March 8, at 7 p.m. in 250 Spencer W. Kimball Tower.
The fourth annual Brigham Young University Teacher Fair, scheduled for Friday, March 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Wilkinson Student Center Ballroom, is shaping up to be the largest in the history of the event.
At a seminal meeting in 1987, physicists shocked the scientific community when they reported that certain ceramics can conduct electricity with no resistance at low temperatures. Since then, scientists have been dreaming of trains that levitate on magnetic fields, practical electric cars, hyper-efficient power lines and the other technological marvels that would be made possible by a material that could similarly “superconduct” electricity, but at room temperature.
His Excellency Sir David G. Manning, ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United States, is scheduled to speak at Brigham Young University Monday, March 12, at 2 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
“Generations Working Together” will be the theme of this year’s Brigham Young University Russell B. Clark Gerontology Health Conference, scheduled for Monday, March 12, from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. in the BYU Conference Center.
Beginning Fall Semester 2007, the deadline for payment of tuition and fees at Brigham Young University will be seven calendar days prior to the first day of class. Currently, the deadline is the second day of class.
Brigham Young University’s Student Employment Services is encouraging campus departments and supervisors to nominate outstanding student employees for university recognition.
The Brigham Young University Department of History will sponsor the 22nd Annual Russel B. Swensen Lecture, featuring T. H. Breen, a specialist in early American and revolutionary history, Thursday, March 1, at 11 a.m. in 1060 Harold B. Lee Library.
Orpheus, of mythological renown, is said to have learned music from the god Apollo himself. A Brigham Young University group that uses his name, Orpheus Winds, will let audiences hear some of that music at a concert Thursday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m., in the Madsen Recital Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center. Admission will be free.
C. Arden Pope, the Mary Lou Fulton Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University, will present the 2007 Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecture during a university forum Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Flirting, dating and engagement will be some of the topics discussed at the Healthy Relationships Conference sponsored by Brigham Young University Women’s Services and Resources Thursday, Feb. 22, from 2-7 p.m. in the Varsity Theatre.
James Margetts, an alumnus of Brigham Young University, will return Saturday, March 3, to give a piano concert in the Madsen Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. Admission will be free.
The Ying Quartet, an all-sibling ensemble from Chicago, will be performing at Brigham Young University Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center.
Four accomplished saxophone players using four different registers make up the Utah Saxophone Quartet, composed of Brigham Young University School of Music alumni. The quartet will perform in the Madsen Recital Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center on Thursday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
The Brigham Young University Child and Family Studies Laboratory is now accepting applications for its preschool, prekindergarten and postkindergarten sections of the Summer 2007 and Fall 2007-Winter 2008 programs.
The Brigham Young University School of Family Life and the Family Life Education Institute will sponsor the 2007 Family Outreach Conference Friday, March 9, at the BYU Conference Center.
Marcus Soliai, a Brigham Young University senior in genetics and biotechnology, has received the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship worth $4,000.
The Marriott School MBA Marketing Association at Brigham Young University teamed up with national representatives from Wal-Mart, Inc. for an evening of humanitarian service and business networking.
The Brigham Young University Office Professionals Advisory Committee and Human Resources Services will host the 15th Annual Office Professionals Conference Wednesday through Friday, March 14-16, in the Wilkinson Student Center.
Gary A. Rendsburg, chair of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University, will be featured at two lectures at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University in March.
The Brigham Young University David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, in collaboration with Combat Films and Research, recently released “From the Masses to the Masses: An Artist in Mao’s China” on DVD for institutional purchase.
A Brigham Young University Ambassadorial Insights lecture will feature His Excellency Rastislav Kacer, Slovakian ambassador to the United States, who will discuss “Slovakia-U.S. Relations” Wednesday, Feb. 21, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
Brigham Young University’s Theatre Ballet will bring a dancing doll to life in its production of the classic ballet “Coppélia,” Thursday through Saturday, March 1-3, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center.
Two Brigham Young University entities will come together to host a symposium about religion and ethics Thursday and Friday, March 1-2, on the BYU campus.
Interracial marriage in South Africa and alternative fuel laws in Brazil will be among the topics discussed at the Brigham Young University 9th Annual Field Studies Inquiry Conference Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 28-March 2, in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
The Brigham Young University Truman Committee has nominated three students to the national Truman Foundation for the prestigious Truman Scholarships, worth $30,000 each for graduate study. Truman criteria are consistent with the aims of a BYU education, and include extensive community and public service, scholarship and leadership elements.
Brigham Young University’s Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band brought home scholarship money totaling $2,700, along with other special awards from the 2nd Annual Traditional Jazz Youth Band Festival at California State University in Sacramento.
Opera students at Brigham Young University will be performing a spectrum of different opera scenes Wednesday through Saturday, Feb. 21-24, at 7:30 p.m., in the Madsen Recital Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center. Admission is free.
Wearing bright red for a Valentine's Day message, Sister Bonnie D. Parkin, general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, counseled students at Tuesday's devotional to "never suppress a generous thought."
Brigham Young University’s Motion Picture Archive Film Series will present the Oscar-winning drama “Johnny Belinda” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23 in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium on the first level.
Human Resource Services at Brigham Young University is sponsoring the 14th Annual Early Breast Cancer Detection Campaign March 7-30. BYU has arranged with DMBA and Utah Valley Regional Medical Center to provide this service. UVRMC will provide high-quality care in a comfortable and professional atmosphere.
Two of Brigham Young University’s best-known choirs, the Men’s Chorus and Women’s Chorus, will perform together at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 21-22, in the de Jong Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center.
The Marion K. "Doc" Smith Memorial Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy, "Life, the Universe and Everything," at Brigham Young University will celebrate its 25th anniversary Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 15-17 in the Wilkinson Student Center. Admission is free.
The Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University will open its new exhibit space, located just inside the library’s main entrance, with the exhibition “Two Ancient Roman Plates: Bronze Military Diplomas and Other Sealed Documents” on Friday, March 2.
The Brigham Young University Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in the de Jong Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center.
Brigham Young University football coach Bronco Mendenhall will share insights on leadership integrity with the campus community as part of a leadership lecture series Thursday, Feb. 15 at 5 p.m. in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium.
More than 75 companies are slated to attend the Brigham Young University Winter 2007 Engineering and Technology Career Fair Wednesday, Feb. 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in 3220-3224 and 3228 Wilkinson Student Center.
A team of five MBA students from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University won first place in the wild card round of the Venture Capital Investment Competition Jan. 19 at Santa Clara University in California.
Researchers from Brigham Young University's Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, led by David Magleby, dean of the College of Family, Home and Social Sciences, and Kelly Patterson, associate professor of political science, presented the results of their recent study of the 2006 congressional election cycle at a press conference in Washington, D.C. earlier this week. Following is a press release from Rabinowitz/Dorf Communications that summarizes the study's findings:
All female Brigham Young University students are welcome to attend the ninth annual BYU Student Women’s Conference, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 3, in the Wilkinson Student Center Ballroom and various classrooms.
Diplomacy and the global economy will be the topics for a pair of lectures at Brigham Young University’s David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 14-15.
His Excellency Oleh Shamshur, Ukrainian ambassador to the United States, will be featured at a Global Awareness lecture at Brigham Young University Wednesday, Feb. 14, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.
Women’s Services and Resources at Brigham Young University is sponsoring a six-week marital enhancement seminar called “Don’t Let the Sizzle Fizzle” beginning Feb. 13.
Group for New Music, Brigham Young University’s experimental music group, will be featured in at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15, in the Maeser Auditorium on the south end of campus. Admission is free.
Bonnie D. Parkin, general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will present a Brigham Young University devotional address Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
Utah’s own Repertory Dance Theatre will be performing at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, in the Pardoe Theatre at Brigham Young University’s Harris Fine Arts Center.
Jazz performers from all over the nation will come together for a week of originality and high-quality music during the Brigham Young University Crescent Jazz Festival Wednesday through Saturday, Feb. 14-17, in the Harris Fine Arts Center.
Monte Belknap, violin, and Barbara Allen, piano, will perform the second of three recitals in their Beethoven sonata series on Friday, Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall at Brigham Young University.
As the ongoing trial of top Bush administration official Lewis "Scooter" Libby focuses attention on the freedom of the press, a new Brigham Young University study explains the legacy established on that issue by former Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
Peter M. Johnson, an assistant professor of accounting at Brigham Young University, will present a devotional address Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
The Performing Arts Company, the Brigham Young University International Folk Dance Ensemble touring team, will be appearing at the Mountain View High School Auditorium in Orem Saturday, Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m.
The Brigham Young University Department of Anthropology will sponsor the annual Grace Elizabeth Shallit Memorial Lecture Monday, Feb. 5, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium.
“Malta-U.S. Relations” will be the topic for an Ambassadorial Insights lecture featuring His Excellency John Lowell, Maltese ambassador to the United States, Thursday, Feb. 8, at 2 p.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building at Brigham Young University.
The Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band will perform on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall in the Harris Fine Arts Center at Brigham Young University.
The Brigham Young University Singers and Concert Choir will perform a combined concert, to be conducted by Ronald Staheli and Rosalind Hall, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall on Tuesday and Thursday, Feb. 13 and 15.
The artists-in-residence at the Steinhardt School of Music at New York University, the Quintet of the Americas, will perform Saturday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall at Brigham Young University.
The 1944 film “Since You Went Away” will be shown at Brigham Young University in conjunction with the L. Tom Perry Special Collections exhibit, “Remembering World War II: Pearl Harbor & Beyond.” The showing will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, and will take place in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium.
The Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library will host Guha Shankar, folklife specialist in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, for this year’s Wilson Folklore Archive Founder’s Lecture Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. in the library auditorium.
Work done by students in Brigham Young University's Advanced Advertising Lab was unveiled Thursday (Feb. 1) when Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt introduced a new nationwide campaign to combat childhood obesity.
The Brigham Young University chapter of the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is soliciting entries for a research paper competition and graduate fellowships for BYU undergraduates and graduates.
A Brigham Young University philosophy professor, after publishing several books on the work of traditional philosophers like Heidegger, has released a new volume that instead analyzes the philosophical implications of the lyrics of rock's U2.