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| Four languages, 100,000 app downloads, and 2,000 stores—see how a game by two BYU alums got onto the Today Show and into Barnes & Noble.
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Arab and Christian in Israel
| European Economic Chamber's
Fadoul Mazzawi will speak at BYU on Aug. 6 about an Arab Christian family in Israel.
| | |  | Nothing to Envy
| Watch Los Angeles Times bureau chief Barbara Demick discuss her book
on North Korea, Nothing to Envy.
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Therapeutic Education
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Language Clinic, grad students perform therapy alongside licensed speech pathologists. | | |  | | The Art of Teaching | The BYU A.R.T.S. Express conference gave teachers fresh ideas on how to weave the arts into their classes.
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A Right to Education
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As a newly appointed Fulbright specialist, faculty member Macleans Geo-JaJa is headed to Tanzania. See why.
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 | A Mover and a Motivator
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Get to know Martin Hickman,the first dean of the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences.
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Monkey See
| | Using monkey photos, a BYU psychologist is uncovering new insights on how infants process faces. |
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How to Parent Your College Student
| Family life professor Larry Nelson studies emerging adults (ages 18 to 29). Read his advice on parenting your emerging adult through the college years.
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The Bookshelf
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Looking for a summer read? Check out overviews of the latest books authored by faculty members in the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences.
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| | Recent illustration-program grad Mary Sauer won Best of Show in an international portrait competition. |
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Free Concert
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The BYU Chorale will perform its final concert of the summer on Aug. 2 at 7:30 p.m. The event is free.
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| In its last year as a daily newspaper, the Daily Universe won 10 awards from the Society of Professional Journalists.
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| |  | Roll Out the Blue Carpet
| BYU Magazine explores the film program's success in
fiction—telling stories of a recluse, an action figure, and an exile.
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 | Who Is This Russian?
| Can you name this influential Russian? Check out profiles of Russians, both famous and infamous.
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| Five BYU students won Critical Language Scholarships, taking them to Russia, Tajikistan, and Morocco.
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 | Food Fight
| In a college bowl that pits universities against each
other in food-science trivia, BYU holds the most national titles.
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Unknown
| Students participated in a
special wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns.
| | |  | Patience and Posies
| Associate dean Patricia Ravert spoke about persistence, patience, and
posies in her July 10 devotional address.
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 | New Molecule Tape Measure
| Chemistry professor David
Dearden has broken new ground in his field with a novel technique for measuring molecules.
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| A
composite photo made using images from BYU's West Mountain Observatory was NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day.
| | |  | Alums Win NSF Backing
| Four BYU alums received $30,000
National Science Foundation fellowships. Read about their research.
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 | 1,135 MPG
| See the vehicle that reached 1,135 miles per gallon and won BYU second place at its first super-mileage competition.
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| The White House honored engineering professor Christopher Mattson with its highest award for young researchers.
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| BYU was recognized as one of the nation's leaders in cybersecurity
education, thanks in part to a new Fulton College hire.
| | |  | | Optimizing His Education | | Junior Braden Hancock received the top scholarship from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. |
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| Watch Professor Elizabeth Clark take on the distinctiveness of religion in light of recent controversies.
| | |  | Externship in Kazakhstan
| Law student Chase Hansen is completing an externship this summer in
Kazakhstan. Watch his YouTube updates.
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Read Professor David Moore's op-ed in the Jurist on the Supremacy Clause and international law.
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Counsel for the Defense and Offense
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Alum Mark Atuaia was hired as an assistant to BYU's athletic director of student services and will serve as a mentor and liaison for student athletes.
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| For teens, fun at home with dad is more important than pricey vacations. See what
activities are best.
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Adding an Associate
Dean
| The Marriott School has added another associate dean, Lee Perry, to oversee research, placement efforts, and more.
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Auditing Auditing
| School of Accountancy director Steven Glover
received two research grants from the Center for Audit Quality.
| | |  | Forbes Deems Provo No. 1
| Forbes named Provo the
best place for business and careers, due in part to BYU and the city's robust job growth.
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