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 | A Cappella Showdown 
| BYU a cappella group Vocal Point is lighting up the stage in NBC's The Sing-Off. How far will they make it? Watch The Sing-Off Mondays at 7 p.m.
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 | To Tweet or Not to Tweet?
| | Are members of Congress more likely to use Twitter if they are behind in the polls? See what BYU research says. | | |  | The Other 50 Constitutions
| | Christine Durham, chief justice of Utah's Supreme Court, spoke on the influence of state constitutions. | | | |
 | Spell Checkers
| | A team of BYU grad students narrowly missed the winning round in a spelling bee fund-raiser to
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 | Das Ist Gut
| German
major Tessa Lush received a Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange fellowship to study in Germany for one year.
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Aliens at the Opera
| In October BYU will
perform two of Gian Carlo Menotti's operas, one with an extraterrestrial encounter.
| | |  | 100 Dresses for Charity
| BYU students are bringing Newbery Honor book The Hundred Dresses to the stage—and donating 100 dresses.
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 | Nursing Naturally
| Acupuncture and herbal treatments were an unexpected part of nursing
students' experience in Taiwan.
| | |  | Students Behind Bars
| | A hands-on course has nursing students providing treatment to at-risk
populations, including inmates at Utah prisons. | | |
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 | Finishing First
| Nari Carter, a mother of three, became the first graduate of the McKay School's newest PhD program.
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| A professor is helping his first-year grad students get published in one of the most-read journals in their field. | |
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Jolly Good
Fellow
| Professor Tim Smith is one of only six BYU faculty to date to become a fellow of the American Psychological Association.
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 | Moving Up the Ranks
| With a nomination from President Obama, alum David Harris was
promoted to brigadier general in the Air Force.
| | |  | Husein Professorship
| Civil engineering professor Richard Balling received the King and Diane Husein Professorship for 2011–13.
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Multiplying Math Majors
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While other universities have seen a decline in math majors, BYU has seen a significant increase. Find out why.
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 | Geologic Joker
| | When it comes to teaching, geology professor Randy Skinner uses humor and dinosaurs to engage his students. |
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Hacking into Success
| | Hacking could land you in jail, but a team of BYU students were able to legally test their hacking skills in competition—and win. |
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 | Founders Day Dinner
| Monroe McKay, a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge, spoke at the Law School's 2011 Founders
Day dinner.
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Summer Corps Standout
| Third-year student Camille Borg received a national award for 300 hours of volunteer work at Mosaic Family Services.
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| |  | Italy as a Global Brand
| Robert Viscusi, Broeklundian Professor of English at City University of New York, will discuss Italy's
globalization on Oct. 27.
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 | Holding Steady at No. 3
| | BYU held the no. 3 spot in the latest U.S. News accounting-program
rankings. The Marriott School ranked 36th overall. | | |
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New MBA Administrator
| | The new associate director of BYU's MBA program is accounting professor Monte Swain. |
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Second in Nation for Entrepreneurs
| The Princeton Review ranked the BYU Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology graduate program no. 2, up two spots from last year.
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One Promising Student
| According to the U.S. Department of Defense, BYU grad Josh LeMonte is worth a $350,000 scholarship and a five-year job contract.
| | | | | | Sexual Lyrics Skyrocketing
| Studying 50 years of Billboard Top 100 hits, two health science professors found an unsettling rise in sexual lyrics. Read more in the Deseret News.
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