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 | The Fredette Effect
| A stellar NCAA basketball or football season brings a flood of prospective students, says new BYU research—and it holds true at BYU. Watch BYU's new class of students, who applied post-Jimmer, create a giant human Y. 
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 | The Second Century
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President Spencer W. Kimball's address at BYU's 1975 centennial helped set the university's course. Read the speech and hear his voice in a campus time lapse.
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| Happy birthday, Maeser Building! This Homecoming, BYU throws a party to celebrate the Maeser's 100th— and to honor all that the building represents.
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Of Calories and
Capitalism
| Diet and exercise affect employee productivity, says new BYU research, which suggests that expanding waistlines may shrink companies' bottom lines.
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Cougars—Up Close
| Catch the
sights and sounds of BYU's home opener, where LaVell Edwards Stadium debuted two new LED video walls. Replays are now better than ever.
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| See Yale political science professor Susan Hyde explore why election monitoring became an international norm.
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Best Parenting Practices
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on parenting children with developmental disabilities in the no. 1 journal on special education. | | |  | Teaching Children of Leprosy
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by leprosy, a McKay School professor shares his experiences. | | |  | School's in for Summer
| | Full-time teachers working on a master's in educational leadership at BYU can now fit in their internships during the summer. | | |  |
Partners in Education
| | How does the McKay School serve the Provo community? Read about BYU's public school partnership. | | |
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American Heritage professors have danced in tutus and eaten goldfish to teach the nation's founding.
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| Rich dads often have sons with high incomes, but new research shows it's more than Dad's money that helps.
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How Strong Is Your Marriage
| Through questionnaire analysis, BYU researchers are rooting out the secrets to strong relationships—and they can help you measure the strength of yours.
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 | 2012–13 Arts Highlights
| Check out the lineup for the 2012–13 BYU performing arts season in a brochure now available
online.
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 | eviDance Sneak Peek
| BYU's annual World of Dance tradition has a new look—and a new name. Watch a sneak peak of the new show.
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University Honors
| See why BYU honored theatre and media arts professor Megan Jones at its Annual University Conference.
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| Music professor Jeremy Grimshaw received a Young Scholar Award at BYU's Annual University Conference.
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 | Exploring Dickinson's Roots
| Linguistics professor Cynthia Hallen studied Emily Dickinson's ancestral home of
Shaftesbury, Great Britain.
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| Alcuin Fellow
| Kristin Matthews, professor of English and director of the American Studies program, was named an Alcuin Fellow at BYU's Annual University Conference.
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| Setting the Chairs
| Three departments have new leaders. Find
out who now chairs biology, plant and wildlife sciences, and physiology and developmental biology.
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| The college honored 83 students
at graduation in August. Read some words of advice given to the new grads.
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 | A Career of Giving
| Beth Cole, the recently retired dean of the College of Nursing, leaves
behind a legacy of service.
| | |  | Ravert Takes the Reins
| Patricia Ravert, formerly the associate dean of the undergraduate nursing program, is now dean of the college.
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| See what nursing students learned in Ghana as they faced poverty, limited resources, and tropical storms.
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 | Stumping the Stylist
| In BYU's latest animated film, which has already won awards, a famed hairdresser faces his biggest
test: a bald client.
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Deciphering Ancient Aramaic
| PhD student Paul Felt is using computer science to study texts from the time of Christ in an ancient dialect of Aramaic.
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 | Building for Better Lives
| | Watch students in BYU's Global Engineering Outreach Club build homes for Navajo families in southern Utah. | | |  | Ultimate Origami
| The National Science Foundation awarded BYU a grant to translate origami designs into engineered systems.
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University Honors
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| BYU honored eight engineering faculty members at the 2012 Annual University Conference. Find out who was recognized. |
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 | Unconstitutional Treaties
| Should the president have the authority to make treaties? No, says Professor David Moore.
Read more on his research.
| | | |  | Welcome, Class of 2015
| The J. Reuben Clark Law School welcomed a new crop of first-year students. Read about the new class.
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 | Adjunct Excellence
| Adjunct faculty member Jane Wise received an award at BYU's Annual University Conference.
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 | The Highly Effective Person
| Read Marriott Magazine's feature on the late Stephen Covey, a man who enabled greatness in people and organizations.
| | |  | Eavesdropping in the Tanner
| From Blake Griffin to steroid networking to a dog named Audit, listen in on Tanner Building buzz via Marriott Magazine.
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Business Is Good
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See the start-ups BYU students dreamed up that are winning national business contests—and $50,000 prizes.
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Intentional Recreation
| Watch rec management chair Patti Freeman's recent
forum on the things that matter most.
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