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Zuckerberg Friends BYU
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg fielded questions from students and Senator Orrin Hatch in a March
BYU forum--Zuckerberg's first speech at a university.
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Still Dancing
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She's now 100, but the founder of modern dance at BYU still makes graceful movements to the strains of Liszt's Liebesträume--from the comfort of a chair.
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$10 Million Gift
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Alumni Dave and Rachel Weidman donated $10 million to start a global leadership center at BYU intended to rank among similar centers at MIT and Stanford.
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| The Law and the Women | Beloit College's Debra Majeed will address the protection of rights for Muslim women in polygyny on April 13. | | |
| India and Globalization |
Allam Appa Rao, vice chancellor of India's Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, will speak on April 7. |
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| Why Mentor?
| Mentoring has always been part of the BYU experience. Now it's the research topic of McKay faculty and students. |
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Strong Kids
| Several education professors take a look at a new curriculum that complements academics with social-emotional health. |
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| What Parents Want | Teacher-parent communication can be a challenge. A recent book by two BYU faculty members can help. | | | |
A Public School Partnership
| For 27 years, the McKay School of Education has worked closely with Utah schools to improve education and prepare quality teachers.
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| Showing Off Research | More than 490 students mentored by 75
faculty will present research at the Fulton Mentored Research Conference. | | | | The Power of Sacred Living | Watch the Martin B. Hickman Lecture: family life professor Randal Day shares the secrets of families who flourish. | |
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| Back to BYU | After earning an MFA in California, alum Brant Vest is back at BYU, this time as a visiting studio arts professor. | |
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Concert | Don't miss the phenomenal dancing and colorful costumes of the BYU Ballroom Dance Company in concert. |
| | | Kinnect-ing with Kids
| Kinnect, a BYU contemporary dance company, helps children learn to express themselves through movement. |
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Hot Recordings |
In a new book, a BYU professor shares how Louis Armstrong's early Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings redefined jazz. | |
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| Decline of Languages? |
Unlike BYU, universities nationwide are cutting humanities offerings. Associate dean Scott Sprenger suggests why. | |
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Elvis and Toreadors |
Drawn to the inky depths of black velvet art, English professor Eric Eliason wrote a book. Read the New York Times review. | | | |
| "Pink Collar" Science | BYU biology faculty explored genetics, potatoes,
bacteria, and more to encourage girls to pursue careers in science. | | | | |
Activating Public Schools | Biology professor John Gardner won the Dick Peterson Lifetime Achievement Award for facilitating active student learning in public schools. |
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Culture to Culture |
A group of nursing students from Japan visited campus and mingled with BYU students in March. |
| | | Speaker of the House | Alumna Rebecca Lockhart was elected Speaker of the House in the Utah House of Representatives. | | |
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| Finely Tuned Math |
David Kung, concert violinist and St. Mary's mathematics professor, spoke at BYU. Hear an interview with the musician. | | | | Behind the Scenes at Pixar
| Pixar's Tony DeRose showed BYU students how he uses math to create art, tell stories, and visit unseen worlds. |
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The Leg Up
| The College Volunteer Leadership Council met to brainstorm new ways to mentor, network, and improve job placement. |
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Research Show-and-Tell | The annual Student Research Conference gave students the opportunity to present their mentored research. | |
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Clean-Water
Drill | A contraption built by BYU engineering students will supply clean water for villagers in Tanzania. |
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Vote for BYU
| Several BYU IT students are Imagine Cup
finalists for their revolutionary ultrasound technology. Vote here to help them win. |
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First in Multi-Family Housing |
A team of BYU construction management students took first place in a prestigious competition's multi-family housing category. |
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NSF Sees Potential |
Assistant chemical engineering professor Thomas Knotts won a National Science Foundation award for promising junior faculty. See his research. | |
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40 Years of Law
| Forty years ago it was announced that BYU would establish a law school. Learn about the school's beginnings. |
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The Treatment of Treaties | The Columbia Law Review published an essay by professor David Moore about treaties in the U.S. legal system. | |
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Courts Without Newspapers |
Associate professor RonNell Jones says the death of newspapers may pose a serious constitutional crisis. | |
| | Prestigious Publication | During a summer internship, law student Alan Miller helped write an article that was published in a Harvard law journal. | |
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Communications
Excellence | Good communicators usually work behind the scenes, but at the Marriott School, they've been recognized with gold.
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Extreme Taxing |
Taxing doesn't rank high on most people's lists of extreme activities, but it does for five BYU students. Find out why. |
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| 2011 Hawes Scholars Named
| The Hawes Scholar honor, which carries a cash award of $10,000, is the highest distinction BYU gives to MBA students. |
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Peerys Behind the Program |
Meet the Peerys, the namesake of the flagship program of BYU's Ballard Center for Economic Self Reliance. | |
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