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| Two Words, Sounds Like . . . | 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 | In BYU's Speech and
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. | | | |
A Right to Education |
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 |
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 |
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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| Best of Show | Recent illustration-program grad Mary Sauer won Best of Show in an international portrait competition. |
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Free Concert |
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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| Universe Makes Headlines
| In its last year as a daily newspaper, the Daily Universe won 10 awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. |
| | | 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. | | | |
| Who Is This Russian? | Can you name this influential Russian? Check out profiles of Russians, both famous and infamous. | | |
| Adventures in Languages | 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. | | | |
| Honoring the
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. | | | |
| 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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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. | | | |
| 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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| White House Award
| The White House honored engineering professor Christopher Mattson with its highest award for young researchers. |
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| Cybersecurity Congrats | 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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| Is Religion Distinct? | 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. | | |
| Jurist Op-Ed |
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 |
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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| Daddy Time | 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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