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| Restoring Freedom in Afghanistan |
This Fourth of July means more to history professor Mark Choate after eight months in Afghanistan. Read the Bronze Star recipient's thoughts on freedom.
| | | Sushi, Chickens Sweep Awards |
With sustainable-sushi and urban-farming stories, BYU became the first school to sweep the broadcast awards at the Hearst journalism championships.
| | | Quick Thinker | Neuroscience/exercise science major Miles Batty, the NCAA Indoor Athlete of the Year, is also the Academic All-America of the Year. He maintains a 3.95 GPA. | | |
Don't Be a Relationship Parasite
| Some people form weak, parasitical relationships. In a BYU Alumni webinar, networking expert Jeff Rust offered tips for building symbiotic cities of influence.
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| Travel Safe |
A BYU tool provides important info, tips, and guidelines that can help you plan a safe and enjoyable trip abroad. |
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Professor Study Group | The Teacher Education Research Seminar group has met bimonthly for 10 years to help faculty get published. | | | |
| Brazilian Exchange | Through a new BYU exchange program, McKay students can
experience diversity in a foreign school system. | | | | Coaching the Frustrated/ing | Associate education leadership professor Ellen Williams
presented on how to coach frustrated or frustrating teachers. | | | |
| The Adventsingen Goes On | Despite the loss of the Provo Tabernacle, where BYU's annual Adventsingen was held, the
holiday tradition will continue. | | | | No More
Strangers | Linguistics professor Lynn Henrichsen explores how the Church has coped with linguistic challenges. |
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| Improving Peru | See the sustainable technologies BYU engineering students
developed for and introduced to Peru's Islands of the Uros. | | | | Hot Science | Watch BYUTV's Insight to learn how chemical engineering professor Tom Fletcher's research combats wildfires. | | |
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In Search of the Best | A new Web tool compares computer and electrical engineering programs in the United States. | | | | Motorcycle Range | A team of BYU students turned an electric motorcycle into a hybrid and increased its range by nearly 40 percent. | | |
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Red-Blue States | New BYU research shows that people from red
and blue states may agree more than they disagree on political issues. | | | | Why Dads Still Matter | Certain types of dads remain a force for good for children who have moved out,
says new family life research. | | | | Teens and Religion | A student-professor team's study of religion and teens underlines the importance of relationships. | | | | Odds Favor the Married | The benefits of marriage, according to a new BYU study, include increased odds of surviving colon cancer. | | | |
| A Return to Beijing | See how the first joint public performance of BYU and the Beijing Dance Academy brought a BYU professor full circle. | | | | Subway Symphony | Finding music in city noises, associate professor of music composition Steve Ricks won a prestigious commission. | | |
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Into the Burn | In his June devotional, plant and wildlife
sciences chair Val Anderson shared how he fought fires. Listen to it here. |
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Gene Therapy |
Assistant biology professor Steven Johnson collaborated with a Stanford Nobel laureate to improve gene therapy. | |
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Nursing Families | Professor Barbara Mandleco
coauthored a pediatric nursing book full of nutrition specifics and cultural considerations. | | |
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Come What May | Departing with words from Elder Richard
G. Scott, nursing grads left BYU prepared to take on life and love it. | | |
| A Good Time to Be an NP | See what alumna Penny Jensen, president of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, told graduate students. | | |
| Donation and Celebration | Members of the Fritz B. Burns Foundation joined BYU in a celebration of Burns scholars across campus. | | |
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Screaming Swedish Fish |
Watch the Swedish Fish experiment BYU chem majors put on for local students in the second annual Open Lab Day. | |
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Getting in the Game | Wish you could watch Jimmer from any angle? A professor's new software gives sports-television viewers the wheel. |
| | | Heating Things Up | William Christensen, associate
professor of statistics, is using statistical tools to study climate change. | | | | Mars on Earth | What should a Mars rover be able to do? See how the BYU rover fared in competition in Utah's red, Mars-like desert. | | |
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| New York Times Citing | In a story on justices' use of the dictionary in the courtroom, the
New York Times cited an article written by a BYU law student. | | | | Shrinking Prisons | Read the op-ed BYU law professor Shima Baradaran
penned for the New York Times about reducing prison populations. | | | | New Appointment | Associate Dean Gordon Smith will join an Association of American Law Schools committee on Transaction Law and Skills. | | | | |
| How to Beat Free | What do businesses do when competitors offer similar products for free? BYU faculty
share advice. | | |
| New Faculty Director
| Professor of finance Hal Heaton has been appointed the new faculty director of the H. Taylor Peery Institute. |
| | | The Language of Business | Utah high schoolers put their Spanish and marketing skills to the test in
BYU's Business Language Competition. | | |
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Assignment Becomes $10K | A class project turned into a winning business for student Saul Howard in the Crexendo Website Competition. |
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