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| | | | | Oreo-Sized Relief | Say farewell to chronic back pain: BYU engineers developed an artificial Oreo-sized spinal disc that mimics natural movement. Watch KSL's video. | |
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| Book of the Semester | The book of the semester, Nothing to Envy, illuminates life in North Korea.
Hear author Barbara Demick discuss it on July 19. | | | | Green Before It Was Cool | Watch Utah State University's Christian Haskett discuss the environmental values of Tibetan Buddhists. | | |
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The Bible in Arabic | Post-doc Ronny Vollandt studies early Arabic Bibles. Learn more about his research and why he visited BYU. |
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Bestselling Advice | McKay
School students helped a book jump to the top of a bestseller list. Find out how they got involved. | | | |
Following a Leader | Garrick Peterson, a Utah junior
high principal, was honored for teaching McKay School students how to lead. | | |
| View from the Top | Sixth graders went on a campus tour that taught the importance of college—and took them atop the Kimball Tower. | |
| | Parent Power | Read about McKay School professor Vance Randall's research into the role of parents in educational reform. | |
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| At the Helm | Political science professor Quin Monson was appointed director of the Center for the Study of Elections and
Democracy. | | |
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Unearthing a Village |
See what Native American treasures BYU archaeologists discovered under a farm near Goshen, Utah. Watch video from KSL. |
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| Full Slate Ahead | See BYU's 2012–13 Performing Arts Series lineup, from Emmy winners to Scottish puppeteers,
and get tickets now. | | |
| Weir Number One
| BYU Museum of Art curator Marian Wardle won an award for coauthoring and editing a book on the Weir family of artists. |
| | | Making Headlines | See where the Hearst Foundation ranked BYU's broadcast journalism program in the 2012
Journalism Awards. | | |
| Faculty Music Featured
| Guest pianist Keith Kirchoff (pictured) came to BYU to perform professor Michael Hicks' compositions. |
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| Teacher Training |
BYU will host a National Middle East Language Resource Center training workshop for Arabic teachers in July. |
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| Secrets in the Soil | Biology professor Richard Gill and his students can predict climate change by studying soil. Find out how. | | |
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| Serving Servants | Watch students share what they learned while serving the veterans who've fought for our freedoms. | | | | Red Honors Blue | BYU College of Nursing dean Beth Cole was honored by the University of Utah's College of Nursing. | |
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| Mars Invasion | A rover built by BYU students took second at the University Rover Challenge in southern Utah.
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| Open Lab Day |
BYU's chemistry club treated high school students to flame tests, rocket launching, and ice cream frozen by liquid nitrogen. |
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| Second on Mars | See the student-built rover that took second at the University Rover Challenge in southern
Utah. | | |
| New Leaders | Richard Fry is now director of the School of Technology, and there are new
department chairs. Find out who they are. | | |
| Cracking a Mystery |
What happens when you spin a hard-boiled egg in milk? NPR's Science Friday asked a BYU professor to explain. |
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| Back to Thailand | Student Spencer Humiston won a fellowship that took him and his family back to his mission land. | | |
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Supreme Swearing
In | Standing before U.S. Supreme Court justices, Dean James Rasband motioned for 40 alums to be admitted to the court's bar.
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New Federal Judge | Law professor David Nuffer became the fourth
BYU Law School alum to be sworn in as a U.S. District Court judge. | | | | Practicing with the Church | Fourteen students are spending the summer on externships with the Church's legal counsel
worldwide. See where. | | | |
| Business, Cowboy Style | Alum Erik Jacobsen blends business acumen with horse
smarts. Read more in the Marriott Alumni Magazine. | | | | The Annual Report | How
many degrees has the Marriott School granted? Where do its programs rank? Read the Annual Report to find out. | | | |
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