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| Student engineers created a tool fit for a superhero. See the vertical-ascension "Batman gun" that took third in an Air Force–sponsored competition.
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BYU's Cougarettes once again claimed the hip hop national championship. Check out video of the routine that earned them an almost-perfect score.
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Centenarian Verl Lambert's father was captain of BYU's first football team. She attended BYU, then raised seven Cougars herself. Watch her story.
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Of Crown and
Country
| Robert King represents the United States in one of its most sensitive relationships. His service to country began with a BYU study abroad and a fake
crown.
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| |  | A Decline in "Going Green"
| Peter Kareiva, chief scientist at the Nature Conservancy, looks at environmentalism and conservation in the 21st century.
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Japanese Cinema
| William and Mary professor Hiroshi Kitamura explores links between Hollywood and Japanese cinema.
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| | Luca Bonomi, president of Societa Dante
Alighieri, discusses the birth of lyric opera as a turning point in music history. | | | |
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Making a Free Textbook
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| Instructional technology professor David Wiley and his students created a free online version of an existing textbook. |
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Bullying Breakthroughs
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McKay School alum Curt Johnson was honored for making strides in psychological profiling of bullies.
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The McKay School recognized a high school art student of the year and an art teacher of the year. See who won.
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Working Together
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Students and professors presented the results of their collaboration at the Mentored Research Conference.
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Best of Student Research
| See what student
projects took first at the annual Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Research Conference.
| | |  | Archaeology Block Party
| | The Museum of Peoples and Cultures will host its annual block party on May 12 to celebrate Utah Archaeology Week. |
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| From Louisiana to Botswana, BYU students inspire audiences around the world. See where they'll travel this year. | |
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Arabian Nights
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| BYU's new adaptation of The Thousand and One Nights brings adventure and romance to the stage. | |
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Portraits of Influence
| Read BYU Magazine's feature on the Museum of Art's Weir exhibit—and watch a video on a piece of art that was stolen.
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 | Bringing Books to Life
| A NYC children's
theater company will perform musical versions of Fancy Nancy and other children's books at BYU.
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Arabic Without Walls
| BYU's Arabic programs for high schoolers help participants become as fluent as college students.
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Bean Museum Closure
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The Bean Museum will close July 1 in order to begin construction to add 30,000 square feet—and new exhibits.
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 | Transforming Education
| At a national conference, two BYU nursing students presented a study
on perceptions of patient simulation.
| | |  | Healer's Art Gallery Open
| | See how the new nursing exhibit in the Education in Zion gallery
was welcomed in by students and visitors. | | | |
60 Years of Healing
| | Former dean Elaine Marshall discusses Learning the Healer's Art, the new commemorative history she authored for the College of Nursing. | |
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New Faculty Spotlight
| New nursing professor Suzette Bramwell lives by a "doctrine of options" as she helps students plan for the future.
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| | BYU's Astrofest on May 19 will combine science and
fun with paper airplanes, planetarium shows, and more. | | | |
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Enhancing Cancer
Treatment
| | Chemistry professor Josh Price's research in protein-based medications may help cancer treatments be more effective. |
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Back to the Basics
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Math ed professor Dawn Teuscher found that only AP calculus classes steeped in the basics help students in college calc.
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| See how electrical engineering students teamed up with the ballroom team to make light suits for dancing in the dark.
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Fellowship Recipients
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Six Fulton College students received prestigious National Science Foundation post-graduate fellowships.
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Firsts
| BYU technology and engineering education students won five of seven events at an international conference.
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| Civil engineering students landed BYU's first regional title in building steel bridges. The team heads to nationals on May 25.
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 | Fighting Terror
| Can international law help in the fight against terror? Here's what law professor Shima Baradaran
discovered.
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New General Authority
| Law professor Larry Echo Hawk left the Department of Interior to serve in the First Quorum of the Seventy.
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| The Utah State Bar honored law professor David
Dominguez for paving the way for minority lawyers.
| | |  | Standout Service
| Third-year student Camille Borg has spent more than 1,300 hours in community service since enrolling
in law school.
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 | Students with Big Plans
| | This year's Social Venture Competition attracted students focused on improving lives with
sustainable businesses. | | |
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| A new BYU study found that consumers who shopped with a price limit spent up to 50 percent more than those who didn't. |
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Administrator of the Year
| | Former FDIC chair Sheila Bair was named Administrator of the Year by BYU's Romney Institute of Public Management. |
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