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| How Corn Came to Be | Biology assistant professor Clint Whipple has found the mutant gene that may have turned an ordinary grass into the most important crop in ancient America. | | |
| | When Bombs Go Bad | How often do you test an aging nuclear arsenal? Associate stats chair Shane Reese calculated the reliability, or unreliability, of U.S. nukes. | |
| Renaissance Man | Pianist, artist, composer, linguist—Gerrit de Jong Jr. had many talents. At Homecoming, Oct. 4–9, BYU will honor the first dean of the College of Fine Arts. | |
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| Expand Your World
| Engage in politics, humanities, and more with Kennedy Center lectures resuming Tuesday, Sept. 6. See the calendar.
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Don't miss hearing professionals like federal judge Thomas B. Griffith in the Political Affairs Lecture Series, held Thursdays at 4 p.m. |
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| Turning Ed Heads | McKay professor David Wiley pioneered an open-ed conference that now has the U.S. Department of Education's attention. | | | |
TAs in the U.K. | How do teacher's aides in the United States compare with those in the United Kingdom? McKay scholar Betty Ashbaker shares. | | | | IQ Can't Explain Everything | Communication disorders professors Bonnie Brinton and Martin Fujiki examine IQ as it relates to language impairment. | | | | From Poverty to PhD | Raised on food stamps, a BYU professor aims to show that background does not determine a child's outcome. | | |
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| Modeling Ambiguity |
Econ assistant professor Scott Condie is taking financial-market modeling beyond the efficient-market hypothesis. | |
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Finding Fort Harmony
| A team of BYU archaeologists uncovered an 1854 fort built by LDS pioneers. Read more in the Deseret News. |
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| Broadcasters Go Big | Six broadcast journalism students won honors at this year's Gracie Awards. Watch their winning reports. | | |
| Authentic Anne | BYU's production of the Diary of
Anne Frank brought the historic story to life by focusing on realism and authenticity. | | |
| Opera-tunities | BYU's opera program is giving students the joy of classical repertoire and plenty of opportunities to perform. | |
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| Pregnant and Homeless | A BYU study finds that pregnant women who were homeless at some point
prior to delivery had lower-weight babies. | | | | New Bio Chair | Laura Bridgewater is the new chair of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology. |
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| Do You Have a Kitt-un?
| Linguistics professor David
Eddington pins down Utahns' pronunciation of words like mountain and kitten. | | |
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| A Chair with
Flair | A student logged his own dead-standing spruce to make this chair, which took first place in national competition. |
| | | Bowl Champs
| A team of civil-engineering students flexed their traffic-engineering muscles at an international collegiate bowl. |
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| Welcome Back | After his post-doctoral work at MIT, alum Eric Homer has joined BYU's
mechanical engineering faculty. | | | |
Four Make BYU Honor Roll
| Four Fulton College faculty members were honored at the 2011 Annual University Conference, which recognizes BYU's best.
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| Nursing Fellow | Professor Sabrina Jarvis was named a fellow of the American Academy of Nurse
Practitioners. | | |
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Hymn
Therapy | The favorite experiences of students serving in Ecuador this summer did not have to do with medical work. |
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| Hunting a Mutant Gene | BYU statistics students contributed to a groundbreaking study that zeros
in on a rare genetic mutation. | | | | Blue Light Not-So-Special | Before you zap wrinkles with blue light, chemistry professor Heidi Vollmer-Snarr
has findings you should consider. | | | |
| Legal Ease | New faculty member Catherine Bramble will teach a course that was one of the hardest classes she took at
BYU. | | |
| Crime and Punishment |
New faculty member Eric Jensen will teach criminal law and continue research on cyber warfare. |
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| On Track
| Sarah Brinton is the first fellow in a new program that prepares promising law grads for tenure-track teaching positions. |
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Visiting Professors | Get to know this year's visiting faculty, Stephen Black from the University of New Hampshire and Michalyn Steele from the U.S. Department of the Interior. |
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| Cadets Break Barrier | Aboard the USNS Comfort, BYU ROTC cadets provided translation for doctors and Ecuadorian
patients. | | | | |
Trimming Utah's Fat | Appointed to a new state council, Marriott
School scholar David Hart is charged with optimizing 40 state agencies. | | | | |
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