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In an op-ed in today’s Deseret News, BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe addresses an incident at last week’s Duke-BYU women’s volleyball game. Read his message about love for others, BYU’s zero tolerance for racism, and the call of Church president Russell M. Nelson to “lead out in abandoning attitudes and actions of prejudice.”
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BYU linguistics professor Jacob Rawlins is famous for bringing homemade ice cream to his editing and publishing classes. Using an ice-cream maker and ingredients from his pantry, he invents a wide variety of flavors, then brainstorms punny names with his students. Learn how to mix up a cool class favorite: Cone Follow Me, a vanilla ice-cream base with swirls of hot fudge and caramel and chunks of chocolate-coated waffle cone.
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BYU researchers have traveled back in time to solve a seemingly irreconcilable scientific mystery that has confused engineers and chemists for nearly two decades. And while they didn’t actually hit 88 miles an hour in a DeLorean like Marty McFly, the team did find themselves back in the ’50s, where they discovered the answer to a metals-processing conundrum that has popped up in modern academic research.
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Cosmo dropped into the stadium to help BYU’s corporate partner Built Brands announce its re-upping of the deal that made national headlines last year. Built’s individual NIL agreements with BYU football players include the opportunity for compensation to all members of the team and will once again include agreements with all 36 walk-on players. There’s also the new Cougar Tail–flavored Built bar, sales of which will support BYU athletes.
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Celebrate the final hot days of summer with this cool new BYU Vocal Point video from their recently released album, Magic: Disney Through Time. This Frozen medley features Hailey Hyde, Hannah Dalley, and the BYU International Folk Dance Ensemble. From VP: “If you go Into the Unknown and become Lost in the Woods, make sure to Let It Go For the First Time in Forever and watch our new music video.”
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After committing to Oregon State before his mission, senior football running back Lopini Katoa didn’t expect his school and life to change while serving as a Church missionary in Missouri, but both did. When divorce and cancer hit his family, he found strength in his relationships at home and with his team. Here’s the first Deep Blue profile of the 2022 football season.
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Almost every summer since 2011, BYU faculty and students have joined a consortium of universities led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to excavate the synagogue in the ancient Jewish village of Huqoq, on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. This year’s work on the building’s beautiful mosaic floor, which dates from the late fourth to early fifth century C.E., yielded a unique discovery: fragments showing Jael and the prophetess Deborah.
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Anna Packard cried when she learned her first child would be a little girl. But her tears were not tears of joy. “I felt so scared that she would go through what I went through with an eating disorder,” Packard says. “I didn’t want that for her.” Read how Packard found healing from her own eating disorder and how now, as a therapist, she helps others overcome unrealistic body ideals and develop positive relationships with food.
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We aren’t playing the University of Utah in football this year, but we can still beat them on the road! The University of Utah currently sports 14,169 license plates and BYU has 4,184. Remember, it’s not just about repping the Y: proceeds from plates go directly toward student scholarships. You can purchase BYU plates at your local Utah DMV and walk out with them the same day. Find out more here for Utah residents and here for Texas residents.
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