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Celebrating Art and Faith with Tiny Temples

By Kylie Lay
September 05, 2025 02:06 PM
With BYU celebrating 150 years of education and service, Dr. Greg Nordin’s lab had the idea of printing 150 tiny temples with the high-resolution printing technology their lab developed. One student in Dr. Nordin’s lab had previous experience with 3D printing. Callum Galloway, new to the lab at the time, developed the project further, and printed the first 150 chronologically built temples, as they have the most unique designs.
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Office Hours: Julie Allen

Sharman Gill
By Sharman Gill
September 01, 2025 10:08 PM
Office Hours is a Y News series focusing on unique artifacts that BYU employees display in their offices.
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Aaron Hawkins Awarded IEEE Photonics Society Engineering Achievement Award

Aaron Hawkins was awarded the IEEE Photonics Society Engineering Achievement Award for the invention and development of optofluidic waveguides and their applications, in particular commercialization for biomedical diagnostics.
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NASA Turns to BYU for Critical Mars Research

A multidisciplinary team of BYU chemistry and engineering researchers has been tasked by NASA to develop a system to measure the size and electrical charge of Mars dust — a detail seemingly innocuous, yet critical to the success of human missions to the Red Planet.
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Intellect

Learning students’ names boosts belonging at BYU, study finds

By Abigail Haven
August 28, 2025 12:18 PM
The start of a new semester brings more than fresh syllabi. It brings the challenge—and opportunity—of learning the names behind each new face in a classroom.
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Faith

Inspiring quotes from Education Week 2025

August 25, 2025 08:42 PM
Education Week 2025 came to a close on August 22. The theme for the conference was “Inspiring Lifelong Learning to Benefit the World.”
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Faith

Fall 2025 devotional and forum schedule

August 21, 2025 09:37 PM
Every Tuesday at 11:05 a.m., students, faculty, staff and the greater BYU community attend the weekly devotional or forum address. Unless specifically marked below, the devotionals and forums will be held in the BYU Marriott Center.
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Office Hours: Josh Perkey

Sharman Gill
By Sharman Gill
August 21, 2025 03:59 PM
In Josh Perkey’s office, a small but eye-catching statue stands out — Gandalf, the wise and powerful wizard from “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.” Perkey first read these books as a child, and his appreciation for J.R.R. Tolkien’s world endures; he rereads “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy regularly and is a fan of the Peter Jackson film adaptations.
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Faith

Devotional: An ear to wisdom, a heart to understanding

By Abigail Degn
August 19, 2025 11:13 PM
Elder Gerrit W. Gong, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, gave the BYU Education Week devotional. He spoke about the importance of seeking wisdom and understanding in our lifelong learning.
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Intellect

The next chapter in BYU's origami engineering: Student-discovered patterns unfold like blooming flowers, have major applications

Sharman Gill
By Sharman Gill
August 19, 2025 10:35 PM
BYU Engineering is well known for origami-inspired research and innovations, including foldable antenna systems used in space. Recently, an undergraduate student made a significant discovery—a new family of origami patterns with promising applications across a range of fields, including space systems, medical devices, bulletproof shields, architecture, furniture and aerodynamic components for transportation.
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Character

Cougs Care service tailgates set for 2025 BYU football season

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
August 18, 2025 11:54 AM
Fans planning to attend a road football game this year are invited to participate in the BYU Alumni tailgate and team up on a service project that supports families and communities in each road-game city.
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Intellect

Impossible Burgers at a summer BBQ? Impossible! Why plant-based alternatives are still just beyond reach for most people

By Ellie Larsen
August 14, 2025 12:52 PM
Plant-Based Alternatives (PBAs) — such as the Impossible Burger — are becoming more common, and those who try them say they are actually quite good. And while companies are pouring billions into making PBAs taste just like their meat counterparts, they still aren’t catching on. So what’s the hold-up?
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