Department News
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BYU Cybersecurity Shines at SaintCon with Hacking, Voice Cloning, and Smarter Training Solutions
BYU students and alumni recently presented their research at SaintCon, a Utah Cybersecurity conference. Macen Bird, a student from our department, won the annual Hackers Challenge at the conference. This challenge involves solving technology, logical, and security related puzzles and challenges.
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Forum: Dallas Jenkins
Dallas Jenkins, creator, producer, director and writer of “The Chosen,” delivered Tuesday’s forum address, focusing on overcoming failure and being submissive to God’s will.
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BYU engineers, Toyota partner to create ‘new standard in automotive manufacturing’
A new welding technique developed by BYU and Toyota for the Sienna’s sliding doors uses 40 times less energy, emits fewer emissions, and produces welds that are 10 times stronger. This new process, called refill friction stir spot welding, could prove critical as Toyota and other car manufacturers rely more and more on lighter aluminum parts.
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Pedal to the medal: BYU animated short film races to Student Academy Award
BYU animation students ranked third in the world with recent Student Academy Award.
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The Atonement of Jesus Christ, Judgment Day and You
“I hope you sense that Jesus Christ was then and is now our Friend, our Guide, our Great Physician, our Counselor and above all, our Savior, Redeemer and Advocate with the Father,” taught Elder Jörg Klebingat in the Marriott Center.
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BYU students ‘go forth to serve’ in their own communities
The adage “Enter to learn, go forth to serve” is a slogan many BYU students are familiar with. The calling inspires students and graduates to use their education to make a meaningful impact in the world.
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Journey to a land of promise: Obtaining charity
Elder Takashi Wada, a General Authority Seventy for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday’s devotional address, emphasizing the importance of the Book of Mormon in shaping his life.
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BYU names Dustin Matsumori managing director of medical school planning
In this role, Matsumori will work with President Shane Reese and BYU's newly appointed medical school dean.
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BYU names Mark Ott as inaugural dean of BYU Medical School
An accomplished surgeon with Intermountain Health, Ott has held academic and affiliate appointments at Johns Hopkins, Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine and the University of Utah School of Medicine.
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Beyond diet: New BYU study links diesel exhaust to obesity and diabetes
A study co-authored by eight BYU students and three BYU faculty finds that exposure to the exhaust gas produced by diesel engines is tied to increased fat mass, enlarged fat cells, insulin resistance and inflammation. These changes can cause metabolic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
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Devotional: Giving all our hearts to Christ
Shima Baughman, the Woodruff J. Deem professor of law at the BYU Law School and a distinguished fellow at the Wheatley Institute, focused on the life-changing effects of offering one’s whole heart to Jesus Christ.
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Cougar Query: Shima Baughman
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.
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