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A Hindu scholar in the heart of Utah: How Sudam Mane combines faith and science at BYU

January 23, 2024 01:08 PM
At BYU, Mane discovered more than just a center for scientific research; he found a community of faith and belonging.
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Capstone Team Developing a CO2 Sensor to Help Farmers

January 22, 2024 11:50 AM
A challenge many corn farmers face is preventing and detecting the spread of Aspergillus in silos or other grain storages. Aspergillus is dangerous to consume because it produces an aflatoxin that can cause liver cancer and cannot be exported. Having entire storages of corn become infected can be devastating for farmers and a huge loss of income, so developing methods to detect early spread of Aspergillus is extremely important.
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Cold & flu season is in full swing... This BYU professor knows the best research-backed medicine for each symptom

January 17, 2024 06:00 AM
In this Q&A, BYU nursing professor Katreena Merrill shares her decades of expertise and recent findings from her perfectly timed research (carried out with fellow BYU professor Beth Luthy) to help make navigating the cold and flu aisle at the store more manageable this winter.
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Devotional: Choose You This Day — Think Celestial

January 16, 2024 08:20 PM
“How many times in life do we cause ourselves pain and sorrow through poor choices?” asked Elder K. Brett Nattress, a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as he delivered Tuesday morning’s devotional.
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After 45+ years, Joe Bussio finally has time for fishing

January 10, 2024 09:23 AM
Joe Bussio managed the Electrical and Computer Engineering shop for over 45 years. He was everyone’s go-to guy, and you could count on him to build anything and make everyone laugh.
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Devotional: President & Sister Reese

January 09, 2024 08:58 PM
The Reeses shared how being “doers of the word” and having “eyes to see” can help us become better disciples of Christ.
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AIAA Honors Dr. Randal W. Beard with the 2024 Intelligent Systems Award

January 08, 2024 02:12 PM
Dr. Randal W. Beard, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was recently presented with the 2024 AIAA Intelligent Systems Award at the 2024 AIAA SciTech Forum in Orlando, FL.
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Intensely prepared, BYU Japanese majors make perfect candidates for Japanese companies

January 08, 2024 11:30 AM
For the past two years, through a semester-long, one-credit-hour course, BYU Japanese professor Steve Moody has meticulously prepared a group of seven to eight students to attend the Boston Career Forum for Japanese-English bilinguals. Big-name companies that regularly participate include Amazon, Bank of America and Nintendo, as well as powerhouse Japanese companies like SoftBank and Sumitomo. Among American undergraduates, BYU students studying Japanese are uniquely prepared to thrive in this job market.
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BYU Graduate students and Dr. Chiang Break Records with Lowest Supply Voltage ADC

December 20, 2023 01:18 PM
Graduate student Shea Smith worked with Dr. Chiang and fellow graduate student Taylor Barton to create an analog-to-digital converter with the lowest supply voltage ever reported.
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Faith, innovation and impact: BYU 2023 video highlights

December 20, 2023 11:04 AM
From an unprecedented collaboration with a YouTube sensation to humanitarian projects that impacted local families, BYU students and faculty shared their light across the globe this past year. Take a look at some of the BYU video highlights of 2023.
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Top 10 BYU news stories of 2023: President Reese, top rankings, high-impact research

December 19, 2023 10:47 AM
The most viewed, read and shared BYU feature stories of the year
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Winter 2024 devotional and forum schedule

December 18, 2023 04:03 PM
Every Tuesday at 11:05 a.m., students, faculty, staff and the greater BYU community attend the weekly devotional or forum address at the Marriott Center.
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