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Cybersecurity Student Justin Applegate Drafted for US Cyber Games Season Three

By Kylie Lay
November 13, 2023 04:09 PM
Grab your popcorn to watch the fierce competition. Both the blue team and the red team are trying to gain the upper hand with every move. After facing challenge after challenge, and getting past the defense, the red team scores a win! You may or may not be thinking “Touchdown!,” but this isn’t football–it’s a Cybersecurity competition!
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Faith

Devotional: Fear not and return with honor

By Kailey Marshall
November 07, 2023 09:21 PM
“It would be my hope that each of you would view your entire life as a marvelous university and mission in preparation for your second and most important graduation, that of graduating with honor from life,” said Elder Gary B. Sabin, 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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Intellect

For those at high risk, PTSD may be treatable before traumatic events even occur

By Christie Allen
November 06, 2023 02:04 PM
New BYU research published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences shows the potential for an improved method that could block PTSD-strength memories from forming to begin with.
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New director of risk management & safety named at BYU

November 02, 2023 02:11 PM
Brigham Young University Assistant to the President and General Counsel Steve Sandberg announced the hiring of Josh Thayn as the managing director of the Risk Management and Safety Department.
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Intellect

BYU student uses the gift of language to bless others

By Shelby Clark
November 01, 2023 04:31 PM
For first-generation college student Sarah Davila, growing up near the sunny Florida coast consisted of playing on the beach, learning English in school and making traditional Colombian food with her mom. Davila’s parents had moved to the United States a few months before Davila was born, hoping to provide her with a bright future.
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Department News

Graduate Student Munibun Billah wins award at ITC for Paper on Wiretap Coding Technology

By Kylie Lay
November 01, 2023 01:24 PM
ECE Graduate student Munibun Billah recently won the award for the top graduate student paper at the 2023 International Telemetry Conference for his paper titled “Artificially Noise-Injected Low-Density Parity-Check Codes For the Gaussian Wiretap Channel.”
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Faith

Forum: Fulfilling the dream of BYU

By Christie Allen
October 31, 2023 04:47 PM
At BYU, “we have the great privilege of an education for our whole souls,” said Susan Tanner, former Young Women General President, in Tuesday’s forum. Sister Tanner and her husband, former BYU–Hawaii president John Tanner, delivered a joint address on BYU’s ambitious mission.
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Dr. Michael Rice and His Son, Aidan, Receive Awards at International Telemetry Conference 2023

By Kylie Lay
October 26, 2023 04:11 PM
ECE Professor Michael Rice and his son, Aidan Rice, recently received awards for their research papers at the International Telemetry Conference.
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Intellect

BYU business professor is hunting a different type of ghost this Halloween

By Carl Stengel
October 25, 2023 06:00 AM
Jeff Bednar is a ghost hunter. And while the BYU business professor doesn’t have night vision cameras or ultra-sensitive recording equipment, he’s found a bunch of them — including several here at BYU.
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Faith

Devotional: Our Covenant Relationship With God, a Wellspring of Relief

By Kailey Marshall
October 24, 2023 08:21 PM
Sister Kristin M. Yee, second counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency, shared a message that Jesus Christ brings relief into our lives.
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Department News

Protecting polar bears aim of new and improved radar technology

October 23, 2023 09:50 AM
Research testing new technology to more effectively locate polar bear dens across the Arctic is showing promising results. Researchers from Simon Fraser University and Brigham Young University (BYU), collaborating with Polar Bears International, hope that improving detection tools to locate dens—which are nearly invisible and buried under snow—will help efforts to protect mother polar bears and their cubs.
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Department News

Ant Annihilation Build Nights

By Kylie Lay
October 20, 2023 01:27 PM
Each Thursday night, students and alumni gather at build nights to work on their battle bots for the upcoming Ant Annihilation competition. The students and alumni work in teams and have each built their own unique battle bots with different fighting mechanisms and parts. However, all of the battle bots must weigh 1 pound or 453 grams at the most and must pass the safety check in one month.
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