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Want to thrive in your 30s? BYU study says education and service in your 20s are key
New BYU research shows that hitting the books and helping others in your 20s leads to a happier, more regret-free life in your 30s.
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Fishing with Fraser
Cleanroom manager by day–fisherman by night. Well, make that fisherman by dusk, because that’s when the catfish bite best. Jim Fraser, a member of our staff in BYU Electrical and Computer Engineering, is being featured on KSL Outdoors for his success with catfishing in Utah Lake.
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Devotional: Fear not, little flock
Sherami Jara, assistant dean and director of Liberal Arts Advisement and Careers, delivered a devotional address at the Joseph Smith Building on choosing faith over fear through turning to Jesus Christ.
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Cougar Query: Sherami Jara
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.
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Wildflowers not wildfires: How BYU and Provo City are helping to restore Rock Canyon Trailhead
At Rock Canyon Trailhead in Provo, Utah, BYU researchers are fighting fires with flowers. By replacing a problematic weed called cheatgrass with wildflowers, students and faculty are working to protect and restore one of Provo’s most popular hiking spots.
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Devotional: We chose this! Agency, atonement and joy
Platt, a professor and associate chair of the Economics Department, reminded the audience of the incredible power of choice; both in everyday life and in the grand eternal plan of Heavenly Father.
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Cougar Query: Brennan Platt
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.
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Devotional: Working through wobble
In her Tuesday morning devotional, Dawan Coombs, an associate professor of English, spoke powerfully about the divine identity of all of God’s children. She taught how the knowledge of this divine heritage can serve as a lifeline in the times of confusion, trial or indecision.
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Wildfires in residential areas are on the rise; why hydrants and the water system behind them were never meant to stop those fires
BYU professor Rob Sowby teaches and studies environmental engineering, urban water infrastructure and sustainability. He has particular expertise in the planning, design, construction and operation of public water systems. That expertise has been increasingly important (and regularly sought out) in the wake of apocalyptic wildfires that have taxed those public water systems.
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Cougar Query: Dawan Coombs
Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.
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Meet the BYU math student helping make wildfire predictions faster and smarter
Using machine learning and math, a BYU student improved a key tool firefighters rely on during wildfire season
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Devotional: Answering the dual calls for academic excellence and discipleship
“Sometimes the pursuit of academic and professional excellence and the pursuit of discipleship are framed as being in tension with each other,” William Clayton said in his devotional address. “My experience is that these pursuits can actually reinforce each other in important ways when we keep our eye single to the glory of God.”
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