Humanities professors Michael Call and Brian Croxall have introduced a new video gaming initiative to BYU’s campus. With the support of the College of Humanities, students gather each Monday at 4:00 p.m. in the Humanities Learning Commons for a short faculty lecture about the video game of the week. The game is then available to play throughout the week. Beginning with Stardew Valley and Minecraft, the highlighted games and analyses are continuing through the semester.
In her forum address at the Marriott Center, Kearney spoke on the importance of marriage and family, emphasizing the positive economic and personal impact it has.
With only one minute left in the fourth quarter, the visiting team's offense is dangerously close to the end zone. The stakes have never been higher, and the home team needs their best defense. But the coach knows exactly what formation he should use to counter the offense because he has spent thousands of hours reviewing videos each season, finding what plays work best in certain situations.
Inspired by the Tour Divide, a grueling, self-supported 2,700-mile bike race, Hopkins embraced endurance as a concept deeply rooted in hard work rather than passive waiting.
Dr. Phil Lundrigan, PhD student Bryson Schiel, and undergraduate Joshua Montierth recently returned from the ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems (WUWNet) in Croatia. There, they presented their recent paper, Using Orthogonal Chirps Underwater for In-Band, Full-Duplex Communication with Minimal Self-Interference Cancellation. Dr. Tracianne Neilsen, Physics Professor, and BYU students Eli Blattner and Corey Dobbs are also part of the research team and coauthors on the paper.
BYU history professor and recently retired Army Col. Mark Choate says diplomatic missions are a lot like church missions: they carry a higher, broader purpose, run on small teams and accomplish a similar overarching goal of bringing peace to God’s children. Choate recently earned the prestigious Legion of Merit for his military service.
A futuristic BYU-designed, origami-inspired Flex Chair, cut out of a single piece of flat material and folded into shape, has made YouTuber Mark Rober’s Top 10 list. In a Nov. 2 video post, Rober spotlights the chair at #7 on his list of Crunch Lab builds in the past year, and credits BYU compliant mechanisms researchers for the innovative design.
Over the past 10 years, BYU professors coauthored a staggering 1,388 publications with colleagues at the University of Utah. While athletic competitions between the two schools produce a lot of headlines, academic collaborations produce a lot of research.
In her Tuesday morning devotional, Sister Amy Wright, First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke about the power of Jesus Christ and the deliverance He provides.