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Sounding off: BYU researchers study the roar of SpaceX's Starship

BYU team measures the thunderous noise of the world’s most powerful rocket, exploring its impact on communities and the environment.
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Dead trees in Utah forests are a wildfire hazard; BYU researchers found a way to use them as biomass for power plants

By Katie Child
March 03, 2022 10:02 AM
Researchers at BYU have worked to develop new ways to convert dead, decaying trees into a fuel that can be used in coal power plants, and as a result, also reduce net carbon emissions.
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State-funded BYU study finds elk move when hunting season starts — and it's causing problems

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
February 16, 2022 06:00 AM
Research from BYU wildlife sciences professors finds that when hunting season starts, elk in Utah move off of public lands — where they can be hunted — and onto private lands — where they cannot be hunted. And then, when hunting season is over, they shift right back to public lands.



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BYU researchers discover locations of ancient Maya sacred groves of cacao trees

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 31, 2022 06:00 AM
BYU researchers led a project to locate the ancient site of Maya cacao tree groves. Their work led them to sinkholes in the Yucatan, where they conducted soil anaylses to confirm evidence of cacao, a plant considered divine by the Maya.
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BYU researchers sequenced the quinoa genome. Now they’re introducing hybrids of the crop to developing nations

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 11, 2022 09:49 AM
As soils across the world become less fertile and more desert-like due to climate change, it’s getting harder for farmers, especially those in developing nations, to grow basic life-preserving crops such as corn, wheat and rice.
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Engineers stitch together thousands of drone-captured images to create 3D model of BYU's campus

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
December 09, 2021 04:55 PM
Using more than 80,000 drone-captured and ground images, and applying GPS systems for accuracy, BYU grad student Bryce Berrett has stitched together a comprehensive 3D model of BYU's entire 560-acre campus.


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Three new deans announced at BYU

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
April 22, 2021 05:45 AM
BYU Academic Vice President C. Shane Reese announced the appointment of three new deans today, including Richard D. Osguthorpe at the David O. McKay School of Education, Laura Padilla-Walker at the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences and Adam T. Woolley as the dean of Graduate Studies.
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Interim Dean for Graduate Studies

Natalie Ipson
By Natalie Ipson
June 21, 2020 11:00 PM
Brigham Young University Academic Vice President Shane Reese has appointed Logan Gillette as the interim dean of BYU Graduate Studies, following the appointment of current dean John “Keoni” S.K. Kauwe as the president of BYU Hawaii.
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New dean of BYU Graduate Studies

May 13, 2019 10:00 PM
Brigham Young University Academic Vice President James R. Rasband announced today that John “Keoni” S.K. Kauwe has been named the new dean of BYU Graduate Studies.
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X-why? Female researchers sweep this year’s 3 Minute Thesis competition

By Brooke Adams
March 21, 2016 10:00 PM
For the first time since the 3-Minute Thesis competition began at BYU, there was a three-way tie for first place.

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Graduate Work in Three Minutes or Less

February 25, 2016 10:00 PM
It’s easy to comprehend that earning a graduate degree takes many long days and late nights writing papers, going to classes and doing research. But can you condense all that work into a brief, three-minute presentation?

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