AFTER ALL
THE CALL OF THE WILDSomething about life and creation--in most any form--enthralls every individual. It feeds the soul.
ALUMNI REPORT
JALYNN PRINCE: CHAMPIONING AUTISMTaking family members into account, autism affects millions of people directly. The disorder commonly manifests itself in repetitive behavior, poor social interactions, and language difficulties.
HOUSEWIFE AND FBI INFORMANT: LIVING A DUAL LIFEAs a youngster, the closest BYU alumna Thella Wilson Brock came to being involved with the FBI was looking at the "Wanted" posters on the walls of the Roosevelt, Utah, post office.
BOOK NOOK
PRESIDENT GORDON B. HINCKLEY TAKES THE LEAD IN STANDING FOR SOMETHINGLatter-day Saints take pleasure in the national attention being given President Hinckley's kindly but prophetic reminder to the American people, ourselves included, of the peril which will ensue if we sell our spiritual birthright for a mess of godless immorality and self-indulgent materialism.
BYU TODAY
MOREBYU-BUILT MIRRORS ABOARD NASA'S IMAGE SATELLITEMirrors fashioned by BYU physics students will help researchers learn how Earth's magnetic fields, located beyond the upper atmosphere, respond to upcoming solar storms.
GRAD STUDENT WINS METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPETITIONLindsay Robison Killian, the first BYU student to win at the Metropolitan Opera's regional Rocky Mountain auditions.
BYUTV NETWORK LAUNCHEDKBYU Television has created a new national network that will bring BYU devotionals and other family programming to more than 3.4 million subscribers of the Dish Network nationwide.
NEW CENTER FOR REMOTE SENSING RESEARCHBYU has created an inter-disciplinary Center for Remote Sensing that will coordinate and support studies of the earth's atmosphere, climate, and environment through high-tech mapping and remote sensing research.
SECOND ANCESTORS SERIES AIRS IN JUNEKBYU Television has released a second Ancestors series, which will air on PBS stations beginning in June 2000.
COMPLIANT MECHANISMS MAKE BREAKING NEWSUsing technology pioneered by associate mechanical engineering professor Larry L. Howell, the students found a way to simplify a popular brake design in ways that improved both wear and price.
BYU TODAY
BACK MOREMARRIOTT SCHOOL CREATES CENTER FOR E-BUSINESSIn a move to become one of the nation's leading high-tech business research centers, the Marriott School of Management has created a center for electronic business (e-business).
ISLAMIC TRANSLATION SERIES EXPANDSBYU's Islamic Translation Series (ITS) is expanding to include two additional series of translated texts--Arabic Scientific Texts and Eastern Christian Texts.
STUDENTS SPREAD MICROCREDIT EFFORTThe group's acronym captures its mission--to Help ELiminate Poverty--and microcredit banks are its primary project.
MICROFOSSILS REVEAL ANCIENT BOTANY, PLANT USEThey are made of silica, the same element found in sand and computer chips. Like grains of sand, they won't decay and can't be digested.
NEW LEADERS FOR NURSING, DEVELOPMENT, AND THE JERUSALEUM CENTERIn recent months, new leaders were appointed for the College of Nursing, the BYU Development Office, and the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies.
NEW SOFTBALL/BASEBALL COMPLEX UNDERWAYA one-of-a-kind, mirrored-image softball/baseball complex will usher BYU athletics into the new millennium.
FAMILY FOCUS
TRADITIONS--A FOUNDATION FOR STRONG FAMILIESTraditions served families as a source of strength; they gave families a sense of identity and faith. Nowadays, when so much is changing, traditions still give family members strength and stability as well as a sense of certainty when life may seem uncertain.
FIRST PERSON
BYWOO--LOVE AND MARRIAGE AT BYU, PART IBYU’s reputation for being a marriage factory is not without foundation. To celebrate BYU's romantic tradition, we present your stories that you have sent us about your romantic encounters at BYU.
BYWOO--LOVE AND MARRIAGE AT BYU, PART IIBYU’s reputation for being a marriage factory is not without foundation. To celebrate BYU’s romantic tradition, we present your stories that you have sent us about your romantic encounters at BYU.
OUT OF THE BLUE
BRENT L. ADAMS: ALCHEMICAL ENGINEERINGA professor of mechanical engineering, Adams spends his time looking for ways to give ordinary metals and ceramics extraordinary properties.
ABE MILLS: CLEATS TO CAMERAToday he and the other newscasters are having a contest to see who can work the most song and movie titles into their on-camera dialogue.
ALEXANDRA M. THEIN: BIG ALThe nine-pound newborn was destined to grow up slim and athletic--first as a young gymnast, then as a high-school mascot and butterfly swimmer, and last year as a volunteer coaching assistant for Orem High's swim team.
ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS
POWER VS. AUTHORITYDonna Lee Bowen, a professor of political science, considers the war with Iraq through the frameworks of power and authority.
TEACHING CHILDREN EMPATHYAs coaches and models, parents can help children learn about others’ feelings.
THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORDWaiting upon the Lord takes many forms. Whether for support in childbirth or guidance in making decisions, those who wait upon the Lord deepen their discipleship with a broken heart, a contrite spirit, a yielded will, and a consecration of self.
WATCH THE WALLS FALLTHE GLORIOUS CAUSE OF AMERICAHow a coarse, untrained army—“rabble in arms”—stood up to the world’s most powerful army.
WORDS OF HATE, WORDS OF LOVEAmong our greatest gifts, words can edify or destroy, uplift or degrade.
