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Letters
An illustration of two babies—one in a crib, the other in a high chair; both surrounded by letters spelling out baby names with features associated with Utah.
What’s in a Baby Neighm?
Just how unique are baby names in Utah?
Professor Eric Eliason sits at a booth at Arctic Circle with a tray of fries, fry sauce, a pastrami burger, and a thick over-the-top milkshake.

People

Utah Food Lore

Eric Eliason breaks down Utah food traditions like fry sauce, scones, green jell-O, funeral potatoes, and more.

Article

Inspired in the Lab

Chad Pollard and Kelaney Stalker apply epigenetics to projects they are passionate about while working in a BYU lab.

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Research

Disinfomania

In the battle over facts and fakes, insights and hot takes, how can you become a savvier consumer of information?

Sciences
Heart to Heart
A study by a BYU psychology professor uncovered a connection between heart health and social support.
Three men in an engineering lab examine a medical boot by placing nodes on it.

Campus

Best Foot Forward

Two BYU students teamed up to design and test an upgraded medical boot.

Alumni

Itty-Bitty Ballistics 

The world's smallest working nerf gun is the size of a fleck of pepper.

Research

Not So Fast, Not So Furious 

BYU took first at the Shell Eco-Marathon with a vehicle that could drive from Provo to Atlanta on one gallon.

Arts
Movie Mozart
Ever seen Gone with the Wind or King Kong? BYU experts are transcribing composer Max Steiner's scores for public use.
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Research

Austen Found

Three BYU grads turned their literary excavation of England into a love letter to Jane Austen.

Students

On the Moove

BYU students come up with innovative ways to package and market milk.

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Faculty

Faith, Hope, Charity, and Politics 

In a time of political divisiveness and despair, how can Latter-day Saints avoid the trap of cynicism?