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Whimsy and Wonder

The staff of this children's magazine wants to make space for kids to get creative.

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Eyes on Accessibility

Graduate student Nathan Browne is working to improve American Sign Language translation using AI models.

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Sonic Kaboom

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Anonymous Was a Woman

A BYU team recovers and acknowledges forgotten women writers from centuries past.

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Winter 2024
A temple panel from the Qing dynasty in the JFSB, telling an important metaphor about the student journey.
Insights from the Peanuts Gallery 
Summer 2023
Humanities students donning white lab coats uncover patterns in Charles Schulz's Peanuts.
Known, Found, Remembered
Winter 2023
Over the course of 20 years, an alumna and her BYU humanities professor share gifts of belonging.
See Also: Inspiring Stewardship
Winter 2023
Three sources for building a sense of stewardship and appreciation for the earth, recommended by BYU professor.
Good Enough
Summer 2021
What does it mean for something—or someone—to be good? And who gets to decide? A BYU creative writer explores goodness.
Story Sweep
Spring 2021
BYU students sweep an intercollegiate writing competition, claiming first place in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Tales from Quarantine
Summer 2020
Looking for some new reads during quarantine? BYU professors suggest these books to escape the world for a moment.
The Turkey Trot
Fall 2019
A BYU professor wins the prize for name confusion.
The Big Q: Overlooked Leaders
Summer 2017
BYU professors weigh in on relatively unknown people that everyone should know about.
The Problem We All Live With
Winter 2016
In stirring essays, BYU professors—from law to history, sociology to mathematics—reflect on race relations today.
Islamic Renaissance Man
Summer 2017
An alum’s study of ancient Islamic science has him questioning the “West is best” mentality.
Dishing Shakespeare’s Dirt
Winter 2017
Who knew Shakespeare's rubbish pit could fund a renovation project? Intern Katherine Bowman did.
The Big Q: Defining Dates
Winter 2017
Members of the BYU community weigh in on a question of the day.
The Big Q: The Next Big Thing
Fall 2016
BYU professors discuss the world-changing developments that they would like to see in their fields of study.
Lightening the Y: George Orwell’s 1984
Fall 2016
One BYU football fan tries to read up on the 1984 championship as told by George Orwell.
Divine Learning from Early Americans
Fall 2016
David Holland, a professor at the Harvard Divinity School, finds meaningful connections to his faith through research.
The Big Q: Tomes for Our Times
Summer 2016
Recommendations on the most important non-scriptural books everyone should read, and why.
Growing Up with Charlie Brown and Snoopy
Winter 2016
Peanuts characters pop up all over her home and, now that she’s back at BYU, in her assignments.
If These Walls Could Speak
Summer 2015
What are the most powerful passages of all time? Humanities professors pick their favorites for permanent display.
On Being “Anxiously Engaged in a Good [Book]”
Summer 1995
Common and spiritual sense shout to us that thoughtful and discriminating reading can not be ignored.