Angela Cava

The STEM Fair. You’ve seen flyers around campus, colorful announcements on the big screens in hallways, and emails about its prep activities. You probably even know it takes place on Thursday, February 7, in the Wilkinson Student Center from 9 AM – 3 PM. But why should you go to the STEM Fair? What should you expect? How should you prepare?

When a professional geologist gifted nine-year-old Brooks B. Britt his rock collection, Britt thought, “This is it. I’m going to be a geologist.”

If you’ve been on a prescription medication, you might have wondered why prescription drugs are so expensive.

In 1975, the fossilized remains of a 35-ft mosasaur, the Prognathadon stadtmani, were discovered by fifteen-year-old Gary L. Thompson* near Delta, Colorado. These remains were excavated by a team of paleontologists from BYU soon after and have been kept in the stores of BYU’s Museum of Paleontology for decades.

The Animation Career Review recently named Brigham Young University as the top animation school in the country. This announcement came only months after BYU animation students won the E3 Game Competition. Needless to say, it’s been a busy and wonderful year for the animation program. Click here to learn more.

Chemistry professor Daniel Austin recently received a prestigious international award for his developments in mass spectrometry. Click here to read more.

Chemistry professor and former department chair Dr. Paul Farnsworth retired on June 30, 2018. Farnsworth made many contributions to the BYU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry during his tenure. His research centered on analytical spectroscopy, with an emphasis on the development of new analytical techniques and instrumentation for trace molecular and elemental analysis. He authored or coauthored ninety-eight scholarly publications. Throughout his time at BYU he has worked to build on a tradition of collegiality in his department, and to ensure that the contributions of all faculty and staff are valued and recognized.

Joshua Reynolds will present research he completed as a BYU undergraduate on YubiKey usability at the 39th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy on May 23, 2018. This is the top academic computer security conference where only 11 percent of all papers submitted were accepted this year. Kent Seamons, Reynolds’s faculty mentor, pointed out that it is rare for an undergraduate to be first author on a paper at this conference.