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The Football Team Full of Ph.Ds
A decade ago, a grad student at the University of Texas told her roommate that she dreamed of teaching at BYU and starting an all-women’s faculty flag football team.
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Education in Zion Gallery Puts ‘Famous Mormon Scientists’ on Display
Did you know the first female state senator in the United States was a Mormon suffragist doctor who ran against her polygamist husband for a legislative seat? As a Utah senator, Martha Hughes Cannon used her scientific and medical background to author early sanitation laws and found the State Board of Health.
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Chemistry Rocks! October 23-28 marks National Chemistry week
While chemistry is important every day of the year, October 23-28 marks National Chemistry Week. The theme for this year’s National Chemistry Week is “Chemistry Rocks!” and will be celebrated across campus with events put on by the Central Utah section of the American Chemical Society.
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WordPerfect Co-founder to Deliver Summerhays Lecture
Dr. Alan Ashton, co-founder and former president and CEO of WordPerfect, will present at the annual Summerhays Lecture on Thursday, October 12, 2017, at 7 p.m. in room 2254 of the BYU Conference Center. Ashton’s lecture is titled “Light from on High Illuminates Science and Religion.”
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Ocean Voyager, Mathematics Professor to Deliver Honored Alumni Lecture
What do BYU, mathematics, and voyaging canoes have in common? Dr. Linda Furuto.
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Discover Your Future at the General Career Fair
It’s almost time to move on and move out of your tiny basement apartment. The semi-annual General Career Fair will be held in the WSC Ballroom on Thursday, October 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Recruiters from around the nation will be available to talk with students about potential job and internship opportunities.
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Female STEM Students Gathering for Women’s Career Conversations
Former LDS General Relief Society President Julie B. Beck said, “Righteous women have changed the course of history and will continue to do so.” BYU encourages all female students to secure their own spot in history.
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Meet Future Employers at BYU STEM Fair
It’s time to get a job! Recruiters from across the nation will be coming to BYU on Thursday, February 8, 2018, to meet with students seeking job or internship opportunities. In preparation for the semi-annual STEM Fair, BYU will be hosting a range of events and workshops to help students make a great first impression with potential employers and nail their subsequent interviews. All students majoring in STEM-related fields are invited to attend.
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New Associate Deans Named in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (CPMS)
Gus L.W. Hart and Jennifer B. Nielson have accepted appointments by Academic Vice President James R. Rasband as new associate deans in the BYU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. They will serve with the newly appointed dean C. Shane Reese.
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Graduates Receive Counsel: Remember, Turn Outward, Stand Firm
The BYU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences held its commencement exercises on April 28, 2017, in the Wilkinson Student Center Ballroom. Three hundred and twenty-five graduates participated in the ceremony.
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Running to Support Cancer Research
Parents pushing strollers, runners donning short shorts, BYU basketball players dressed as Batman, and countless others all gathered at the starting line of the annual Rex Lee Run on March 11, 2017.
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Izatt-Christensen Lecture: The Greater Good of Mass Spectrometry
Dr. R. Graham Cooks presented the ninth annual Reed M. Izatt and James J. Christensen Lecture at BYU with two presentations on mass spectrometry.
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CPMS Student Wins 3MT People’s Choice Award
Biochemistry graduate student Diana Saavedra won the People’s Choice Award for the 3MT university-wide competition on March 9, 2017, in the BYU Varsity Theatre.
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Let Them Eat Pi
Hordes of pie-loving students gathered in front of the Wilkinson Student Center on March 14 to celebrate the day that shares its name with the world’s most famous number—3.14… .
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2017 Annual Awards Banquet Honors Faculty & Staff Achievements
Faculty and staff were recognized for their outstanding achievement February 3, 2017, at the BYU College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences (CPMS) Annual Awards Banquet.
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CPMS Alum Cui Tao Wins Presidential Award
Cui Tao’s love for both biology and computer science has led to more than an accomplished research and teaching career—it has earned her one of Barack Obama’s final awards before the former president left office in January.
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BYU Gaining National Recognition for Undergraduate Research Support
Archimedes was one of history’s most influential mathematicians, in addition to being an astronomer, engineer, and physicist. He developed an unprecedented method for determining the volume of objects and invented a heat ray to torch ships attacking his hometown. In explaining the principle of the lever, he said, “Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.”
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