Heidi Willden
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Brittany Knighton: A Star from the Lab to the Stage
If you asked PhD chemistry candidate Brittany Knighton what exactly she does in the lab all day, she’d offer a frank response: “I use lasers to make things do stuff.”
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Student Research Conference 2020
On February 29, 2020, CPMS will be hosting the annual BYU Student Research Conference (SRC). The SRC is a half-day affair treating attendees to cutting-edge ideas in math and science, exciting door prizes, and—to top it all off—a pizza feast fit to feed over 600 hungry student researchers and faculty.
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From Brazil to California: One Animator’s Path to Pixar
In Pixar Animation Studios’ 2017 blockbuster Coco, one of the characters sums up his path to musical stardom: “No one was going to hand me my future. It was up to me to reach for my dream, grab it tight, and make it come true.”
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How Statistics Can Help At-Risk Children
By the time March rolls around, winter in Provo doesn’t exactly feel like the most wonderful time of the year. Aside from the hassle of bundling up and stepping over the ubiquitous soggy slush, the weather this month isn’t all bad. In fact, we all hope to soon see more sunlight, greener landscapes, and finally less illness.
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Charles Lewis and Kolby Nottingham Win Annual Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship
The College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences wishes to congratulate Charles Lewis and Kolby Nottingham for their distinctions as the winner and runner-up of the 2019 Phi Kappa Phi College Award.
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2019 Alumni Achievement Award Lecture with Actuary Jonathan Blake
Jonathan Blake, recipient of the college Alumni Achievement Award, will give a guest lecture on Thursday, October 17. Entitled “A Risk Manager’s Guide to a Faith Journey,” the lecture will take place at 11 a.m. in room 1170 of the Talmage Building. The public is invited to attend the event.
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Center for Animation’s Grendel wins Student Academy Award
For the sixth time since 2004, the BYU Center for Animation has received the prestigious distinction as a winner of the Student Academy Awards (SAA), an annual competition recognizing the most promising student filmmakers around the world. Out of 1,615 entries from 360 domestic and international institutions, the SAA recognized BYU’s short film Grendel as one of only 16 winners across all categories for 2019.
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