Alumni
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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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Go Ahead, Take the Hard Classes
Dr. Pete Roming may now be the director of Southwest Research Institute’s Space Engineering Department, but he still remembers how BYU helped start his career.
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Lessons Learned (and Taught) while Traveling the World in a Canoe
In the summer of 2014, BYU alum Linda Furuto sailed across the equator in a canoe. The canoe—a traditional Polynesian voyaging vessel named Hōkūle‘a—was manned by 13 crew members and navigated entirely using the wind, stars, and God’s other creations for guidance.
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Technology Unlocks Petroleum Potential
BYU alum Chris Bexfield has worked ten years for one of the United States’ top hydrocarbon producers—combining business, technology, and geology.
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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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This Alum Wants to Turn Your House into a Robot
You don’t need to talk to Lanny Lin for very long before you learn what his passion is.
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Geological History: It’s Written in Stone—Mudstone
Some people stop playing in the mud by age ten—not Alex Washburn. In August 2016, the geology graduate student found himself across the world steeped in mud, collecting samples.
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Bridging the Gap between Academia and Industry
After thirty-nine years in the oil industry, he’s back to teach BYU students how to apply their understanding of geology to working in industry.
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BYU Alum Fights Brain Cancer One Cell at a Time
He didn’t know the first thing about research when he was a freshman at BYU. Now, Dr. Bob Carter oversees brain tumor research at a university hospital and makes strides in brain cancer treatment.
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Why Google’s Next Recruit is a Popstar in the Philippines
Recent computer science graduate Jake Mingus spends his weekdays looking at lines of code on computer screens. He spends his weekends dancing and singing on the computer screens in the Philippines.
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From Stats to Tech: BYU Alum Shares His Success Story
After being medically discharged from the Air Force, Rob Versaw found himself on BYU campus as a new student without a clue about how to get around.
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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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WWII Vet, One of the First Computer Science Faculty, Shares Story
Norman Wright has boxes—a lot of boxes. They hold countless records of history about BYU, computer science, and WWII.
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BYU Alum Uncovers “Nessie’s” Bones in Utah
BYU alum Dave Alderks likes to say that everything he needed to know to be a paleontologist he learned in kindergarten.
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CPMS Alumni Share Their Post-Graduation Success
Students do find jobs. Students do get into grad school.
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Math Education Alumnus Becomes Utah Valley Educator of the Week
The Daily Herald named BYU Mathematics Education alumnus Stephen Scott the Utah Valley Educator of the Week on September 21, 2016. An anonymous faculty member at Provo High School nominated him for this recognition.
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