College of Family Home and Social Sciences
- BYU economics student Jacob Fisher won first place in the Wheatley Institution‘s 10-Year Anniversary Essay Contest. Fisher’s essay, titled “The Roots of Rights,” was written in response to one of the Wheatley Institution’s 10 prompts. His essay argues for the recognition of religious rights.
BYU economics student Jacob Fisher won first place in the Wheatley Institution‘s 10-Year Anniversary Essay Contest. Fisher’s essay, titled “The Roots of Rights,” argues for recognition of religious rights. (College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences)
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology
- A paper by BYU electrical engineering PhD student Chad Josephson and professor Michael Rice won first place at the October 2017 International Telemetering Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The paper, titled “Optimizing Coded 16-APSK for Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry,” focuses on work in receiving data from airborne systems. It previously won second place at the student paper contest in September.
A paper by BYU electrical engineering PhD student Chad Josephson and professor Michael Rice won first place at the October 2017 International Telemetering Conference. It previously won second place at the student paper contest in September. (Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology)
College of Fine Arts and Communications
- A new exhibit featuring the works of M.C. Escher opened at the BYU Museum of Art on Nov. 17 and will run through May 19. Escher is known for his math and music inspired works. The museum has brought in a Bösendorfer piano with Disklavier technology that will play pieces recorded by School of Music students to help visitors see the connection between the artwork and its musical roots.
A new exhibit featuring the works of M.C. Escher opened at the BYU Museum of Art on Nov. 17. This is his work, “Day and Night.” (The M.C. Escher Company, the Netherlands)
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