Highlights from BYU Colleges

College of Family Home and Social Sciences

• Erik Carter of Vanderbilt University will give the fourteenth annual Marjorie Pay Hinckley lecture on Feb. 8. Carter will speak on inclusion and friendships for people with disabilities.

Marriott School of Business

• Professor of business strategy Paul Godfrey has been teaching at BYU for nearly 25 years. While teaching at BYU, Godfrey has partnered on projects with the Ballard Center and authored a book, but says his favorite part about teaching is the students.

• The Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at the BYU Marriott School of Business hosted FUSION, the largest entrepreneurial networking event in Utah, on Jan. 24. The event is an opportunity for entrepreneurs and investors to share ideas.

• A study by information systems professor Mark Keith and his team of researchers won Best Paper Award at the Hawaii International Conference on Social Systems. The team created a set of survey questions to measure confidence in creative ability.

David O. McKay School of Education

• Leading journal “Educational Technology Research and Development” ranked BYU’s Instructional Psychology and Technology program among the top six in the nation. The published study looked at universities participation in the field of instructional design and technology as criteria.

College of Humanities

• Author and Mormon philosopher Adam Miller spoke to students about the importance of Moral Creativity. Miller believes moral creativity is becoming someone new through Christ.

College of Fine Arts and Communications

• The BYU Philharmonic and the BYU Symphonic Band will be performing the compositions of two students from the School of Music on Feb. 9 and 10. Each concert will feature music from composition students Austin Lopez and Caleb Cuzner.

College of Nursing

• Nursing student Jared Lorimier shared his experience with Tourette’s Syndrome and how it inspired him to pursue nursing. Lorimier is one of four male students to enter the nursing program this semester.

• BYU received three of four Outstanding Nurse Practicioner Awards from the Utah Nurse Practitioners association. Dr. Beth Luthy, Ryan Rasmussen and graduate student Katie Hill were honored as Outstanding Nurse Practitioners.

College of Life Sciences

• Biologist Blaine Griffen conducted research that found polar bears use five times more energy swimming instead of walking. Melting ice is forcing polar bears to swim more frequently and farther away.

College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

• The 23rd Annual Rex Lee Run for a Cure on Mar. 10 will raise money for the Simmons Center for Cancer Research, a part of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. The Rex Lee Run includes a 5k, 10k, and a Family Fun Run.

J. Reuben Clark Law School

• Fastcase CEO Ed Walter opened this semester’s Future of Law Lecture Series on Jan. 17 with a presentation on “The Law of Robots.” Walters discussed the Industrial, Information, and Robot Revolutions and their influence on the world.

• The Federalist Society hosted its first event of the semester on Jan. 18. Speakers Ilya Shapiro from the CATO Institute and BYU Political Science Professor Brandon Dabling discussed legal precedent and Supreme Court decisions to overturn precedent.