Eye on the Y: BYU Marriott School ranked among top-rated MBA schools, Blaine Griffen and students study invasive crabs, BYU study uses NASA’s Hubble data to identify rare object in the Kuiper Belt system. - BYU Daily Universe Skip to main content
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Eye on the Y: BYU Marriott School ranked among top-rated MBA schools, Blaine Griffen and students study invasive crabs, BYU study uses NASA’s Hubble data to identify rare object in the Kuiper Belt system.

BYU Marriott School ranked among top-rated MBA schools by The Financial Times

BYU Marriott School ranked among top-rated MBA schools by The Financial Times.

The Financial Times ranked BYU within the top 10 in two categories and number 11 in another in their 2025 report.

The Marriott School was ranked 2nd in the world for “Overall Satisfaction,” 10th for “Best Alumni Network,” and 11th for “Best Value for the Money.” The MBA program has recently received additional awards, such as 2nd best MBA for Entrepreneurship and 7th best MBA for Student Learning by Bloomberg Businessweek, and Best MBA for Human Resources by The Princeton Review in 2024.

Blaine Griffen and students study invasive crabs to understand their environmental impact

Dr. Blaine Griffen and students study invasive crabs to understand their environmental impact.

Blaine Griffen, Ph.D., leads students in a marine biology research lab, using crabs as the primary model organism.

Both graduate and undergraduate students work together to investigate how habitat variations, climate change, pollution, fishing pressures and other variables affect the marine ecosystem. Their research has been used by local and state government to find solutions to the spread of invasive species. Griffen seeks to teach his students about the balance of marine ecosystems while also highlighting the spiritual significance of their research.

BYU study uses NASA’s Hubble data to identify rare object in the Kuiper Belt system

BYU study uses NASA’s Hubble data to identify rare object in the Kuiper Belt system.

Professor Darin Ragozzine and former undergraduate student Maia Nelson offer a new perspective on what was previously thought to be a binary system in the Kuiper Belt.

By using data supplied from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, their research suggests that the Altjira system in the Kuiper Belt of the solar system could potentially be a triple system of orbiting objects. This new research provides further studies on early planetary formation and enhances the existing perception of objects in remote solar systems.