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BYU Humanities professors launch Y Play Games, offer video games for students to play

Emily May
By Emily May
October 21, 2024 11:40 AM
The BYU College of Humanities is offering weekly video games for students to play and a lecture series to educate students about each game and their connections to the humanities.
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Campus

BYU Humanities Center discusses intersection between faith and humor at Annual Symposium

By Christian Salazar
October 11, 2024 12:59 PM
The BYU Humanities Center welcomed professors and students from a variety of backgrounds at its Annual Symposium on Sept. 27-28.
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Clubs

New environmental minor, club want all students to appreciate Earth

By Eleanor Lambert
March 06, 2024 12:00 AM
The BYU Kennedy Center's new global environmental studies minor and club unite students across multiple disciplines and help them learn how environmental sustainability applies to their field of study.
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Music

BYU foreign language choirs give students culturally immersive experience

Amy Ortiz
By Amy Ortiz
February 20, 2024 12:00 AM
Fusing language and music together, BYU's College of Humanities’ language choir classes provide students a culturally immersive and creative approach to language-learning.
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Campus

Eye on the Y: Nursing students learn from alumni, BYU professor researches automobiles, Q&A session about cold and flu medicine

By Jaecie Stilovich
January 26, 2024 12:00 AM
BYU College of Nursing helps students connect with alumni at speed 'nurseworking' event
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Art

Lessons of flourishing learned through gardens and art at Education Week

By Sydni Merrill
August 24, 2023 12:00 AM
Ensign College humanities professor Mary Favro believes that all types of creators — from artists and architects to poets and gardeners — have lessons to impart about flourishing.
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Technology

The humanities are shrinking, but not dying

By Emma Everett
May 04, 2023 12:00 AM
The 2010s saw a decline in humanities enrollments across the country. Now, in a post-pandemic world, there’s potential for a boost, according to BYU College of Humanities Assistant Dean Sherami Jara.
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Movies & Television

BYU professor's short film chosen for local film festival

By Annika Ohran
January 23, 2023 12:00 AM
BYU adjunct professor and filmmaker Douglas Cunningham finished directing his second short film, “Highway,” and is preparing for its first showing on January 27 and subsequent screening at Zions Indie Film Fest in March.
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Campus

Pre-med meets humanities in new club

By Brittany Salinas
September 20, 2018 12:00 AM
Medical Humanities Club leadership Adam Brantley, Davis Rutter and Eliza Neal said combining science and the humanities will help students who want to go into the medical field. (Ty Mullen)
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Campus Events

BYU foreign language residence celebrates 25 years this month

By Kaleena Mckell
March 27, 2018 12:00 AM
Editor's note: This story pairs with 'Foreign language demand growing'
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Campus Events

Humanities, Business majors meet to create job opportunities

By Kristi Lee Neuberger
October 10, 2015 12:00 AM
The Humanities to Business Club is keen on helping humanities students find jobs and internships in business fields. (Natalie Hollingshead)
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Campus Events

BYU Humanities celebrates 50 Years of Human Fluency

By Jessica Parcell
September 30, 2015 12:00 AM
Roger Chu plays the flute as part of the many ethnic performances at the event. Humanities celebrated 50 years on Sept 30, 2015 (Jessica Parcell)
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Campus Events

BYU academic groups suit up for success

By Lucy Schouten
March 24, 2015 12:00 AM
Athletes and dancers represent BYU elsewhere in jerseys and tights, but other students do their alma mater proud in suit coats and pencil skirts.
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Featured

I love BYU

By Emily Hales
March 13, 2015 12:00 AM
There are a lot of reasons to love BYU: our relatively inexpensive tuition, our beautiful campus, our talented athletes and artists, our accredited programs and our distinguished alumni, to name a few.
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Music

BYU professor likes heavy metal and horror

By Mckayla Lundeen
March 08, 2015 12:00 AM
Sederholm with different band members from the Epica, Alestorm, Insomnium, and System Divide tour. (Carl Sederholm)
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Campus Events

BYU Humanities+ Conference: Liberal arts impact modern world

By Ethan Parry
February 01, 2014 12:00 AM
BYU's College of Humanities conference brought experts to campus to refine the Humanities+ initiative to show the value of the liberal arts in a modern education Jan. 30–31.
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