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Stuffed rats, fake landmines: Ballard Center introduces freshmen to social impact

By Kyla Burns
January 22, 2026 11:22 AM
The Ballard Center for Social Impact hosted an escape-style game for freshmen, featuring stuffed rats and cardboard landmine props, in the Tanner Building, Jan. 15.
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Campus News

Twin brothers win BYU 2023 Changemakers competition with video game philanthropy idea

By Emma Everett
February 08, 2023 12:00 AM
The BYU Ballard Center announced twin brothers Garrett and Jacob Stanford as the winners of the 2023 Changemakers competition on Feb. 7.
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Sports

BYU students invent snow gloves, help developing country entrepreneurs

November 11, 2020 12:00 AM
Two BYU students have invented a product that keeps snow from seeping through users' coat sleeves as winter approaches and ski season rolls in.
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Campus Events

Ballard Center hosts ninth annual Peery Film Festival

By Thomas Madrigal
November 09, 2019 12:00 AM
The Peery Film Festival brought 10 films to campus — the largest number of films to be screened on campus at one time throughout the festival's nine years. The films are being screened until Nov. 16.
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Local

Dining at Malawi's Pizza feeds you and an orphan

By Sara Anderson
February 28, 2012 12:00 AM
On a dusty road in Malawi, Africa, a sweet starving orphan is given a nutritious meal. As she devours the meal, a huge smile appears on her face. She feels loved and her stomach is finally satisfied again, a gift from concerned unknown friends thousands of miles away.
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