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Eye on the Y: 'Napoleon Dynamite' actor Jon Heder speaks on his BYU education, BYU graduate students research mental health care in Pacific Islander communities and BYU students advance research on chronic conditions

By Universe Contributor
March 23, 2026 10:49 AM
'Napoleon Dynamite' actor Jon Heder on his education opening Hollywood doors
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Featured

Student couple brings education opportunity to schoolchildren in Micronesia

By Emma Butler Price
November 27, 2023 12:00 AM
When Lawson Duce returned from his mission in Micronesia in March 2020, he could not have foreseen that a year and a half later he would be returning to the country, this time with his wife, Ava Duce, and another mission in mind.
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Art

BYU professor creates childlike art to express memories and the past

By Alison Moore
March 28, 2012 12:00 AM
As an assistant professor in BYU's Department of Visual Arts, Fidalis Buehler makes a living helping aspiring artists learn how to create serious works of art. However, in his on-campus studio Buehler's beautifully realistic paintings are contrasted with images that seem childlike. The artist has recently transitioned to paintings and animations that are surprisingly simple.
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