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Faculty and Staff

Y Digital: How one BYU graduate, five students and Mountain Dew led to an award winning agency

January 07, 2021 12:00 AM
Inside the George H. Brimhall Building on BYU’s campus is a lab that sees 30 students every week. They come on their own time and receive no pay, but they do digital marketing work with organizations like the NBA, Subaru and Google. All because of one man that loves commercials. “In my heart, I love the idea of advertising,” said Y Digital Director Adam Durfee. “I’m one of the few people that like to watch commercials carefully and see what they are all about.” Y Digital is a student-run digital marketing agency sponsored by BYU. By the end of 2020, they have worked with over 35 clients and won numerous awards. But back in 2017, the agency was just an idea on Durfee’s dinner napkin. Read the full story written by Andrew Call at universe.byu.
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Alumni

Going Forth: Family Dancing, Rescue Flights, and Art by the Blind

January 07, 2021 12:00 AM
Meet alumni enriching their communities through service
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Phil Bussey

January 06, 2021 01:27 AM
Phil Bussey had just graduated from the BYU School of Communications when he interned for the Rockey Company in Portland, Oregon. Now, forty years later while serving as a mission president in Spain, Bussey received the 2020 Jay Rockey Lifetime Achievement Award from the Puget Sound Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America for his outstanding work and leadership in the public relations field.
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Awards and Achievements

BYU Student Wins Award for Tintype Photography of Black Community in Utah

December 18, 2020 12:00 AM
Madison Casagranda submitted photos from her project, The Black Stories Project, to Communication Arts magazine and placed as a finalist
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Faculty and Staff

BYU photography professor’s tintype photographs win prestigious award

December 16, 2020 12:00 AM
Paul Adams was recognized for his three pieces: “Breathe,” “#MeToo,” and “President Kevin Worthen, Brigham Young University”
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Faculty and Staff

Collaboration is Key for Correcting the Imbalance of Privilege

December 16, 2020 12:00 AM
Professor Luke Howard discusses the Diversity and Inclusion Committee initiatives for the college
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Faculty and Staff

Calendar featuring BYU professor’s designs wins prestigious Salt Lake award

December 16, 2020 12:00 AM
David Habben created a portfolio for his designs using a calendar format and participated in Salt Lake City’s “100 Show”
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Department Of Dance

BYU American Folk Dance Ensemble represents CIOFF USA at International Festival

December 14, 2020 12:00 AM
BYU’s Folk Dance team was invited to perform in the Camagua Virtual international Festival on December 9
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Department Of Theatre And Media Arts

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates Delivers Powerful Message About Race for Virtual LISTEN UP! Event

December 11, 2020 12:00 AM
Coates addressed the role of the arts in furthering the cause of racial justice
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Department Of Dance

BYU Professor shares her journey from dancing to filmmaking in Bolivia and Utah

December 09, 2020 12:00 AM
Angela Rosales Challis was invited to speak in a filmmakers panel about her experience with dance films and diversity
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Department Of Theatre And Media Arts

Polygamy And Women’s Suffrage Focus Of Student-Directed Radio Play

December 09, 2020 12:00 AM
“Suffrage” is a play about two polygamist women who fought for women’s rights and their families.
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School of Music

BYU Announces 2021 Winter Lineup of Streamed Performances

December 08, 2020 12:00 AM
BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications continues livestreamed events throughout the winter term
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Arts & Entertainment

Jazz Voices: Swing into Spring

7:30 PM
Friday, April 10
Shake off the winter blues and welcome the season of renewal with Swing into Spring!
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Arts & Entertainment

Ballroom Dance Company in Concert (Matinee)

2:00 PM
Saturday, April 11
This annual event features the full BYU Ballroom Dance Company—160 dancers showcasing both the elegance of traditional ballroom and the fire of passionate Latin styles.
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Arts & Entertainment

DancEnsemble in Concert (Matinee)

2:00 PM
Saturday, April 11
The ensemble continues its yearlong focus on the natural world and asks, “What does the natural world teach me about eternity?”
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Arts & Entertainment

Hamlet and Zombies (Matinee)

2:00 PM
Saturday, April 11
Shakespeare meets the undead in this hilarious, high-octane mash-up where Denmark is rotten— and not just from corruption.
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Arts & Entertainment

A Light in the Piazza (Matinee)

2:00 PM
Saturday, April 11
Get ready to experience your first romance all over again with this musical set in Florence, Italy, in the summer of 1953.
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Arts & Entertainment

Harp Ensemble (Matinee)

3:00 PM
Saturday, April 11
Join the BYU Harp Ensembles as both faculty and student harpists perform a variety of original compositions and creative arrangements for harp ensemble.
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Arts & Entertainment

Hamlet and Zombies

4:00 PM
Saturday, April 11
Shakespeare meets the undead in this hilarious, high-octane mash-up where Denmark is rotten— and not just from corruption.
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Arts & Entertainment

Harp Ensemble

5:30 PM
Saturday, April 11
Join the BYU Harp Ensembles as both faculty and student harpists perform a variety of original compositions and creative arrangements for harp ensemble.
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Arts & Entertainment

A Light in the Piazza

7:30 PM
Saturday, April 11
Get ready to experience your first romance all over again with this musical set in Florence, Italy, in the summer of 1953.
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Arts & Entertainment

BYU Philharmonic: From the New World

7:30 PM
Saturday, April 11
Journey through sound with Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”—a sweeping masterpiece that captures the spirit of America through the eyes of a European composer.
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Arts & Entertainment

BFA New York Showcase

7:00 PM
Tuesday, April 14
This exciting showcase is a preview of performances by acting and music dance theatre (MDT) seniors who will travel to New York to present songs, scenes, and dances as an audition for industry producers and directors.
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Arts & Entertainment

Bridge & Wolak

7:30 PM
Tuesday, April 14
Bridge & Wolak are a globe-trotting musical duo from Canada who create life-affirming concerts full of beauty, virtuosity, and humor.
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School of Communications

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