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The Missing Works of Victorian England

By Tessa Swensen
February 25, 2025 12:00 PM
Periodicals were a hot commodity in the Victorian era. Now, thanks to two BYU professors, we can read them once again.
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Cracking the Code to User-Friendly

By Emma Mafi
February 19, 2025 12:00 PM
Students all over campus join the Office of Digital Humanities to form a top-tier UX team where the user always comes first.
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Full-time Faculty, German & Russian
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Scott Alvord: President Elect

By Emma Poulsen
February 12, 2025 03:00 PM
As Professor Scott Alvord steps into his new presidential role in the AATSP, he plans to serve teachers all across the US.
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Refocus Your Fluency

By Emma Mafi
February 12, 2025 12:00 PM
After completing eight months of research on mental health in immersive language environments, three BYU professors share their findings with the Humanities Center.
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Talking in Code

By Emma Mafi
February 07, 2025 12:00 PM
The College of Humanities just added a new language for undergrads. But you don’t speak it, you type it.
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Hey, Chat! How Do You Speak Chinese?

By Emma Mafi
January 31, 2025 12:00 PM
Tutors can be expensive and hard to find. However, new research shows that AI may provide a suitable alternative to one-on-one tutoring—at half the cost.
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Language on the Brain

By Emma Mafi
January 24, 2025 12:00 PM
Do Chinese speakers and English speakers process emotions the same way? According to one BYU grad, the answer might be no.
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Scars of Colonialism

By Emma Mafi
January 23, 2025 03:00 PM
The 2024 Kennedy Center student research fellows unpacked the impacts of colonialism. Now, their findings can help bring peace around the world.
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See the Present through the Past

By Emma Mafi
January 14, 2025 03:00 PM
Professor Christopher Flood turns to medieval French literature to explain worldwide conflicts.
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December at the International Cinema

By Tessa Swensen
December 20, 2024 09:00 AM
This December, an IC lecture explored female wrestling in Mexico—and the resilience of women facing violence in a machismo culture.
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Religion: The Drug of the People

By Tessa Swensen
December 19, 2024 03:00 PM
Is religion a narcotic or a medicine? Joey Franklin’s answer inspired an art piece that explores faith, art, and religion’s role in our lives.
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Listening First, Writing Second

By Tessa Swensen
December 18, 2024 09:00 AM
BYU’s writing courses shape the next generation of writers—and peacemakers.
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Human Bodies, Human Problems

By Emma Poulsen
December 12, 2024 03:00 PM
Although we all have such different experiences in life, there may be one that we all share: having a body.
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Mapping the Creative Mind

By Tessa Swensen
December 09, 2024 05:00 PM
For decades, author Jorge Luis Borges’s personal notebooks remained hidden—until a team of BYU students, led by Emron Esplin, began transcribing them.
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Vietnamese Cantonese

By Emma Mafi
December 06, 2024 03:00 PM
Cantonese may have originated in Canton, China, but to find its earliest form, you have to go to Vietnam—here’s why.
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Why Women Write

By Emma Poulsen
December 05, 2024 03:00 PM
Today, female authors can have successful literary careers, but not many women in the past could. Professor Anna-Lisa Halling has found a way to change that.
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Walking the Wye

By Emma Mafi
December 04, 2024 03:00 PM
Bruce Graver gave a comprehensive tour of the Wye Valley during his lecture at the Humanities Center—all without leaving BYU’s campus.
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