BYU research solves an icy dwarf planet mystery
There’s an object deep in the solar system that has befuddled modern scientists for years. But now the key element has been found.
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Devotional: Adam T. Woolley
11:05 AM
Tuesday, May 17
Adam T. Woolley, the dean of Graduate Studies, will deliver the devotional address.
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News
Going cashless to prevent COVID-19 was useless, new BYU microbiology study finds
A new study published in PLOS ONE from BYU scientists finds that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is almost immediately nonviable if deposited on a cash banknote. The virus actually shows greater stability on plastic money cards, with the live virus still being detected 48 hours after initial deposition, but no viable virus was detected on either cash or card that was randomly sampled in the study.
Devotional: Higher Education
Tracy Flinders, vice president of information technology and chief information officer at BYU, delivered Tuesday’s devotional address. He spoke on the importance of higher education and discovering our true identities.
Cougar Queries: The title of my autobiography would be “I Will Die When I Am 93, In a Bookstore, Just Politely Toppled Over.”
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Candilyn Newell, career director at the College of Life Sciences.
April 2022 Commencement: A life centered on Jesus Christ
At the first in-person commencement since April 2019, over 6,800 students were honored for their completion of higher degrees at Brigham Young University.