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A Unique Light

BYU researchers are fighting fires with flowers. By replacing a problematic weed called cheatgrass with wildflowers, students and faculty are working to protect and restore one of Provo’s most popular hiking spots.
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Go Forth to Serve

Using machine learning and math, a BYU student improved a widely used wildfire tool to make it faster and more accurate when needed most.
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Full Divine Potential

Every Tuesday at 11:05 a.m., students, faculty, staff and the greater BYU community attend the weekly devotional or forum address for a truly unique experience as the campus gathers to receive spiritual and temporal edification. Click the link below to see the spring and summer term devotional schedule.
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By Study & By Faith

“In the Church, obtaining an education and getting knowledge are a religious responsibility. We educate our minds so that one day we can render service of worth to somebody else.”

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Pioneer Day Holiday

Th, July 24
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News

Devotional: We chose this! Agency, atonement and joy

By Bitsy Tullis July 08, 2025 09:53 PM
Platt, a professor and associate chair of the Economics Department, reminded the audience of the incredible power of choice; both in everyday life and in the grand eternal plan of Heavenly Father.

Wildfires in residential areas are on the rise; why hydrants and the water system behind them were never meant to stop those fires

By Todd Hollingshead July 01, 2025 10:27 AM
BYU professor Rob Sowby teaches and studies environmental engineering, urban water infrastructure and sustainability. He has particular expertise in the planning, design, construction and operation of public water systems. That expertise has been increasingly important (and regularly sought out) in the wake of apocalyptic wildfires that have taxed those public water systems.

Meet the BYU math student helping make wildfire predictions faster and smarter

By Tyler Stahle June 25, 2025 07:56 AM
Using machine learning and math, a BYU student improved a key tool firefighters rely on during wildfire season