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Design Student Reflects on Winning Entry in National Competition

By Admin
October 08, 2021 10:52 AM
Maria Hansen’s winning piece was chosen as one of three hundred winners from eighty-seven hundred submissions
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Intellect

Playing the cards right: New game aims to help youth improve mental health

Tyler Stahle
By Tyler Stahle
September 21, 2021 09:07 PM
Data from the National Alliance on Mental Illness found that one in six U.S. youth aged 6–17 experience a mental health disorder each year, and nearly half of all mental illness begins by age 14. BYU clinical psychologist Jon Cox hopes to reverse these alarming trends.
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Intellect

BYU professors’ design projects featured in top graphic design journal

By Brenna Seeman
July 05, 2020 11:18 PM
Two animated projects from BYU professor Brent Barson were recently accepted into the Communication Arts 2020 Design Annual, a prestigious graphic design journal. Out of the 2,900 total entries, just 126 were accepted.
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Intellect

Swashbuckling student-made video game takes home 2 first-place awards

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
May 14, 2020 01:32 PM
Each year for the past five years, students at BYU’s Center for Animation have been tasked with creating an entire video game from concept to finished product. This spring, the latest team made history by creating the first game to win first place in two different categories at the Intel University Games Showcase.
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Intellect

BYU grad uses photography for a new perspective on immigration

By Brenna Seeman
April 20, 2020 03:46 PM
As a senior graduating in design with an emphasis in photography, Mario Alcauter knows that a great photo is all about perspective.
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Intellect

BYU professor’s full-length film accepted to Sundance Film Festival

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
January 21, 2020 02:27 PM
Robert Machoian Graham has seen four of his past films make it to Sundance. The latest marks the first time one of his full-length films has been accepted.
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Intellect

Water animation gets easier thanks to BYU professors

Aaron Sorenson
By Aaron Sorenson
December 04, 2019 01:51 PM
Computer science professors at BYU developed a method to quickly resize 4D animations of fluids without having to completely re-simulate the entire sequence.
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Intellect

New Smithsonian exhibit features BYU professor and student duo’s portrait

By Sara Jane Aubrey
October 29, 2019 09:28 AM
This fall a new exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum features 46 portraits taken from photographers all across the country. But only one of the 46 pieces of art displays not one, but two artist names: Paul Adams, a BYU professor, and Jordan Layton, a former photography student.
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Intellect

BYU Center for Animation claims sixth Student Academy Award

By Sara Jane Aubrey
October 17, 2019 10:02 PM
BYU’s highly esteemed Center for Animation became even more reputable when the short film “Grendel,” directed and produced by BYU animation students, recently won the Center its sixth Student Academy Award.
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Intellect

BYU professor's basketball coin design wins national competition

September 09, 2019 01:15 PM
What do legendary BYU basketball coach Stanley Watts, BYU All-American center Kresimir Cosic and current BYU illustration professor Justin Kunz have in common? All three have been part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremonies.
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Intellect

Karl G. Maeser and James E. Talmage mentorship inspired special BYU coin

June 13, 2019 10:00 PM
Justin Kunz, an illustration professor at BYU and medallic artist for the U.S. Mint, has previously designed more than 10 coins for the U.S. Mint as a member of the Artistic Fusion Program. Perhaps his most well-known was the 2017 portrayal of Lady Liberty that commemorated the 225th anniversary of the Mint’s coin production and was later named Best Gold Coin in the Coin of the Year Awards at the World Money Fair in Berlin. Recently, Kunz designed a new commemorative coin for BYU to celebrate the motto Inspiring Learning.
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Intellect

BYU graphic design student tops national competition at CommandX

April 19, 2019 10:00 PM
Writer: Douglas ThomasIf you thought your finals were stressful, imagine creating your final projects live, reality tv show–style, in front of three judges and thousands of your peers.
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Intellect

BYU professor’s film short gets Sundance premiere, wins Jury award

By Alexa Reimschussel
January 22, 2019 10:00 PM
Less than one percent of submissions to the Sundance Film Festival gets accepted. This year alone, the committee selected a mere 112 pieces from more than 14,000 entries.
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Intellect

Animation nabs top ranking

By Whitney Steele
October 03, 2018 10:00 PM
It’s a good year for BYU’s Center for Animation: in May BYU animation students won E3’s College Game Competition, and now BYU tops the Animation Career Review’s ranking of animation schools with Bachelor of Science programs.
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Announcements

BYU launches 4 new majors, new minor

July 25, 2018 10:00 PM
Brigham Young University has created five new courses of study available to its students starting Fall Semester 2018. The four new majors and the new minor come from five different colleges on campus.
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Intellect

BYU students win E3 game competition

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
June 14, 2018 10:00 PM
With their genre-bending "Beat Boxers," BYU animation students take the top prize at E3's College Game Competition.  

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Intellect

The font you never realized was everywhere

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
October 23, 2017 10:00 PM
In his new book, Never Use Futura, BYU design professor Douglas Thomas explores the cultural history and impact of the typeface you never knew you knew.

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Intellect

BYU back to E3 with Nokbak

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
June 19, 2017 10:00 PM
Nokbak is the third BYU-created video game in five years to be nominated as a finalist in E3’s College Game Competition.

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Intellect

Another student Emmy nom — this time with accompanying wedding bells

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
May 17, 2017 10:00 PM
Taijitu, BYU's newest animation short, recently received a student Emmy nomination — the animation program's 19th since 2004.

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Character

Art at a different level

Andrea Christensen
By Andrea Christensen
April 03, 2017 10:00 PM
With her new exhibit, on display at the library through April 27, a BYU student living with dwarfism invites viewers to see the world through her eyes.
 

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Intellect

Animation students create quick, easy-to-learn video game and find mainstream success

By Brooke Adams
November 30, 2016 10:00 PM
Along with their longheld success with animated shorts, BYU animation students continue to venture more into the world of video games and found some mass appeal with their latest project.

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Intellect

BYU Animated Short Wins Student Emmy, Makes Shortlist for BAFTA Award

Natalie Ipson
By Natalie Ipson
June 09, 2016 10:00 PM
The BYU Center for Animation has a history of earning accolades for its student-created animated short films each year. 2016 has been no different.

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Intellect

Capturing the Coronation: Photography Professor's Unexpected Trip to Tonga

February 01, 2016 10:00 PM
The lens of a camera does an incredible job of capturing the most nuanced detail within the scope of its frame. However, even the most sophisticated lens has limitations when compared to the human eye. BYU Professor Paul Adams found the same is true when taking on a seemingly straight forward photography assignment: there is often more than what you had expected to see through the lens.
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Intellect

Cinematic version of Charlie Brown shaped by BYU prof, alums' pens

November 03, 2015 10:00 PM
Transforming the iconic two-dimensional work of Charles Schulz to a three dimensional feature-length film is no easy feat, but that was the challenge for a BYU professor and six alumni who contributed to "The Peanuts Movie."

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