Alex Hoagland, Trevor Woolley, and Dr. Lars Lefgren, Economics Department Introduction As technology improves, vehicle manufacturers have taken it upon themselves to make and distribute vehicles that are far safer and more reliable than in previous years. In fact, traffic fatalities are on a steep decline in the U.S., with a total of only 32,850 […]
The Bishop of Boston: What the Archives Have to Say About a Hero of Religious Tolerance
Marie Johnson and Dr. George Ryskamp, History Department French and American historians have been writing about Bishop Jean Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus for almost a century. However, when I discovered this man, I noticed that an element of his life remained in the shadows—how he united the Catholic and Protestant communities. He was a Catholic […]
HPV Vaccinations in College Students: Assessing Knowledge, Attitude, and Intention with Religious Attitudes and Behavior
Christian Kindt and Dr. Wendy Birmingham, Psychology Department Introduction Most religions promote abstinence of sexual intimacy prior to marriage. This ideology may discount the use of vaccinations that religious individuals consider only applicable to those who are sexually active. These individuals may not take the time to investigate the benefits of such vaccinations and indeed […]
De Facto Redlining as a Challenge to Integration: A Case Study of Refugees in the Salt Lake Valley
Clare Willardson and Dr. Gregory Thompson, Anthropology Department Introduction Approximately 1,200 refugees are resettled in Utah each year, adding to the 50-60,000 refugees (speaking more than 40 languages) accepted here since 1970. Ninety-nine percent of resettled refugees still live in Salt Lake Valley, the majority of whom are initially placed in West Valley and South […]
The Implementation of a Basic Income Guarantee
Parker Rogers and Dr. Kerk Phillips, Economics Department The purpose of this project was to model the implementation of a basic income guarantee, by repealing all existing government benefit programs and implementing a monthly lump sum transfer to all working individuals in the US economy; we repealed and implemented these policies using our model in […]
Complimentary Medical Frameworks: Hmong Shamanism in France and Thailand
Madison Harmer and Dr. Jacob Hickman, Anthropology Department Current social science literature outside of anthropology has attributed Hmong difficulties adapting to Western health care to their traditional healing practices, claiming that successful integration only occurs as the younger generation discards traditional beliefs (Franzen-Castle & Smith 2013). Ethnographic research conducted in France and Thailand refutes these […]
Music for Ballet West’s Upcoming Children’s Ballet
Emmaline Sanders and Faculty Mentor: Aaron Merril, Commercial Music While many students apply for an ORCA grant to fund scientific research or, in the case of other Commercial Music majors, technical audio application, I wanted to complete a project that was purely artistic. My emphasis has always been in classical concert composition first and foremost, […]
An Enduring Testament
Jordan Layton and Faculty Mentor: Paul Adams, Photography An Enduring Testament has been one of the greatest projects I’ve had the privilege to work on. The personal and spiritual development I experienced has changed the way I hope to shape my future career in the arts. The ORCA grant helped support a trip to California […]
The Littlest Ballerina (Kamilla) An Original Ballet in One Act
Daniel Fifield and Faculty Mentor: Shayla Bott, Department of Dance At the beginning of Fall semester 2016, I discussed the possibility of composing music for an original ballet with Elise Meiners, an adjunct professor for the BYU Dance Department. She agreed to choreograph the ballet and together we assembled a production team. Daniel Schwicht, a […]
Pyramid Dream: An Unbelievable Opportunity
Emma Meurs and Faculty Mentor: Brad Barber, Theater and Media Arts Pyramid Dream is a documentary film that investigates the reality of the promises of Multi-Level Marketing companies of financial success to their distributors, through the eyes of three female distributors. These three woman experience varying degrees of success as they endeavor to make millions […]
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