MICROBES: AN EDUCATIONAL PICTURE BOOK

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Heather Stratton and Professors Richard Hull & William McCleary, Visual Arts and Microbiology With all the hype and paranoia in our media today about disease causing microbes, the need arises for a more complete picture of these tiny organisms and some of their other roles in our lives to be presented. I have written a […]

RESULTS OF RESEARCH OF ENGLISH WORDS RECENTLY BORROWED INTO MODERN RUSSIAN

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Brian K. Stimmler and David K. Hart, Germanic and Slavic Languages My original intent was to research Russian dialects by means of English words recently borrowed into the Russian language. I was going to visit various cities and villages of Russia, ascertain to what degree key words had penetrated the local dialect, and record the […]

THE LICHEN FLORA OF STONY PASS, AN ALPINE TUNDRA SITE IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO

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Samuel B. St. Clair and Larry L. St. Clair, Botany and Range Science Lichens are two organisms (alga, and fungus) that live in a symbiotic relationship. The algae provides energy for the fungus and the fungus protects the algae. Between 1874 and 1992 several sites along the front range of Colorado were examined for lichen […]

ISOLATION, STRUCTURE IDENTIFICATION AND CYTOTOXIC STUDIES OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN CARICA PAPAYA OF GHANA

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Kurtis S. Staples and Dr. Steven G. Wood, Chemistry and Biochemistry Carica papaya, commonly known as the papaya plant, is found in large abundance throughout the tropical regions of the planet. The fruit of the plant has been extensively studied with papain, a protease, being the center of research. Preliminary studies showed that compounds found […]

DATA REDUCTION AND PUBLICATION OF BYU’S CCD IMAGES OF COMET HYAKUTAKE

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Kimball Staples & Nephi Thompson & Dr. J. Ward Moody, Physics and Astronomy In March 1996, Dr. J. Ward Moody and Dr. Clark Christiansen obtained a series of approximately 120 CCD (solid state electronic) images of Comet Hyakutake. The images were taken at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory on Kitt Peak, near Tucson, Arizona. The […]

STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND: THE PHENOMENON OF MIGRATION IN SOUTH AFRICA

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Stephen J. Spiegelhalter and Dr. Daniel Nielson, Kennedy Center for International Relations The result of the funding from this grant is a preliminary insight into the phenomenon of migration in South Africa. While interesting in and of itself, it actually comprises an important component of a larger project—an honors thesis on the study of international […]

THE JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA TEMPLE

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Mary Spear and Dr. Dale LeBaron, Religion On August 24, 1985, after months of preparation and anticipation, the Johannesburg South Africa Temple was dedicated. Prior to this, the closest temple for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Africa had been the London Temple. The dedication of the Johannesburg Temple marked […]

YOU CAN’T FIRE ME; I QUIT! SOUTH AFRICA AND THE COMMON WEALTH NATIONS

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Audrey Spear and Dr. Douglas F. Tobler, History On March 3, 1961, the South African Prime Minister, Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, departed for a Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference in London in high spirits. By 1961, the inclusion of independent states in the British Commonwealth of Nations was an established principle, and there was no reason to […]