Randy M. Page, Department of Health Sciences 1. Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Outcome 1: Students will develop research and presentation skills and gain confidence in their abilities. This project directed students to work on research conducted in Thailand focusing on adolescent body image and smoking. Students participated […]
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Computational Health Science Collaborative: Interdisciplinary Mentoring for Public Health and Computer Science Students
Michael D. Barnes, PhD, MCHES, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Science Computational health science, as we define it, represents the application of innovative computer science tools, including social media and data mining, to addressing health-‐ related questions and problems. With multidisciplinary student mentoring as our aim, we have established the BYU Computational Health Science […]
Cultural Regulation: The Disparity Between CRTC Regulation And Public Demand In Quebec
Chantelle Komm and Dr. Harrison Powley, Music As proposed, I spent this summer in Quebec listening to the radio and making comparisons between the amount of French I heard on the radio, the amount of French mandated by the CRTC, and the amount of French in non-regulated spheres. The two areas I looked at for […]
Observations On Public Interest Group Maintenance: Environmental Groups Shed Light On Success And Failure
Jeffrey Jones and Dr. Jay Goodliffe, Political Science The massive proliferation of public interest groups in the past forty years appears to have surpassed our understanding of how these groups form, function, and maintain members. The purpose of my research is not to attempt to answer all the questions of how groups form and stay […]
Public Relations and Communication Changes Made by Pacific Islanders in Immigrating to America
Romney M. Stewart and Dr. Allen W. Palmer, Communications Utah’s large population of Pacific Islanders has continued to grow during the course of the past few years. However, it seemed to me that the majority of Polynesians I knew and saw worked in landscaping, cement or brick work, or other forms of manual labor. Why […]
BYU MICROSCOPY LABORATORY /PUBLIC SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Judy L. Pickett, Department of Biology Education Introduction For the past five years Dr. John Gardner has been developing a microscopy outreach program for students throughout the state of Utah. I became involved in the program in the fall of 1993 and have been heavily involved in program development since that time. The results of […]
Do Venture Capitalists Add Value To Small Manufacturing Firms? An Empirical Analysis of Venture and Non-Venture Capital Backed Initial Public Offerings
Richard Brown and Dr. James C. Brau, Business Management Venture capital funding of young and high-risk companies is a topic of great interest to both finance practitioners and researchers. A venture capitalist gives funds to privately held companies in hopes of earning a high return on the investment. Venture capitalists also provide more than money: […]
Teaching Sanitation and Health Awareness to Underprivileged Women of the Dominican Republic
Charis Van Dusen and Professor Lynley Rowan, Health Sciences Department As a group of ten Brigham Young University students and instructors, we came to teach the Dominican Republic’s national health facilitators a methodology of teaching accompanied with a manual devised by Laubach Literacy under the direction of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. […]
National Development: Education in The Republic of Kiribati
Julie N. Church and Dr. Macleans A. Geo-JaJa, Educational Leadership Foundations The Republic of Kiribati, located in Micronesia, has been recognized by the United Nations as one of the world’s poorest nations. One crucial aspect of the underdevelopment of this small Pacific atoll is that of education. Education plays a major role in the empowerment […]
Oral History of the Emergence of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Republic of Slovenia
Bethany Durham and Dr. Blair Holmes, History Growing up a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah, I never thought it was significant that my ward had its own building to meet in. I never thought it was significant that I belonged to a ward with several hundred active members […]