Magazine Search

Two people in business attire holding large pieces of a berry pie

Feature

Two for the Money

11 Min Read

With more women earning a heftier slice of the family income, BYU couples adapt and thrive, no matter who brings home the bacon.

Cartoon image of a brain with an open lock in the middle

Feature

Cerebral Security

BY Bremen Leak, February 10, 2016 08:38 AM

Tech smarts and a pair of grants from Google and the National Science Foundation are helping BYU professors at the university’s Neurosecurity Lab lift the lid on computer users’ riskiest behaviors. And with a multimillion-dollar brain scanner at their fingertips, the six researchers are turning heads. -->

Alumni Spotlight

Small Town, Big Business

BY Lena Harper Primosch, February 10, 2016 08:34 AM

At the base of lofty Mount Nebo in rural Utah, Traci Memmott wraps up a conference call with a team in New York City. She jots down a few notes, gathers her things to leave, and closes up shop—she has an important appointment.

Feature

An Unshakable Bedrock of Integrity

12 Min Read

It’s good to be back at BYU. There’s not another campus in the world that I have visited half as often as BYU. For many years, EY has been the number one employer of BYU students, and most years BYU has been the number one source of candidates for EY. It’s a wonderful two-way relationship.

Plugged in tablets with various websites open

Feature

Linking In, Moving Up

6 Min Read

Reboot Your Career with Social Media

Feature

Lessons from the Front

9 Min Read

It seems like only a few years ago that I sat where you are sitting. I was an English major, and that meant that I liked reading and writing. It also meant that I had no idea what I was going to do with my career.

Feature

BYU MPA Celebrates 50 Years

3 Min Read

The Sound of Music swept the box office, Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands to Alabama’s capital, and the first commercial satellite launched into orbit. The year was 1965, and the BYU MPA students of the inaugural class were collecting their diplomas and preparing to embody the credo “Enter to learn; go forth to serve.”

Alumni Spotlight

Gravity Check

7 Min Read

It reads like a worst-case scenario: you’re slicing through rough air to check on an offshore oil rig when the unfathomable happens—the chopper goes down. Would you survive?

Feature

Business Etiquette: More Than Using the Right Fork

10 Min Read

Judith Martin, of Miss Manners newspaper fame, wrote in a recent column, "Question: At what age should children be taught how to eat properly? Answer: In their mid-to late-twenties. Question: What is the best venue for this instruction?

Feature

Property, Casualty, & Health Insurance

11 Min Read

This is the third of a five-part personal financial planning series sponsored by the Peery Institute of Financial Services. The next installment, about getting out of debt, will appear in the Fall 2005 issue.

Feature

The Lord's Goods

12 Min Read

In finance there’s a well-known problem called the principal-agent conflict. The conflict arises when managers and owners of a firm have different incentives. When that happens, managers may make decisions that benefit themselves at the expense of owners.

Feature

Your Contributions in Action - The Corporate Climb

2 Min Read

A student-initiated fundraiser is reaching new heights at the Marriott School. The second annual Corporate Climb, held 26 March 2005, helped raise more than $12,000 for the school’s annual fund. Participants sprinted up stairs and raced around corners—but not because they were late for class.