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Did you know the US government is in the business of lending billions to automakers like Ford, Nissan and Tesla?
A new study coauthored by public management professor Rob Christensen presents a unique angle of American politics: how party affiliation affects charitable donations.
Two BYU Marriott professors are lighting the way to a more accurate system of reading the stars of business.
Using brain data, eye-tracking data and field-study data, a group of BYU Marriott researchers have confirmed something about our interaction with security warnings on computers and phones: the more we see them, the more we tune them out.
"I use video data to help people see what they are unaware of." BYU Marriott professor Curtis LeBaron is leading the way in tapping into the burgeoning power of video.
Professor Chad Carlos is making the world his campus by teaching BYU Marriott entrepreneurship principles across the globe.
Public administration professor Robert Christensen's new research seeks to answer whether or not there are too many nonprofits in the market.
The day Brian Carini’s first child, Isabella, was born, Carini emerged from the hospital in the early morning after being by his wife’s side throughout the night.
While at BYU Marriott, Sydni Dunn immersed herself in countless opportunities. These efforts paid off when she received a job offer from the organization she hoped to work for.
In spite of obtaining data that supported their business model, Caleb Wagner and Tanner Beckstrand learned that success doesn't come by driving a one-way street.
Preston S. Alder and Joseph Woodbury never planned on being entrepreneurs; the opportunity fell into their laps when they saw a need and decided to fill it. Together the two Brigham Young University alumni are disrupting the $38billion storage industry with their business, Neighbor.
BYU Marriott alum Alena J. Turner quite literally bends over backward to help others. The 2013 therapeutic recreation graduate has influenced many children—including her own—during her successful career as a gymnastics coach.
Growing up in the slums of Hong Kong, BYU Marriott alum Cecilia Yiu and her sister, Alice, were the first in their family to attend college—thanks in large part to their parents, who emphasized the importance of education and provided their daughters with the best education they could afford. Yiu now hopes to encourage children to pursue learning through her startup business, Discover Wonders.
Who said your age should keep you from pursuing your dreams? BYU Marriott alum Caleb Wagner didn't let his young age stop him from starting a business.
When Hani Almadhoun returned to Provo in February, he had a handful of items on his must-do list. First, take his wife and two young daughters to the BYU Creamery for a Raspberries & Cream Cheese ice-cream cone.
A BYU Marriott alum combines work and play as she teaches patients how to recover from addiction through mountain biking, canoeing, and rock climbing.
Entrepreneurship alum Darrell Swain already has three successful tech startups under his belt, and his entrepreneurial drive shows no sign of slowing down.
Have you ever considered living in a truck to save money on rent? One BYU Marriott alum made this idea a reality.
The fact that information systems alum Roy Peckham can't sit still has led to his success at ExxonMobil, where he leads the company's design thinking efforts.
As an undeclared freshman at BYU, Susan Parker Sanders was feeling pressure to decide on a major. Her uncle worked for GTE Financial and suggested to his math-savvy niece that she consider accounting; he even set up an appointment for her to meet with a professor in BYU Marriott’s School of Accountancy.
When Neal Courtney graduated from BYU Marriott’s MBA program in 2001, the last thing he envisioned was a career in children’s haircuts—yet that’s precisely what he’s doing.
Andrew Sanford, a recent MISM grad and ORCA grant recipient, developed a framework aimed to help auditors better detect fraud.
Making use of her well-honed business chops, this 1976 BYU Marriott grad has spent retirement focused on improving her community—one creative solution at a time.
Accounting alum Jason Graham lost his home during Hurricane Harvey, but he gained stronger relationships with others and a greater appreciation for the unexpected.