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2019
In February 2018, the World Health Organization reported that more than 800 women die worldwide every day due to preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.
Two women from BYU Marriott's therapeutic recreation major have teamed up to help adolescent girls strengthen themselves and themselves and their families.
The Global Innovation Group (GIG) unites professors from across BYU's campus to focus on advancing social innovation and fighting global problems, such as poverty.
Balancing personal passions with demanding coursework is an art that can take years to perfect. But BYU Marriott MAcc alum James Bounous did just that.
Four BYU Marriott School MBA students took first place at the 12th Annual National Case Competition in Ethical Leadership at Baylor University.
The ExDM program fit Stringham's ideal major because she received the business core she needed while her major classes were focused on creative areas.
From her college years on, Rose Palmer has connected people, organizations, and communities leaving them stronger than they were before.
Every year the BYU Marriott School of Business nonprofit management minor program sends students to the Alliance Management Institute Conference in Orlando, Florida.
BYU's French language team made no apologies at the Whitmore Global Management Center's annual Business Language Case Competition held during the fall 2018 semester, taking first place in the brand-new French category.
When the BYU Marriott Inclusion Committee spoke to students about their experiences in the business school, the group discovered something: students wanted to develop inclusive attitudes that they could carry with them into the workplace.
Paris Fashion Week isn’t really Michael Hansen’s scene. He’s a sports-arena guy, feeling more in his element at a Final Four basketball game or a French Open tennis match.
By the time a new smartphone lands in your hands, it has likely completed a journey around the globe that would make even the most well-traveled passports look skimpy.
It’s been called the Information Age, the Computer Age, and the Digital Age, but whatever the name, the last few decades have brought a whirlwind of change. Computers combined with the internet and technology offer unprecedented access to the world.
Dean Brigitte C. Madrian often stands in the hallway leading to her new digs on the seventh floor of the Tanner Building and observes the atrium below.
With his impactful research record, years of academic service, and distinguished publication history, BYU Marriott School of Business Associate Dean Steve Glover was an obvious choice for the Outstanding Audit Educator Award.
In the final round, it seemed one of the judges had found a vulnerability in the investment plan that BYU Marriott’s graduate team presented for the 2017 regional Venture Capital Investment Competition. But with more clarification that surprised the judges, the team knocked it out of the park.
When Utah’s Office of the State Auditor wanted to create an early-warning system to identify cities with weakening fiscal health, state officials applied to be a client in BYU Marriott’s GoodMeasure program.
Close to one hundred thousand people in the United States are currently waiting for a kidney transplant. The average wait time to obtain a kidney is three to five years, and some patients may never receive one.
Trevor Findlay has always had his sights on the skies. Several of his family members worked for Boeing, so he grew up learning about planes and helicopters. As a young boy, he set a goal to one day be in the cockpit of a Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter. Now as a helicopter pilot for the US Army, he is living out his lifelong dream.
From an early age, it was clear that Brian J. Baldus was destined for the world of business. In fact, he started his first company as a nine-year-old. Now as a professor and an academic researcher, Baldus strives to make a positive impact on the business community on campus and around the area.
While studying at BYU Marriott, Jordan Barlow accepted an invitation to participate in the PhD preparation track of the MISM program. That decision set him on the path to become an information systems professor.
From the comfort of his office, BYU Marriott School of Business information systems professor James Gaskin has taken on some of the most difficult concepts in statistics and taught them to a global audience.
University of North Carolina public administration professor Leisha DeHart-Davis was recently awarded the Gary C. Cornia Lecture Series.
With a line out the door every morning, a feature in a Food Network series, and an astonishing recipe, it's no wonder Hruska's Kolaches, a pastry bakery in Provo, Utah, continues to see its fame rise.