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• Study: Bankruptcy Rates Reflect Policy, Not People

  

  What do high bankruptcy rates in states like Tennessee and Utah tell us about the people that live in those places? Not much, according to a new 50-state bankruptcy study published in the Journal of Law and Economics.

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• BYU students finalists in international Microsoft competition

  

  Two BYU students are representing the United States in the photography category's final round of Microsoft's worldwide Imagine Cup technology competition in Cairo. They are competing against five other teams from around the world.

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• Religious Education professor to discuss salvation at July 7 devotional

  

  Richard Draper of Religious Education will present a Brigham Young University devotional, “‘Which Truth Shineth’: The Interrelationship Between Light, Truth and Grace in the Salvation Process,” Tuesday, July 7, at 11:05 a.m. in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium.

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• Self-taught fathers: Absent a role model, these dads just try not to fail

  

  A group of self-taught dads share what fatherhood means to them and how they approach parenting in the absence of a spouse and a role model father.

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• Wynn C. Stirling new dean of BYU Graduate Studies

  

  Wynn C. Stirling is Brigham Young University's new dean of Graduate Studies.

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• Two BYU films win student Academy Awards

  

  Fresh off their victories at the student Emmys, two BYU films won Student Academy Awards. Pajama Gladiator took first and Kites third at the Los Angeles gala. Film clips and details follow. . .

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  • Wired

• Student iPhone app bounces to the top in first-ever competition

  

  Want to bounce a ball inside your phone? There’s an app for that. Two BYU students created Awesome Ball, an iPhone application that topped the free-app charts and won $10,000 at the inaugural BYU iPhone App Competition.

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• BYU professor named president of American Accounting Association

  Kevin Stocks, director of the BYU School of Accountancy, has been selected as president-elect of the American Accounting Association.

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• Conference on Family History and Genealogy at BYU July 28–31

  

  The 41st annual BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy, “Strengthening Ties That Bind Families Together Forever,” will offer more than 140 classes, allowing participants to acquire new skills and helpful information in family history research July 28–31.

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• BYU Study: Dirty words in teen flicks getting flushed

  

  What the heck? Swearing in teen movies is on the decline. Three BYU professors looked at the top teen movies from the last three decades and found that profanity has been cut in half in those films.

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  • MSN

• Flipping the brain’s addiction switch without drugs

  

  Researchers have found a way to get rats hooked without giving them any drugs. Instead they use a naturally occurring protein that they show plays a critical role in becoming drug dependent. The finding may suggest ways to medically counteract drug and alcohol addiction.

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• Student documentary shows footage of legend coming true

  "Toe Fo'i Mai (To Return)" to air again Thursday, June 18, on BYU-TV

  

  The Samoan legend of “The Turtle and the Shark” holds that when certain villagers sing a special chant at the Samoan cliffs of Vaitogi, a turtle and a shark will appear in the ocean water below.

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