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Laura Padilla-Walker, dean of the College of Family, Home and Social Sciences, and Jay H. Buckley, director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, are pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Q. Cannon, professor of history at BYU, to the Lemuel Hardison Redd, Jr., Chair in Western American History at Brigham Young University. His initial three-year term began July 1.
Despite mounting evidence that social connection is vital to physical health, new BYU research shows most people, including doctors, still underestimate its importance.
Phoebe England-Baker did not know completing a homework assignment would lead to the Wiki Edu blog spotlighting her work. England-Baker's extensive research expanded information in a Wikipedia article from a short paragraph to an eye-opening report exposing current events at a detention center in Georgia.
As quickly as Americans are integrating artificial intelligence into their daily lives, BYU researchers are eagerly exploring how this technology might affect human relationships — for better or worse.
On April 10, 2025, President Reese met with Dallin Bundy to tell him he was selected as a 2025 Truman Scholar. Dallin Bundy, a junior at Brigham Young University studying political science with a minor in civic engagement leadership, is the fifth BYU student in five consecutive years to receive this award.
In a recent study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, BYU professor Ashley LeBaron-Black and her colleagues examined how these beliefs—called "money scripts"—affect couples’ financial communication and relationship satisfaction.
Have you ever wondered how to tell what someone treasures most in life? They might reveal their answer if asked, “What is most sacred to you?”
As Easter approaches, a time when Christians reflect on the redeeming power of Jesus Christ, BYU historian Jeff Hardy shines a unique light on faith forged in one of the darkest corners of modern history—the Soviet Gulag.
The transformative power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ was a central theme of the April 2025 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
On Thursday, April 10, the floor of the Wilkinson Center Ballroom was transformed into a space of academic learning and discourse during this semester’s Mary Lou Fulton Mentored Student Research Conference.
Despite the surge in AI relationship technologies in recent years, little attention has been paid to how such technologies may impact dating and family formation, as well as established marriages and family relationships.
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BYU psychology professor Gary Burlingame, alongside an international team of psychology professors, developed a website meant to address a long-standing controversy within the mental health profession: the declining research, support and resources for group therapy.
As the fall semester progresses, the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences is excited to take a moment and welcome all of the new faculty who joined us this school year! Each of these professors bring a diverse array of expertise in their perspective skills and are ready to help their current and future students reach new heights as they strive to uphold the college’s mission and goals.