Command Palette

Search for a command to run...

Page Inspect

https://www.byu.edu/
Internal Links
9
External Links
44
Images
13
Headings
18

Page Content

Title:Home - BYUCloseHomeBurger Menu Icon
Description:The official website of Brigham Young University | Provo, UT
HTML Size:120 KB
Markdown Size:5 KB
Fetched At:July 15, 2025

Page Structure

h3A Unique Light
h3Go Forth to Serve
h3Full Divine Potential
h3By Study & By Faith
h3Apply
h3Disciples of Christ
h3Academic Calendar
h3Becoming BYU
h3Athletics
h2Highlighted Events
h3Devotional: Sherami Jara
h3Pioneer Day Celebration
h3Pioneer Day Holiday
h2News
h3Devotional: We chose this! Agency, atonement and joy
h3Wildfires in residential areas are on the rise; why hydrants and the water system behind them were never meant to stop those fires
h3Meet the BYU math student helping make wildfire predictions faster and smarter
h3Contact BYU Info

Markdown Content

Home - BYU          Close Home Burger Menu Icon Skip to main content

#

Menu

MyBYULearning Suite

Search

Search

- About
- Admissions & Aid

- Academics
- This is Y

contentVerticalPosition: center, overrideVerticalAlignment: , contentHorizontalPosition: right, overrideHorizontalAlignment:

contentVerticalPosition: center, overrideVerticalAlignment: , contentHorizontalPosition: right, overrideHorizontalAlignment:

### A Unique Light

BYU researchers are fighting fires with flowers. By replacing a problematic weed called cheatgrass with wildflowers, students and faculty are working to protect and restore one of Provo’s most popular hiking spots.

More

contentVerticalPosition: center, overrideVerticalAlignment: , contentHorizontalPosition: right, overrideHorizontalAlignment:

contentVerticalPosition: center, overrideVerticalAlignment: , contentHorizontalPosition: right, overrideHorizontalAlignment:

### Go Forth to Serve

Using machine learning and math, a BYU student improved a widely used wildfire tool to make it faster and more accurate when needed most.

More

contentVerticalPosition: , overrideVerticalAlignment: , contentHorizontalPosition: right, overrideHorizontalAlignment:

contentVerticalPosition: , overrideVerticalAlignment: , contentHorizontalPosition: right, overrideHorizontalAlignment:

### Full Divine Potential

Every Tuesday at 11:05 a.m., students, faculty, staff and the greater BYU community attend the weekly devotional or forum address for a truly unique experience as the campus gathers to receive spiritual and temporal edification. Click the link below to see the spring and summer term devotional schedule.

More

contentVerticalPosition: , overrideVerticalAlignment: , contentHorizontalPosition: right, overrideHorizontalAlignment:

contentVerticalPosition: , overrideVerticalAlignment: , contentHorizontalPosition: right, overrideHorizontalAlignment:

### By Study & By Faith

“In the Church, obtaining an education and getting knowledge are a religious responsibility. We educate our minds so that one day we can render service of worth to somebody else.”

More



### Apply



### Disciples of Christ



### Academic Calendar



### Becoming BYU



### Athletics

## Highlighted Events

data-content-type="external"



### Devotional: Sherami Jara

T, July 15

overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=

data-content-type="external"



### Pioneer Day Celebration

W, July 23

overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=

data-content-type="external"



### Pioneer Day Holiday

Th, July 24

overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=

Full Events Calendar

overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText=

## News



Faith

### Devotional: We chose this! Agency, atonement and joy

By Bitsy Tullis July 08, 2025 09:53 PM

Platt, a professor and associate chair of the Economics Department, reminded the audience of the incredible power of choice; both in everyday life and in the grand eternal plan of Heavenly Father.

Intellect

### Wildfires in residential areas are on the rise; why hydrants and the water system behind them were never meant to stop those fires

By Todd Hollingshead July 01, 2025 10:27 AM

BYU professor Rob Sowby teaches and studies environmental engineering, urban water infrastructure and sustainability. He has particular expertise in the planning, design, construction and operation of public water systems. That expertise has been increasingly important (and regularly sought out) in the wake of apocalyptic wildfires that have taxed those public water systems.

Intellect

### Meet the BYU math student helping make wildfire predictions faster and smarter

By Tyler Stahle June 25, 2025 07:56 AM

Using machine learning and math, a BYU student improved a key tool firefighters rely on during wildfire season

More News

### Contact BYU Info

Call or Text: 801-422-4636

Email: byu-info@byu.edu

Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602

Resources

A-Z Index

BYU Mobile App (Android)

BYU Mobile App (iOS)

Student Development Services

Employment at BYU

Office of Belonging

Helping Distressed Students

Library

Office of IT

Title IX (sexual misconduct)

University Police & Parking

Other CES Schools

BYU-Hawaii

BYU-Idaho

BYU-Pathway Worldwide

Ensign College

Connect

Link to facebook

Link to instagram

Link to twitter

Link to youtube

BYU Alumni

BYU Athletics

BYU News

BYU Store

BYUtv

Provo, UT 84602, USA | © 2025 Brigham Young University

Provo, UT 84602, USA
© 2025 Brigham Young University

Privacy Notice | Cookie Preferences