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Jaren Wilkey/BYUStudent researcher Chloe Burkey said forged artifacts can lead archaeologists to new information about old craftsmanship techniques and methods. -
suteishi/iStockphotoThe work “Lost Freedom: Japanese American Confinement in America” brings together the music of Kenji Bunch and the narration of actor George Takei, who spent his childhood in internment camps during World War II. With hate crimes against those of Asian descent making headlines, Bunch calls art and music “our last best hope for coming together.”
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Egyptologist Cynthia May Sheikholeslami has spent much of her career studying burial equipment in ancient Egypt. The painted stela of Kharu-Sheri is beautifully preserved and reveals more about the profession of doorkeepers than meets the eye. It is currently on exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Utah. -
This last year the Navajo Nation Department of Diné Education reported only about 0.4% of students were considered fluent in the language.
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For kids obsessed with princesses, being deeply engaged with those stories can have long-term effects. A new study from BYU researcher Sarah Coyne followed a group of kids for years, and found that those who loved “princess culture” had more positive body image and more equal views of men and women as they approached adolescence.
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The wedding industry is booming now that COVID-19 are restrictions lifted and more people are vaccinated. As more couples tie the knot and hold big receptions, vendors try to keep up.
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The #FreeBritney Movement is bringing more attention to issues affecting people with disabilities in Utah like conservatorship and guardianship cases.
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Hildale, Utah largely kept its doors shut to outsiders for generations. Now, it's starting to build a tourism-based economy.
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Utah gun maker Culper Precision has stopped sales of a kit that would have let owners cover their Glock 19 pistols with colorful Lego blocks, after complaints from the Danish toymaker and others.
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A recent study ranked Salt Lake City as one of the best cities in the country to play pickleball. Players in Utah say it’s doing well here because of its accessibility and sense of community.
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A new mural in Salt Lake City aims to celebrate Black joy and continue dialogue around race.
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Glendale residents are worried about food accessibility as a proposed development could take the place of the local ‘supermercado.’
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High school and elementary students in Monument Valley recently published a book of oral histories. They conducted interviews with their grandparents and relatives about what life used to be like on the Navajo Nation.
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Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez is mourning the discovery this week of another 751 bodies of Indigenous children at a former residential school in Canada. And he’s bracing for the Department of the Interior’s investigation into what happened at schools here in the U.S. — including one in Utah.
