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Creating New Opportunities Through Sports Analytics

By Emma Haynes
October 15, 2020 02:33 PM
When the worldwide pandemic hit in March 2020, countless students found themselves battling with the uncertainty of the future. As in-person internships were no longer an option, some companies began to offer replacement virtual internships while others cancelled their programs altogether. Many students were left without internships and scrambling to find replacements.
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Welcome to the IS Department, Merrill Madsen!

August 03, 2026 11:33 AM
The Information Systems Department is excited to welcome Merrill Madsen as a new faculty member this fall.
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Meet Bob Ure: Helping IS Launch Meaningful Careers

July 27, 2026 11:37 AM
Sometimes the most rewarding careers begin with an unexpected opportunity.
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Escaping Finals

By Emma Haynes
June 08, 2020 01:54 PM
Every student is familiar with the standard multiple-choice final exam given at the end of almost every course. While these exams can measure the level of understanding of a student to a certain extent, it is easy to wonder if the material covered will really apply to life after college. Dr. Jeff Jenkins took this problem and created an interactive, hands-on final to prepare students for the future. In Fall 2019, he created an escape room for the final exam of his course.
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Dr. Greg Anderson Receives the Cherrington Faculty Service Award 2019

By Emma Haynes
May 26, 2020 08:00 AM
If you have taken IS 303 or been in the IS Core, then you have probably taken a class from Dr. Greg Anderson. Due to his excellence and contributions to the IS Department, Dr. Greg Anderson was awarded the Cherrington Faculty Service Award for 2019.
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Dr. Steve Liddle Named New IS Department Chair

By Emma Haynes
May 18, 2020 10:00 AM
BYU Marriott Dean Brigitte Madrian recently announced that effective May 18th, Dr. Steve Liddle has been named the new chair of the Information Systems Department.
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Ashlyn Lewis Receives the SAERA Award

By Emma Haynes
April 16, 2020 10:42 AM
Anytime someone enters the IS department office with a question or needing help, Business Manager Ashlyn Lewis has a solution. Nominated because of her respect for sacred resources, Ashlyn was awarded BYU’s SAERA Award in January 2020.
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How Did the IS Faculty Spend Their Summer?

By Emma Haynes
November 04, 2019 04:00 PM
The professors in the Information Systems department spend the school year teaching and mentoring students to help them prepare for the professional world. But, when students leave town for internships and full-time job offers, how do the faculty spend their time? Here are just a few of the exciting places that were explored during the summer of 2019.
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Are Siri and Alexa making us ruder? The answer is...

By byuisnews
August 18, 2019 12:27 PM
Is the way we bark out orders to digital assistants like Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant making us less polite? Prompted by growing concerns, two BYU information systems researchers decided to ask.
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Diligence Leading to Exploration

By Camille Christiansen
March 19, 2019 03:27 PM
PROVO, Utah – Mar 18, 2019 – BYU Marriott School of Business information systems professor Jeff Jenkins is no stranger to the hard work and patience needed to delve into unexplored areas of his discipline. Growing up on a dairy farm in Rigby, Idaho, taught him about diligence, an attribute Jenkins has had to continually rely on during nearly ten years of researching areas of untapped research.
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Professor Receives Award for Outstanding Contribution to IS Education

By Camille Christiansen
March 05, 2019 03:53 PM
PROVO, Utah – Mar 05, 2019 – 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. He was recently awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Information Systems Education by the Association for Information Systems, a twenty-five-year-old global organization, for his statistical service to the world community and impact in the field.
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