#Piety Police
#YaleLaw Journal, Volume 134, No. 8, Pp. 2984-3072
89 Pages Posted: 1 Jul 2025
Grace Watkins
Yale #LawSchool; University of Oxford
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5331599
#Religiously affiliated #universities are permitted to maintain their own private police under the rationale that these departments serve an #educational, rather than #religious, mission.
Well, f*ck.
BYU Family History Technology Lab (https://fhtl.org/) has some nice tools extending the FamilySearch tools. One is the RelativeFinder (https://www.relativefinder.org/), which can show you your relation with famous people.
#FamilySearch #RootsTech #FindYourRelatives #DonaldTrump #Trump #RelativeFinder #BYU #BrighamYoungUniversity #FHTL #genealogy #Ahnenforschung #Verwandtschaft #famous #famousPeople #Prominent #Promi #USPresident
Cluster scientist spotlight!
Greg Carling, Professor, Geological Sciences, #BrighamYoungUniversity
"Find something that interests you and go for it."
Read some of Carling's work with the Cluster: https://bit.ly/4ghyW9v
All our scientist spotlights: https://bit.ly/4huMS0U
Understanding the composition and transport of mineral dust is essential for assessing its environmental and health impacts. We investigated the properties of mineral dust along the urbanized Wasatch Front in northern Utah (USA), comparing it with natural dust collected from upwind locations in the arid Great Basin. Using physical and geochemical analyses, we identified significant differences between urban and natural dust that are not attributable to the intervening landscapes. These differences arise from the mixing of natural dust with local anthropogenic materials, including sediments from the Great Salt Lake playa conditioned by over a century of urban activity. This urban-influenced dust is transported downwind, where it may contribute to elevated levels of cadmium, copper, and zinc in streams of downwind mountain watersheds. These findings underscore the far-reaching impact of urban dust on critical ecosystems and highlight the need for integrated management strategies to mitigate dust-related environmental consequences.
"Any firework that produces smoke or colored light significantly contributes to Utah's air pollution, particularly given the two major firework holidays in July."
Cluster member Greg Carling, based at #BrighamYoungUniversity is quoted in this Phys.org story about how #fireworks contribute to air #pollution.
As Independence Day approaches, Utahns are preparing to celebrate the nation's birth with dazzling displays of light and color. However, a new BYU study published in Applied Geochemistry warns that these festivities come with an often-overlooked hazard: increased air pollution.
In April 2023, three Brigham Young University students found themselves stranded in Utah's San Rafael Swell Recreation area while canyoneering. Trapped in deep water and facing the early stages of hypothermia, they desperately needed help. Thanks to Apple's Emergency SOS via Satellite feature, available on the iPhone 14, their lives were saved.
Unable to rely on mobile coverage in such a remote area, Stephen Watts, one of the students, utilized the feature to align their location with a satellite. Every 20 minutes, he sent texts to 911 in Emery County, providing their exact position. This crucial communication ultimately led to their rescue.
The Emergency SOS via Satellite feature is integrated into both the iPhone 14 and iPhone 15, offering users a lifeline in emergency situations where cellular coverage is unavailable. By simply holding down the power button and one of the volume buttons, users can connect to a satellite and signal for help.
#iPhone14 #EmergencySOS #SatelliteFeature #LifeSavingTechnology #UtahRescue #BrighamYoungUniversity #Canyoneering #RemoteSafety #AppleInnovation #SustainableMobility #SafetyFirst #TechSavesLives
Study visually captures a hard truth: Walking home at night is not the same for women
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-visually-captures-hard-truth-home.html
"An eye-catching new study shows just how different the experience of walking home at night is for women versus men." -- #BrighamYoungUniversity
Cluster member Greg Carling joins Emmet for this stop on The Collectors Tour.
This collector is stationed atop a building at #BrighamYoungUniversity and among the many things the collector does in this particular location is help compare dust collection methods.