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Y's 'Entrepreneur Factory' highlighted

Brigham Young University's entrepreneur program was featured in Business Week as a "surprising success" in turning faculty research into commercialized products.

The Mormon "university now ranks first in the country in the number of startups, licenses, and patent applications per research dollar spent, according to the Association of University Technology Managers. BYU-licensed technology led to the creation of nine new companies last year on a research budget of roughly $30 million. Stanford, with a budget of $1.1 billion, spawned the same number of startups," according to the article published in the Dec. 7 edition.

The article also highlights Mike Alder and Dee Anderson, who were hired to run the technology transfer department three years ago.

A link to the full article is on MormonTimes.com. Click on "education" under "News & People."

3 areas to restructure sports program

LDS Church sports programs in Utah are in the process of transitioning to a new structure, beginning with the Utah North Area of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Area sports leaders then will meet with Mormon leaders in the Utah South Area, followed by the Utah Salt Lake Area.

Under the new program, agent stake presidents in each regional coordinating council will supervise a sports specialist for each council area. The former program had region sports directors reporting to area sports directors.

More information about changes in the Utah Area church sports program is available in the January newsletter of the sports committee, which is on MormonTimes.com. Also included is an anecdote about President Thomas S. Monson being a Giants baseball fan.

The area sports calendars also are available online at MormonTimes.com, near the bottom of the home page, in the "Special features" section.

Scandinavian research class planned

SALT LAKE CITY — Scandinavian research will be the topic of an all-day series of classes from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, at the Family History Library. Topics include finding the place of origin of your immigrant, laying the groundwork for success, naming patterns and lifestyles, effective use of Scandinavian gazetteers and reading Germanic and Scandinavian Gothic script.