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Chelynne Renouard

Chelynne Renouard is web producer for DeseretNews.com. She previously worked as a reporter and web editor for The Daily Universe. Chelynne graduated from Brigham Young University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications with an emphasis in print journalism, new media and publication design. She enjoys traveling the world, and has been to over 10 countries. Chelynne speaks Spanish and spent time living in Ecuador. She enjoys theatre, singing, doing freelance photography and freelance design work.

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Study: Facebook's organ donor status increases number of registered donors substantially

Published: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 2:11 pm MDT

Last year, Facebook added a feature that allowed users to add "organ donor" to other profile information. Researchers say the new feature caused a more than 20-fold increase to the number of registered organ do...

NPR writer 'slightly' defends Miss Utah USA's botched answer during national competition

Published: Monday, June 17, 2013 7:29 pm MDT

NPR writer Linda Holmes defends Miss Utah USA Marissa Powell's answer during the national competition on Sunday, saying the question was "dumb" and an "impossible question to answer."

Parents rally after Canadian elementary school bans Mother's Day and Father's Day celebrations

Published: Monday, June 17, 2013 2:29 pm MDT

An elementary school in Nova Scotia canceled all Mother's Day and Father's Day celebrations, replacing the holidays with a more inclusive "International Day of Families." Many parents have protested the decisio...

New York English teacher assigns students to write personal suicide notes

Published: Friday, June 14, 2013 1:48 pm MDT

Students at a private New York school, some as young as age 14, were required to write a suicide letter as an offshoot lesson plan from the best-selling book and movie, “The Secret Life of Bees.”

New York mayor focuses on styrofoam for latest citywide ban

Published: Thursday, June 13, 2013 1:01 pm MDT

Mayor Bloomberg of New York City has targeted styrofoam in his latest citywide ban. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn supports the effort to abolish the use styrofoam for cups and containers in city stores a...

New York City sushi restaurant eliminates tips, pays staff salary instead

Published: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 1:53 pm MDT

A sushi restaurant in New York City has recently eliminated tips, raising prices 15 percent and removing a tip line on credit card receipts.

Higher foreheads and bigger eyes: How the human face may look in 100,000 years

Published: Monday, June 10, 2013 3:44 pm MDT

Artist and researcher Nickolay Lamm has partnered with a computational geneticist to research and illustrate what we might look like 20,000 years in the future, as well as 60,000 years and 100,000 years out.

New Down syndrome test 'more sensitive, reliable'

Published: Friday, June 7, 2013 2:27 pm MDT

Non-invasive test using DNA from a pregnant woman's blood may be more reliable than current procedures to determine if a child has Down syndrome or not.

Staring at your own Facebook profile can increase self-worth, lower motivation, study says

Published: Thursday, June 6, 2013 1:49 pm MDT

A new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison says that people who spend time looking at their own Facebook profiles are more likely to feel self-confident and assured. But looking at your own profile le...

Report: Left-pawed dogs found to be more aggressive toward strangers

Published: Monday, June 3, 2013 12:59 pm MDT

Dogs with a preference for their left paws were found to show high levels of aggression toward strangers when compared to dogs that prefer their right paws or do not have a preference.

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