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Professor discusses repentance and the miracle of forgiveness at BYU Devotional
Michael Dunn, an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science, spoke to students Tuesday in the Marriott Center in a heartfelt devotional about repentance and the miracle of forgiveness. In the New Testament account of the woman who approached Jesus in the house...
Retiring BYU head swim coach Tim Powers featured on 'Morning Swim Show'
ON today's edition of The Morning Swim Show, we have retiring BYU head coach Tim Powers. Powers, who has been the head swimming and diving coach at Brigham Young University for 37 seasons, will retire at the end of the season. He and his wife plan on serving a mission for The Church of Jesus...
New DVD chronicles 'The Making of Jimmer'
Mormon Life says: Don't forget to read LDS Living's cover story on Jimmer!
As a rookie who recently completed his first full month of professional basketball, Jimmer Fredette has some chapters left to write in his basketball career. But the story has been plenty...
Harvard first, BYU second: Most popular schools in US
Mormon Life says: The two-year streak of first place is over, but second is still impressive.
Brigham Young University is the second most popular national university in the United States, according to 2012 rankings released by U.S. News and World Report, bringing its two-year streak at No. 1...
LDS Republicans and Democrats meet at BYU
While the valley of dissent between Republicans and Democrats seems to be getting deeper nationally, there was an interesting gathering in a mid-sized room at the Wilkinson Student Center on Tuesday. The BYU Political Science Department hosted a panel, “Is Partisanship a Problem: Perspectives for...
New BYU Religious Studies Center publications director named
Dana Pike, a professor of ancient scripture, has been named the new publications director of the Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, effective spring term 2012, according to a news release.
Evangelical speaker: True Christians don’t demonize Mormons
Mormon Life says: DeMoss, an Evangelical PR man, has been an unpaid adviser to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign for the past five years.
Mark DeMoss has a message for his fellow evangelicals: You can’t attack and demean Mormons or President Barack Obama and still consider yourself a follower of Jesus Christ. It is impossible to...
Up Close with Jimmer Fredette
Mormon Life says: Jimmer Fredette has dedicated his life to becoming the best basketball player—and the best person— he can be. Get an inside look of what drives the Jimmer in this excerpt of our January/February cover story.
(Check out photo galleries of Jimmer here and here. You can also watch a video from our photo shoot and read a personal blog post about our managing editor's experience with Jimmer.)On January 26,...
Breaking down to build up the 'Spirit of the Y'
Mormon Life says: It's kind of sad to see some of the buildings and memories go.
Ecclesiastes declares that there is "a time to break down, and a time to build up" (Ecclesiastes 3:3). For Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, the campus is often in such a state, with old...
BYU track and field: Diane Stewart sets an American record in new event, the indoor 400m hurdles
Senior Diane Stewart set an American record in the indoor 400-meter hurdles to lead to BYU women’s track and field team at the New Mexico Cherry and Silver Invitational on Saturday. “This was the first time in history that the indoor 400-meter hurdles has been ever been officially run in the...
BYU's Heritage Halls dorms demolished, to be replaced with updated buildings
Four of the Heritage Halls, which have been home to thousands of students since 1956 — were turned into a pile of rubble Wednesday.
More of the residence halls will soon be coming down and replaced with new buildings that will give students more electrical capacity and space.
BYU grads' award-nominated film 'River of Victory' features family's triumph over living conditions
Through filming "River of Victory" about a family who lives near a garbage dump in Cambodia, two returned Mormon missionaries found that happiness isn't limited to a location. “You can find happiness wherever you are,” noted Trevor Wright, director and producer of “River of Victory,” an...
BYU's Daily Universe to become weekly newspaper
Mormon Life says: What a sad day! The Daily Universe is where I got my start as a journalist.
The BYU Department of Communications announced major changes Thursday to its 57-year-old campus newspaper, the Daily Universe. By semester’s end, it will only be printed weekly instead of five days...
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Made with LOVE
Mormon Life says: A beautiful story of how one BYU grad student has worked with special-ed students to develop marketable skills THEY want to develop - and how they have risen to her high expectations.
President and Sister Samuelson express appreciation for BYU
President Cecil O. Samuelson and his wife, Sharon, addressed students Tuesday morning in the Marriott Center in the winter semester opening devotional. They told students why they appreciate BYU and encouraged them to be stronger in their studies as well as in their commitment to the Honor...
