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Campus

Palestinian-Syrian refugee walks a path of dedicated learning and selfless service

Amy Ortiz
By Amy Ortiz
November 14, 2023 12:00 AM
Yearning to ease his family’s burden at age 15, Palestinian-Syrian refugee Mohammad Hameed embarked on a path of dedicated learning and selfless service.
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Basketball

Y shoes? BYU athletes explain sneaker culture

March 05, 2020 12:00 AM
Written and compiled by Ben Winters with photography by Preston Crawley, Addie Blacker and Emma Wiles.
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Travel

Faith, politics, personal growth: BYU students share Arabic study abroad impact

By Lilian Whitney
March 26, 2018 12:00 AM
BYU students take a truck safari in Wadi Rum, Jordan. BYU's intensive Arabic program allows students to experience Jordanian culture firsthand. (Melena Warden)
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Healthy Living

BYU students reflect on time spent in Middle East

By Karma Hammouz
October 09, 2015 12:00 AM
Zackery Rowley wears the traditional Arabic scarf, or Kufiya. (Maddi Driggs)
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Campus

Study abroad programs see record enrollment

By Erica Burton
September 07, 2015 12:00 AM
Danielle Cronquist stands in front of the Eiffel Tower during a Winter 2012 study abroad in Paris.
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Opinion Outpost

Online Opinion Outpost: Feb. 10, 2015

By Mallory Jesperson
February 10, 2015 12:00 AM
The Opinion Outpost features opinions and commentary on the latest hot topics from national news sources. As much as you love hearing from The Universe, we thought you might like to hear from journalists around the nation.
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World

Jordan says ISIS can be defeated as uproar over burn video continues

February 10, 2015 12:00 AM
Jordan called Wednesday for a decisive battle against the Islamic State group, declaring 'this evil can and should be defeated,' after the militants burned a Jordanian pilot to death in a cage and gleefully broadcast the horrific images on outdoor screens in their stronghold.
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Sports

Social media transforms the world of sports

February 09, 2015 12:00 AM
JP Gibson, a 5-year-old from Utah, with leukemia, wanted to play for the Jazz his whole life. The Jazz organization helped Gibson get on the court and play with the team in a scrimmage. When Gibson entered the game, the crowd went wild. Jazz center Rudy Gobert hoisted Gibson up toward the basket during the scrimmage and helped him dunk it.
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Campus Events

The other side of an issue from the other side of the world

By Lucy Schouten
January 24, 2013 12:00 AM
A West Bank native introduced his brother's documentary film about the struggles of a Palestinian village against Israeli aggression at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday afternoon.
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Campus News

BYU graduate students win Boren Fellowhip to study abroad

June 19, 2012 12:00 AM
Two BYU graduate students will ship off to countries around the world to study language immersion and national security issues with the funding they received from winning the David L. Boren Fellowship.
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