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Video of the Day

Video of the Day: Post Malone accepts a Book of Mormon

Emmeline Blythe
By Emmeline Blythe
July 18, 2024 12:00 AM
(Instagram/@melissamcraehyde)
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Campus

BYU at 150: The university prophets have foretold

By Stacia O'Leary
April 16, 2024 12:00 AM
The first song I ever knew all the words to was the BYU Fight Song. I would ask my mom to sing it to me before I went to bed at night. My earliest memories were of watching football games, walking campus, and planning my future as a BYU cougar.
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Devotionals and Forums

BYU assistant academic vice president encourages students to pay costs of discipleship

By Joe Wirthlin
August 08, 2023 12:00 AM
Reid Neilson, assistant academic vice president for religious scholarly publications, spoke about the known and unknown costs of discipleship in his devotional address on Aug. 8.
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Campus

BYU alumnus, psychiatrist speaks on post-mission habits, conquering shame

By Cadison Carter
January 20, 2023 12:00 AM
Returned missionaries attended an event held by BYU Women's Services and Resources and led by psychiatrist Dr. Alan Hansen on Thursday, Jan. 19.
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Readers' Forum

Readers' Forum: Make moments with the missionaries

By Universe Contributor
March 21, 2022 12:00 AM
Recently while walking past the Wilkinson Student Center, I noticed the missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints striving to share their message with anyone they saw. I am sad to say that in an effort to avoid a potentially awkward situation, I put my head down and picked up my pace. Shameful.
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Video

Extreme jump roping missionary

By Kelsey Mae Nield
February 28, 2022 12:00 AM
Check out this missionary who not only is sharing the gospel but also his talents on social media! Porter Ballard is a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Idaho.
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Religion

Missionary brings first COVID-19 case to Tonga

By Universe Contributor
November 03, 2021 12:00 AM
By Ashley Chase
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Good in the Universe

Trials, lacrosse lead to BYU senior's lasting conversion

By Molly Ogden Welch
March 12, 2021 12:00 AM
Natalie Giles' path to baptism began with lacrosse and her older brother's death.
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Religion

Sister missionary, stabbing victim shares miracles despite traumatic experience

By Kenzie Holbrook
November 18, 2020 12:00 AM
BYU student Lauren Willardson, 19, had been serving her mission in Houston, Texas for about two months when a man entered her and her companion's home in the middle of the night and started stabbing them.
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Called to Serve in a Pandemic

Called to serve in a pandemic: ‘We bawled our eyes out’

By Josh Carter
June 02, 2020 12:00 AM
Editor’s note: Thousands of missionaries across the world are facing upended plans during the pandemic. Some are returning home before completing their missions, others are serving in quarantine and many are receiving new calls. The Daily Universe is looking at how these missionaries are grappling with challenges in a series of stories.
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Religion

Called to serve in a pandemic: Coming home for a second time

By Karina Andrew
May 06, 2020 12:00 AM
Editor’s note: Thousands of missionaries across the world are facing upended plans during the pandemic. Some are returning home before completing their missions, others are serving in quarantine and many are receiving new calls. The Daily Universe is looking at how these missionaries are grappling with challenges in a series of stories.
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Religion

Called to serve in a pandemic: 'It's nice to remember that I'm not alone'

By Kenzie Holbrook
April 27, 2020 12:00 AM
Editor's note: Thousands of missionaries across the world are facing upended plans during the pandemic. Some are returning home before completing their missions, others are serving in quarantine and many are receiving new calls. The Daily Universe is looking at how these missionaries are grappling with challenges in a series of stories.
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Religion

Missionaries struggle with choosing whether to delay their service

By Karina Andrew
April 24, 2020 12:00 AM
Read more about how these changes are affecting missionaries in the Universe's series 'Called to Serve in a Pandemic.'
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Campus

Tips and tricks for keeping a mission language fluent

By Joseph Carson
August 22, 2019 12:00 AM
Listen to the full audio story here, including interviews with students and professors. (Joe Carson)
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Tweet Beat

Tweet Beat: 6/11/19

June 11, 2019 12:00 AM
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Religion

Nevada missionary dies after collapsing at Johannesburg MTC

By Camille Baker
November 27, 2018 12:00 AM
Elder Zane Lamping, a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Nov. 26. (Courtesy of the Lamping family)
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Soccer

Students cheer on mission countries in World Cup

By Caleb Turner
June 12, 2018 12:00 AM
From left: BYU study abroad students Quin Daly, Ben Marker, Sam Heywood and Trevor McKenzie attend a Real Madrid match. With the USA absent from this year's World Cup, American soccer fans such as these students will cheer on other countries. (Quin Daly)
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World

New Ghana MTC holds open house following completion

By Sam Bigelow
August 09, 2017 12:00 AM
The new Missionary Training Center in Ghana has opened for public tours through August 12.
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