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Campus Events

UN Special Rapporteur advises law graduates to keep the pursuit of justice at the center of their lives 

By Eleanor Lambert
April 26, 2024 12:00 AM
Dr. Nazila Ghanea, a professor at Oxford University and United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, encouraged J. Reuben Clark Law School graduates this week to focus their lives on justice.
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Campus News

Defining genocide: BYU professors, students look to understand its meaning

By Belle Lewis
January 19, 2024 12:00 AM
As the war in Ukraine approaches two years and the Israel-Hamas war continues to receive international attention, the term genocide has reached millions of people on Instagram alone.
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Campus Events

United Nations Communications officer Felipe Queipo visits BYU

By Alyse Clark
October 27, 2023 12:00 AM
United Nations officer Felipe Queipo visited BYU on Oct. 25 to share his passion for and experience serving in the United Nations, and discuss how faith-based organizations can help alleviate poverty around the world.
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State

Experts urge Utah toward sustainability to curb climate change

By Ashley Pun Eveson
January 25, 2022 12:00 AM
Environmental experts are urging Utah County to become more sustainable after the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference that took place in Glasgow in November.
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Campus Events

Women and children's rights advocate encourages peace, justice and development

By Megan Spencer
September 23, 2021 12:00 AM
An internationally recognized advocate for women and children’s rights encouraged BYU students to strive to build institutions that can support peace and justice for all on Sept. 23.
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State

Australia's not the only place getting warmer

By Erika Magaoay
January 21, 2020 12:00 AM
Fires in Australia are still raging, and Utah should expect similar extremes in weather, according to local leaders and experts.
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Campus News

BYU Model United Nations team wins big after New York competition

By Maxwell Atwood
April 22, 2019 12:00 AM
The current BYU Model United Nations Team gather for a group photo (Cory Leonard)
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World

Over 1,000 feared dead after cyclone slams into Mozambique

By Associated Press
March 19, 2019 12:00 AM
A woman walks through the flooded streets of the city of Beira, Sofala Province, Mozambique, after Cyclone Idai made land fall. (Josh Estey/CARE via AP)
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Campus

BYU alum gives students advice on working for UN, other international organizations

By Tessa Lara Westlund
February 10, 2019 12:00 AM
Liz Jevtic-Somlai held an 'Ask me anything' discussion in the Kennedy Center Feb. 8. (Emma Willes)
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World

Rocket barrages from Gaza prompt more Israeli airstrikes

By Associated Press
November 13, 2018 12:00 AM
An Israeli soldier jumps off a tank near the Israel Gaza border, Tuesday, Nov. 13. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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World

IS reverting to insurgency tactics after losing caliphate

By Associated Press
October 12, 2018 12:00 AM
FILE - In this undated file image posted on Monday, June 30, 2014, by the Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in Raqqa, north Syria. With Islamic State's near total defeat on the battle field, the extremist group has reverted to what it was before its spectacular series of conquests in 2014 _ a shadowy terror network that targets vulnerable civilian populations and exploits state weaknesses to incite on sectarian strife. But a recent surge in false claims of responsibility for attacks also signals that the group is struggling to stay relevant after losing its proto-state and its dominance of the international news agenda. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, File)
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Nation

Things you should know today: 10/4/18

By Sahalie Donaldson
October 04, 2018 12:00 AM
Financially hard-up women get help in pursuing MeToo cases
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Nation

Trump address to UN overshadowed by messy domestic politics

By Associated Press
September 25, 2018 12:00 AM
President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 24, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Nation

Things you should know today: 9/25/18

By Auburn Wilcox
September 25, 2018 12:00 AM
Trump address to UN overshadowed by messy domestic politics
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Metro

BYU students speak at United Nation on maternal feminism

By Sahalie Donaldson
March 30, 2018 12:00 AM
From left: Sierra Phillips, Sasha Smith and Halli Boman stand outside the United Nations building during the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women. These BYU students attended the commission with interfaith organization Big Ocean. (Sasha Smith)
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Nation

Things you should know today: 3/15/18

By Jillian Argento
March 15, 2018 12:00 AM
Toys R Us is planning to liquidate its US operations
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World

UN gets $100M in new funds for Palestinian aid after US cuts

By Associated Press
March 15, 2018 12:00 AM
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers his speech during an United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA, conference, in Rome, Thursday, March 15, 2018. Guterres addressed an emergency funding conference in Rome after the U.S. administration this year slashed tens of millions to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, prompting the greatest funding crisis in its 68-year history. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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World

Myanmar conflict forces mass exodus, claims of genocide

By Riley Waldman
January 26, 2018 12:00 AM
Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar wait to receive aid at a refugee camp in Bangladesh. Increased tensions in Myanmar between the Rohingya and the Buddhist majority have forced thousands of Rohingya to flee the country. (Dar Yasin/AP Photo)
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