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Forum: Humility, Hope and the Work of Becoming Educated
By Kaylee Esplin
March 30, 2021
Drew Gilpin Faust, U.S. historian and former Harvard president, delivered Tuesday’s forum address. She spoke on humility’s role in the work of becoming educated.
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Forum: “The Macroeconomic, Geopolitical and Social Trends Defining our World”
By Kaylee Esplin
February 23, 2021
Dr. Dambisa Moyo, a Zambian-born international economist who analyzes macroeconomics and global affairs, delivered Tuesday’s forum address. She spoke on the macroeconomic, geopolitical and social trends defining our world.
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Forum: The Path of Most Resistance: How to Learn for a Changing World
By Brenna Seeman
January 26, 2021
David Epstein, investigative reporter and author, delivered Tuesday’s forum address.
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Forum: “Five Unexpected Lessons Research Taught Me”
By Kaylee Esplin
December 03, 2020
Ramona Hopkins, the 2019–20 Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, delivered a special forum address on Thursday.
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Forum: Education as Emancipation
By Kaylee Esplin
November 17, 2020
Ziauddin Yousafzai, educator and social activist, delivered the forum address on Nov. 17.
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Forum: The power of interfaith unity
By Kaylee Esplin
October 20, 2020
Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, delivered Tuesday’s university forum. He spoke on the importance of an interfaith effort to achieve unity.
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Forum: What does it mean to be educated?
By Kaylee Esplin
September 29, 2020
Lawyer and political adviser Melody Barnes spoke about education, the implications of picking and choosing who will be educated and the ramifications of such choices for today's democracy during Tuesday’s forum via Zoom.
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Announcements
Former president of Harvard, macroeconomist among 2020–2021 BYU forum speakers
By Kaylee Esplin
July 20, 2020
This academic year, BYU's forum speakers will address the campus community on a variety of topics around the central theme of “What It Means to Be Educated." 
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BYU Forum: Developing democratic character with jazz
Natalie Ipson
By Natalie Ipson
February 25, 2020
The theme for the monthly Forums this year at BYU is “In search of democratic character," with "character" meaning the manners and virtues that enable communities and societies to function justly, according to BYU Academic Vice President Shane Reese.
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BYU Forum: Reconstruction, white supremacy and the rise of Jim Crow
By Kaylee Esplin
November 19, 2019
Henry Louis Gates Jr., an award-winning filmmaker, historian and journalist, delivered Tuesday’s campus Forum address about the role that the historical period of Reconstruction continues to play in the racial conversation of the country today.
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Forum: The impossible happens every day
By Kaylee Esplin
September 24, 2019
In Tuesday’s campus Forum, Hmong author Kao Kalia Yang discussed the power stories have to influence people’s lives.
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Forum: Capital markets and human flourishing
By Kaylee Esplin
July 16, 2019
Christine Hurt, associate dean and professor at BYU Law, delivered Tuesday’s forum address in the de Jong Concert Hall about capital markets and human flourishing.
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Announcements
NASA scientist, NYT columnist among 2019-2020 BYU Forum Speakers
May 28, 2019
Six times a year, BYU invites experts in their fields to deliver a Forum address on campus. These illustrious speakers address the campus community on a variety of topics around the central theme, "The Pursuit of Democratic Character."
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BYU Forum: Glimpses of the future of learning
By Erica Ostergar
March 25, 2019
Dr. Sugata Mitra, professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University, delivered the BYU Forum address on Tuesday. He spoke about his technology research and his vision for technology-integrated education in the future.
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BYU Forum: Crafting authentic stories
By Erica Ostergar
January 28, 2019
Matt Luhn, a story and branding consultant for Pixar, delivered the BYU forum address on Tuesday. He discussed how to craft and tell stories, whether those stories are for a movie or for any other outlet.
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BYU Forum: Mastering civility
By Erica Ostergar
November 26, 2018
Christine Porath, associate professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, delivered the forum address on Tuesday. She shared research findings about civility, including why it is important and how we can achieve it.
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BYU Forum: Creating justice
By Erica Ostergar
October 30, 2018
Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative and bestselling author of Just Mercy, delivered the forum address at BYU on Tuesday. He discussed four ways we can create a more just nation.
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BYU Forum: News and national security
By Erica Ostergar
September 24, 2018
Judith Miller, adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute, City Journal contributing editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter formerly with The New York Times, delivered the forum address on Tuesday. She discussed the current climate for newspapers and why journalism matters so much.
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