This year’s Christmas Around the World celebration at Brigham Young University featuring the International Folk Dance Ensemble and sponsored by the BYU Department of Dance, will take place Friday and Saturday, December 5 and 6, at 7:30 p.m., with a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee, in the Marriott Center.
Cultural references to body parts - everything from songs such as I Want to Hold Your Hand to movies like Footloose - are so prevalent in our society that they often go overlooked. Even in the scriptures references to body parts could seem commonplace: statistically they appear every 4.6 verses.
You don’t have to be a professional religious educator to attend BYU’s Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, but even an expert can pick up some new insights at this annual gathering of gospel scholars.
Artists from Brigham Young Unviersity and around the world have come together to create an exhibit exploring the influence of traditional pilgrimage in today's world. The free exhibition, which opened this week, is located in the BYU Harris Fine Arts Center's B.F. Larson Gallery (3rd Floor, center of building) and runs through October 30.
BYU students will add their own brand of fun to Homecoming 2014 and its theme, 'Take Flight,' with events as varied as frolicking in True Blue Foam or selecting from several dance options.
Celebrated Utah fantasy artist James C. Christensen will take center stage at the Marriott Center during BYU Spectacular on October 16-17, at 7:30 p.m., and one of the fanciful creations that first made him famous more than 30 years ago will join him. Tickets are on sale now for the event (BYUTickets.com), which will also feature eight BYU performing groups and is part of the university’s annual Homecoming week activities.
What could be lovelier on a cool autumn evening than the Bard under the stars? Shakespeare’s witty comedy of love, honor, and deception comes to vibrant life on a bare stage by five actors with credits from revered British institutions such as the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and Shakespeare’s Globe.
American military historian, West Point's Lt. Colonel Sherman Fleek will deliever a lecture on "World War 1: The Great War that Changed the World." Fleek's address coincides with an exhibit in the Harold B. Lee Library's Special Collections called The Great War: A Centennial Remembrance.
Here’s your chance to go behind the scenes and be a museum curator for a day. BYU’s Museum of Peoples and Cultures is hosting two exciting events on Saturday, Sept. 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., for students, children and families.
The College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at Brigham Young University is pleased to announce that Dr. John D. Lamb, a recently retired BYU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty, will deliver the 2014 Summerhays Lecture. The lecture is open to the public and will be on Thursday, September 18, at 7 p.m., in BYU's Harold B. Lee Library, room 1080.
Tuesday’s Inauguration of Kevin J Worthen as the thirteenth president of BYU celebrated not only his installment as president, but also the life-changing educational experiences provided at BYU.
Ever wondered how nurses practice placing an IV? The BYU College of Nursing invites university employees, students and campus friends to participate in an event that offers a rare look at the remarkable technology that prepares BYU nursing students to save lives.
Six times a year, BYU invites experts in their fields, noted public officials and even sometimes our rivals, to come to campus to deliver a Forum address on campus. Due to the diversity of experience and backgrounds, these illustrious speakers address students and the wider campus community on a variety of topics.
The Brigham Young University Museum of Art is expecting record attendance for its newest exhibition, Sacred Gifts: The Religious Art of Carl Bloch, Heinrich Hofmann and Frans Schwartz.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, will be featured in a technology forum discussion Friday, March 25. U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch will also participate in the event, which will be held at 11 a.m. in the Marriott Center.