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BYU Finds No Evidence Fan Made Racist Remarks During Game

BYU Finds No Evidence Fan Made Racist Remarks During Game

(Provo, UT) — Police at BYU say they have found no evidence that a fan aimed racist remarks at the Duke University volleyball team during a match last week. Investigators said in a report that they talked to witnesses and viewed video of the match and have no evidence the […]

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BYU Speech Program Keeps Accreditation

BYU Speech Program Keeps Accreditation

(Provo, UT) — The speech pathology program at Brigham Young University will keep its accreditation, despite discrimination allegations involving transgender clients. The master’s program and speech clinic announced earlier this year it would no longer helps transgender individuals seeking therapy to match the tone and pitch of the voice to […]

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Man Accused Of Groping Teen Girls At EFY On BYU Campus

Man Accused Of Groping Teen Girls At EFY On BYU Campus

(Provo, UT) — A man faces charges in Provo after police say he groped two teen girls attending a church youth camp at Brigham Young University. Records show 64-year-old Dennis Yazzie was on campus on Friday during the Especially For Youth summer program from teen members of The Church of […]

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BYU Announces Plans To Construct New Arts Building

BYU Announces Plans To Construct New Arts Building

(Provo, UT) — Brigham Young University approved plans to construct a new building for the College of Fine Arts and Communications. The new building will be built where the Harris Fine Arts Center is currently located on the Provo campus. When finished, the departments for Art, Design and Theater & […]

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BYU: Half Of Utah Residents Are Overwatering Lawns

BYU: Half Of Utah Residents Are Overwatering Lawns

(Provo, UT) — A study conducted by Brigham Young University shows that half of Utah residents are watering their lawns too much. Researchers with the civil engineering department found many homeowners are using water to keep their grass green in lieu of fertilizing the lawns properly, or changing the soil […]

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BYU Declining $88M In Federal COVID-19 Relief

BYU Declining $88M In Federal COVID-19 Relief

(Provo, UT) — Brigham Young University is apparently declining millions of dollars in COVID-19 funding from the federal government. The Department of Education announced yesterday that Utah colleges would be getting 506-million-dollars in funding allocated through the American Rescue Plan Act. The announcement also said BYU received over 88-million-dollars as […]

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Federal investigation of LGBTQ dating ban at BYU dismissed

Federal investigation of LGBTQ dating ban at BYU dismissed

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education has dismissed a civil-rights investigation into how LGBTQ students are disciplined at Brigham Young University. The Utah college said in a news release Thursday that the Department of Education concluded the private religious school is exempt from parts of Title […]

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BYU To Require Temple Recommendations For New LDS Hires

BYU To Require Temple Recommendations For New LDS Hires

(Provo, UT) – Brigham Young University is adding a new requirement for incoming employees who are practicing members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The LDS Church-owned school will require new workers to also hold a current temple recommend, but the requirement is not retroactive to current […]

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LGBTQ dating ban at BYU probed in federal investigation

LGBTQ dating ban at BYU probed in federal investigation

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education has opened a civil-rights investigation into how LGBTQ students are disciplined at Brigham Young University, a private religious school. The Salt Lake Tribune reports it comes after the school said it would still enforce a ban on same-sex dating even […]

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BYU Student Charged In Sex Extortion Case

(Provo, UT) — A BYU student is facing charges in a sextortion case involving a 16-year-old girl. Prosecutors say 20-year-old Benjamin Shields was charged Monday with aggravated sexual extortion of a child after he allegedly offered the teen money for nude pictures and then threatened to expose her if she […]

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