Jake Retzlaff verbally committed to transfer to Tulane for his final year following his withdrawal from BYU, which planned on ...

As one of only three Jewish students at BYU, where over 98 % of the campus adheres to the Mormon faith, Retzlaff earned the affectionate nickname “BYJew. ” Jake Retzlaff, Brigham Young University’s ...

Mormon students agree when they enroll at BYU to live the school's Honor Code by staying in good standing with the church. If they formally leave the church before graduating, ...

The Brigham Young University Mormon Battalion Project website (mormonbattalion.byu.edu) is currently the only place where ...

The good news: BYU is softening its harsh policies toward Mormon students who lose their faith while in college. However, the university seems to be claiming that its decision to do so was not ...

HuffPost reporters found out what BYU students have known for awhile: Mormon millennials are changing the world. HuffPost picked Provo, Utah, as one of 25 stops for their 'Listen to America' road ...

— BYU (@BYU) March 4, 2020 The Honor Code had previously prohibited “all forms of physical intimacy that give expression to homosexual feelings" at the university, which is owned by the LDS ...

In 1971, Dallin H. Oaks, then BYU’s president and now a senior Mormon apostle, told students that “rules against beards and long hair are contemporary and pragmatic. ...

Several LDS-related documentaries and films will also be shown during the two-day event. “The idea for the symposium came about because of the increasing visibility and involvement in the media by ...

Bob Millet, a BYU religion professor who suggested the evangelical visitors to LDS officials, said the rapprochement helps Mormons, “a sample of the population that’s not well-understood and ...

At BYU, more than 98% of the university identifies as Mormon. The rise in attacks on the LDS community reflects an increase in religious hate crimes overall, according to FBI data released in 2023.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Some of Utah's most influential Mormons, including Mitt Romney, Gov. Gary Herbert and the president of the Utah Jazz, lobbied to get the private, Mormon church-owned Brigham ...