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Share Greater Love This Easter
Choirs in NYC | Animation Wins Gold | Anchored to Christ | AI Gospel | Paintings and Glass |
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Witness Greater Love
How are you sharing the “greater love” of Jesus Christ this Easter season? In preparing for the Greater Love Easter Campaign, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints asked BYU PR Intelligence Lab students to help them brainstorm ways to connect with young adults. Among other things, the research found that young adults want to reflect upon the whole of Easter week, not just the triumph of Sunday.
Get more details about BYU’s contribution
and access the campaign’s resources—
videos, messages, music, study resources, and art
. Then
watch a video
about
In Gethsemane
(above), painted by BYU grad Brian Call and
currently on display
—along with
An Invitation
by alumna Stacy Minch
—in the Reflection Room of the Wilkinson Student Center.
BYU Performs in NYC
Lamb of God
—a sacred oratorio by BYU alum Rob Gardner about Jesus Christ’s death, Atonement, and Resurrection—made its New York City debut at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center on Monday, March 30. The concert featured a full 80-piece symphony orchestra and a 135-voice choir comprising the BYU Singers and BYU Concert Choir.
Read all about it
and
watch the video
Jesus Christ Is Our Rock
“While slipping and struggling, imperfect in my climb, my covenantal relationship with the Lord kept me safe from free-falling. Most importantly, I came to know my Savior in a very personal way,” said Elder Edward B. Rowe in his instructive
BYU devotional
Read this
Y Magazine
feature
to learn how to use spiritual anchors—making and keeping covenants—to develop more confidence in Christ.
Follow Christ’s Walk
For centuries Christians have remembered the Savior’s final moments through 14 scenes known as the Stations of the Cross. In a series of paintings on display at the BYU Museum of Art, BYU professor and illustrator David Habben has added a 15th station to celebrate Christ’s Resurrection. Take some time to journey artfully through the Savior's suffering in preparation for the glorious triumph of Easter Sunday.
watch the inspiring video,
and
stream the accompanying album
, commissioned from BYU grad and composer Andrew Maxfield.
He Is Calling You
“On Palm Sunday, Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem drew a crowd,” says President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. “It was a glorious and exciting moment. But even more important was what Jesus did after He entered Jerusalem—even though much of it was done quietly, privately, even unnoticed by most people.” During this holy week of Easter, followers of Jesus Christ seek to focus on the Savior and His greater love for us.
Take a moment to watch this inspiring short video
excerpting President Uchtdorf’s reflections on the importance of Easter’s events.
See and Believ
The 30-by-8-foot stained glass exhibit—
Believe in Him
—by Holdman Studios and the Roots of Humanity Foundation focuses on the life, miracles, and teachings of Jesus Christ. The work was recently at
the Washington DC Temple Visitors’ Center
and is now on display in BYU’s Joseph Smith Building auditorium; it can be seen until the end of the semester.
Sounded in Every Ear
“Language is probably one of the most pervasive uses of AI,” says BYU computer science professor Steve Richardson. It’s prophesied in scripture that “every man shall hear the fulness of the gospel in his own tongue” (D&C 90:11), but, asks Richardson, “how is that going to happen when there are 7,000 languages in the world?” The Pathsay project, a collaborative effort between BYU researchers and BYU Pathway students from all over Africa, is working on a way to bridge the gap by recording audio in low-resource languages like Xhosa, Twi, and Zulu and using it to train AI translation models. In
this episode of the
Y Magazine
podcast
, Richardson discusses how the program began, how it’s growing, and how it will serve communities around the world.
Listen in.
Strength in Numbers
“As we work to become brave, we can be armed with faith that runs deep,” observed narrator Derrick Porter in a recent
Music & the Spoken Word
. The BYU Singers joined The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square to perform themed musical selections for the world’s longest-running uninterrupted network program.
Watch and listen.
Presidential Pillars
The Pillar of the Valley award highlights individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the business, civic, social, educational, and cultural climate of Utah Valley.
At a gala on April 14
, the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce will honor seven BYU presidents whose collective leadership spans more than five decades. To learn more about the impact BYU’s leaders have had in guiding the university through periods of transformation while maintaining its core mission, read
“Why BYU Matters Now: 150 Years of Impact in a Changing World.”
Winning Gold
With an action-packed adventure featuring cavernous dungeons and, of course, dragons, BYU Animation
has won a “Student Emmy”
for its latest film
Love & Gold
. The College Television Awards recognized the capstone project, created by 2025 senior students from animation, illustration, computer science, and music, with a gold award for best animated series. The BYU AdLab also won the best commercial category for
“Crayola—Ink Up. Wash Out.”
BYU Media Arts students also brought home a trophy—and a scholarship—for their touching video
Thanksgiving
Read about and watch all of the winners and nominees.
Video: Sculptors Roger and Stefanie Hunt Share the Spiritual Journey of Creating a Statue of Christ for Temple Square
BYU Research Highlights Cultural Barriers to Mental Health Care in Pacific Islander Communities
Part of a New Christian Vocal Group, Five BYU Grads Perform “Nothing but the Blood of Jesus” for Easter
Article and Podcast: BYU Professor Matthew Gray on How Passover, Easter, and the Sacrament Can Bring Hope and Increase Faith
Bible Study Reel with John Hilton III—Jeremiah 29:11
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