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It was an early and wet morning as more than 1,000 participants waited in line outside Lavell Edwards Stadium to pay tribute to the fallen heroes of 9/11.

Little Rays of Sunshine gains city support to provide preschool and day care for 53 children, from infancy to age 5, in the Westwood area.

The Daily Universe 1 of 11 A group of students wear monochromatic outfits and stand in rainbow order to show their support for Rainbow Day. (Cassidy Wixom) A Rainbow Day participant wears rainbow earrings at Rainbow Day on BYU campus. (Sydnee Gonzalez) Annaleah Abbot did rainbow makeup to show her support at Rainbow Day. (Cassidy Wixom) A BYU student holds up a rainbow flag in support of LGBT individuals. (Sydnee Gonzalez) In response to the counter protesters holding umbrellas, students he...

COVID-19 variants: BYU could stay open if campus stays careful Students on BYU campus follow mask guidelines to help protect against COVID-19. BYU researchers say campus should stay open if students and faculty follow BYU and CDC guidelines. (Preston Crawley) The effects of new SARS-CoV-2 variants on the BYU community are still largely unknown. However, BYU virology researchers said it is normal for viruses to mutate, and if students and faculty continue to follow guidelines like mask-wearing a...

The Daily Universe BYU graduate student Benjamin Ogilvie holds containers of African green monkey cells. Similar cells to these, called Vero cells, were used in the BYU study done to test alcohol-free hand sanitizer effectiveness. (Veronica Maciel) A recent BYU study on the effectiveness of alcohol-free hand sanitizer against SARS-CoV-2 could impact the current FDA and CDC standards on hand sanitizer alcohol content. “I figured out that the FDA and the CDC had both totally overlooked alco...

The Daily Universe Students and faculty gathered for the Global Women’s Studies Colloquium on Jan 21. Over 100 students attended to hear BYU professors Jessica Preece and Olga Stoddard. (Veronica Maciel) BYU professors Jessica Preece and Olga Stoddard discussed how gender plays a role in the workplace and group dynamics at the Global Women’s Studies Colloquium on Thursday, Jan. 21. The research they conducted showed women are ranked as significantly less influential than men and are cho...