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Welcome to Wheatley Institute

Learn more about our mission and who we are.
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Dignity: The Foundation of a New Patriotism

Join Wheatley Institute for a partnered event with University of Utah Impact Scholar Dr. Timothy Shriver.
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2024 American Family Survey Released

After 10 years of collecting survey data, this year's report highlights changes over the past decade.
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Strengthening society through research-supported work that fortifies the core institutions of family, religion, and constitutional government.

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Life on the Covenant Path

March 28, 2025 03:14 PM
Emily Reynolds, Assistant Director of Wheatley Institute, delivered a campus devotional at Ensign College about the importance of prioritizing faith and family in an increasingly self-centered world.
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A Non-Violent Peace for Human Rights: From Mood to Model to Movement to Methodology

March 14, 2025 03:41 PM
On March 13, Wheatley Institute, along with the BYU Religious Education Department and the Peacemaker Project, welcomed Dr. Lawrence E. Carter to BYU campus for an inspiring speech on the necessity of active pursuit of world peace, outlining steps students could take towards establishing peace in both their personal lives and in a global community.
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Why Institutions Matter

February 27, 2025 04:26 PM
“All of us can play a part in healing our society’s wounds and divisions these days by thinking consciously, explicitly, about how to make the institutions that we are part of a little stronger."
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The Problem With Calling Policy Disagreements ‘Executive Overreach’

March 24, 2025 03:29 PM
Wheatley Constitutional Government Fellow Jeremy Pope wrote an article for the Deseret News revealing how partisan motivations undermine efforts to limit the President's power.
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What Science Tells Us About Fatherhood, Marriage and The Struggles Of Young Men

March 13, 2025 03:56 PM
Wheatley Fellow Samuel Wilkinson wrote an article for the Deseret News about challenges faced by young men in today's society, and how marriage and fatherhood are powerful antidotes to this crisis.
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From the Constitution to the Courtroom

March 10, 2025 04:58 PM
Wheatley Fellow Thomas B. Griffith was recently interviewed by the University of Virginia's Karsh Institute of Democracy about the constitutional implications of the recent speed and quantity of executive orders coming from the Oval Office.
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