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Welcome to Wheatley Institute

Learn more about our mission and who we are.
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Eternal Man and the Power of Identity

Truman G. Madsen Lecture by Sheri Dew Oct 15
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Marriage, Motherhood, and Women’s Well-Being

Read our newest report about motherhood and happiness
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Resources for Peacemaking

Online resources for dialogue and depolarization.

Strengthening society through research-supported work that fortifies the core institutions of family, religion, and constitutional government.

INITIATIVES

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Eternal Man and the Power of Identity

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday, October 15
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Town Hall with Governor Cox

October 24, 2022 02:29 PM
The BYU campus community was invited to sit down with Utah Governor Spencer Cox.
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The Constitution Under Pressure

September 19, 2022 12:19 PM
Harvard Professor, Noah Feldman, shares lessons from Abraham Lincoln
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2022 EuroSeminar in Prague

September 06, 2022 01:09 PM
In July 2022, the Wheatley Institute was again a co-sponsor of a EuroSeminar, this time in the Czech countryside near Prague. The official theme of the 2022 Euro Seminar program was “Family in the Wilderness: Covid Aftermath, Family Dynamics, Individual Belonging.” Discussions focused on healing and understanding in the circumstances and contexts that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe face. More than forty young professionals, university students, and presenters gathered from over a dozen countries around Europe to learn from one another about these issues.
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Wheatley Fellow Judge Thomas Griffith Shares His Perspective of the Supreme Court with Deseret News

May 19, 2022 09:00 AM
Former Federal Judge, and Wheatley Fellow, Thomas Griffith shares his thoughts on the critique that follow choices made by the Supreme Court. He argues for the justices are able to seperate the decision making with the way to which they entered the Supreme Court.
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Wheatley Study Featured in Newsweek

February 15, 2022 09:00 AM
This week, Newsweek published an opinion editorial featuring the 2022 State of Our Unions study on marriage. Newsweek’s op-ed focuses on the benefits of marrying earlier in life rather than later, highlighting research from the 2022 report.
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Biden's Childcare Plan and Families

May 05, 2021 09:00 AM
In a recently published commentary in the Wall Street Journal, Wheatley Fellow Jenet Erickson, and her co-author J.D. Vance, raise important questions about the wisdom of President Joe Biden’s $225 billion budget proposal for daycare. Apart from questioning the cost, Erickson and Vance question how to ensure efficacious care for millions of children moved abruptly into childcare.
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