June 11, 2008 - Sunstone Announces New Editor, New Outreach Director: The Board of Directors of the Sunstone Education Foundation announces the hiring of Stephen R. Carter as its new Director of Publications and Editor, and Mary Ellen Robertson as its new Director of Outreach and Symposia. Source: Sunstone website visit website to read the complete article

Information on Graduate Student Conference: A tentative schedule and registration information are now available for the Claremont Mormon Studies graduate student conference addressing the theme of Mormonism in the political arena on April 18-19, 2008. Source: CMSSA Website read more

March 21, 2008 - Dialogue Names New Editor: After an extremely competitive process among many highly qualified candidates, Dialogue is pleased to announce that they selected Kristine Haglund as their new Editor beginning January 1, 2009. Source: Dialogue website visit website to read the complete article

February 22, 2008 - Academic Interest in Mormonism Rises: Mormonism as a subject of scholarly interest was for many years explored by Latter-day Saint researchers and a small number of non-Mormon scholars, but now the field is attracting more academic attention. Source: LDS Church Newsroom visit website to read complete article

February 19, 2008 - Colleges scramble to offer curriculum on Mormon religion: Harvard Divinity School has long prided itself on the diversity of its curriculum - it currently features classes in American Buddhism, Jewish Apocalypticism, and Classical Sufism - but it took until this semester for the venerable school to offer a course on one of the fastest-growing faiths in the world: Mormonism. Source: The Boston Globe visit website to read complete article

January 24, 2008 - Inside Mormon Faith: Robert Millet on Speaking of Faith: Americans have been hearing a lot about Mormonism in the context of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. But much of the public discussion of this faith of 13 million people has focused on controversies in the church's history. We'll avoid well-trodden ground to seek an understanding of the lived beliefs and spirituality of Latter Day Saints, with a leading scholar of the church and a lifelong practitioner. Robert Millet describes a developing young religion with distinct mystical and practical interpretations of the nature of God, family, and eternity.... Source: Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett visit website to download public radio conversation

November 2, 2007 - LDS Church Welcomes Mormon Studies: Survey research shows that most Americans know little, and understand even less, about the doctrines and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That condition should change as the Church increasingly becomes a topic of scholarly study. Demonstrating the legitimacy of Mormonism as a serious subject of academic investigation, two respected secular universities have adopted Mormon Studies programs: the Claremont Graduate University and Utah State University. This is a welcome development... Source: LDS Church Newsroom visit website to read complete article

October 30, 2007 - Mormon-studies professorship is first in California: Claremont Graduate University is establishing a new professorship in Mormon studies and hiring a prominent historian and biographer of the religion's founder to fill that slot -- starting the first such academic program in California and the second of its kind at a secular school nationwide. Source: LA Times visit website to read complete article

October 22, 2007 - Bushman to Lead Mormon Studies at CGU: Claremont Graduate University has named distinguished American scholar Richard Lyman Bushman as the Howard W. Hunter Visiting Professor in its School of Religion. Bushman, emeritus from the Gouverneur Morris Chair of American History at Columbia University, is among the most widely known and highly regarded historians of Mormonism, and in particular the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Source: Claremont Graduate University visit website to read complete article