This role, despite its challenges, has given me an extraordinary hope for the future of humankind.

When I see both the inventions that are occurring on my campus, but also the energy and the vibrancy of the next generation.

I sleep easy at night.

Our future is so bright, and I think much of that is brought to our campus by members of our church,

and it gets accelerated with their interaction with people of other face.

And we're building a society that is durable, that is sustainable, that is running at the

large questions of society and culture rather than away from them, and they're going to

come up with solutions and we should all feel good.

This is Sarah Jane Weaver,

Executive Editor of the Church News,

welcoming you to the Church News podcast.

We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church

of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

President Russell M. Nelson donated the medical journals from his pioneering career as a heart surgeon

to the University of Utah on Wednesday, August 30, 2023.

Quote, I am deeply grateful for the important role the University of Utah on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. Quote, I am deeply grateful for the important role the

University of Utah played in my education and surgical career, he said. University of Utah

President Taylor Randall said the day was historic, as perhaps the most distinguished alumni of the

University of Utah donated such a remarkable gift of records.

Now President Randall joins the Church News podcast, taped in a conference room outside his office at the University of Utah,

to talk about President Nelson's gift, the value of higher education, and the benefit of the Church's Institute program to college-age students.

Well, President Randall, it's so nice of you to make some time for us today.

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