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=== Devotionals and forums ===
To provide students with opportunities for both spiritual and intellectual insight, BYU has hosted weekly devotional and forum assemblies since the school's early days.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://speeches.byu.edu/posts/the-history-of-byu-speeches/|title=The History of BYU Speeches – BYU Speeches|work=BYU Speeches|access-date=February 21, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727070655/https://speeches.byu.edu/posts/the-history-of-byu-speeches/|url-status=live}}</ref> Devotionals are most common and address religious topics, often with academic perspective or insight. Devotional speakers are typically drawn from the BYU faculty and administration or LDS Church leadership, including church presidents George Albert Smith, Spencer W. Kimball, Thomas S. Monson, and Russell M. Nelson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://speeches.byu.edu/speakers/ |title=Speakers Archive }}</ref>

Several times each year the devotional is replaced by a forum, which typically addresses a more secular topic and may include a speaker from outside the BYU or Latter-day Saint community. In recent years, forum speakers have included notable politicians (e.g. Joseph Lieberman, Mitt Romney), scientists (Neil deGrasse Tyson, DJ Patil), historians (David McCullough,  Richard Beeman), religious leaders (Archbishop Charles Chaput, Albert Mohler) and judicial figures (John Roberts, Thomas Griffith).{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

Although attendance is not required, several thousand students attend the weekly assemblies, which are also broadcast on BYUtv<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.byutv.org/|title=BYU Devotional Address|first=B. Y. U.|last=Broadcasting|website=BYUtv|access-date=February 21, 2018|archive-date=February 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224025830/https://www.byutv.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> and archived in text, audio, and video formats on the BYU Speeches website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://speeches.byu.edu/|title=Devotionals, Forums, Commencement Addresses|access-date=February 21, 2018|archive-date=February 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224062323/https://speeches.byu.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref>