Not the new ones. “Engineering building” “Life Sciences Building” etc. None

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built after 2011 have been named after anyone.

List of Brigham Young University buildings

This list of Brigham Young University buildings catalogs the current and no-longer-existent structures of Brigham Young University (BYU), a private, coeducational research university owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) located in Provo, Utah, United States. BYU's...

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Medical school

OmahaOmaha

Jul 29, 10:01am

Wow

Gustav

Jul 29, 10:02am

I've been expecting this for a while

SurfCoug

Jul 29, 11:11am

Wow, you were a little prophetic in your earlier prediction and thoughts.

BlueDiver

Jul 29, 11:41am

It blows my mind what Kevin Young has been able to accomplish in

44C

Jul 29, 3:14pm

Read the responses to my post back then (if you did not already)

SurfCoug

Jul 30, 11:38am

Holy smokes

HingleMcCringleberry

Jul 29, 10:02am

Whoa!

Sir_Ten

Jul 29, 10:02am

Awesome

shimmy

Jul 29, 10:03am

What? Crazy!

durandal

Jul 29, 10:04am

AAU, here we come!

Gustav

Jul 29, 10:04am

BYU’s mission & ‘academic freedom’ (as viewed by the worldly) seem incompatible

BYU'01

Jul 29, 10:42am

Not sure how someone can claim that faith alone disqualifies an institution

Cthack1

Jul 29, 2:10pm

Wow... I wonder if this is what will be done with the old Provo High School then

Coug

Jul 29, 10:04am

That makes the most sense to me

NaturalNeuralNet

Jul 29, 10:05am

It's right next to the hospital, it would make sense to build it there

jaromp

Jul 29, 10:06am

My initial thought…. Guess that’s the case.

NorCal_Coug

Jul 29, 10:16am

Thought the same thing.

O Gaucho

Jul 29, 10:16am

It's supposed to be the new music area, but maybe that'll change.

RockyBalboa

Jul 29, 10:24am

They already built a new music building on the other side of campus.

CatamountFan

Jul 29, 10:29am

This was temporary while they built the new building

jaromp

Jul 29, 10:38am

No, it’s the temporary home of the drama & arts programs until the HFAC is done

BYU'01

Jul 29, 10:43am

Makes a ton more sense than a new stadium

BYU'01

Jul 29, 10:44am

I’d think so, at least part of it. World’s longest sky bridge to UVRMC?

seacougar

Jul 29, 10:45am

With the additional residents I would expect BYU/IHC will need to add clinical

BYU'01

Jul 29, 11:08am

It makes a lot of sense now why they bought it. My guess is this has been in the works for years.

runningryan

Jul 29, 2:32pm

It doesn’t make any sense

rainorsnow

Jul 29, 9:57pm

Whoa

All-around BYU

Jul 29, 10:04am

Maybe the PAC 2 will accept us now?

matishen

Jul 29, 10:05am

This is good smack.

ToasterChive

Jul 29, 10:26am

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ToasterChive

Jul 29, 2:06pm

It’s about time!

coug719

Jul 29, 10:05am

Did Hades freeze over?

NaturalNeuralNet

Jul 29, 10:05am

Ok looked at the article more closely

NaturalNeuralNet

Jul 29, 10:07am

Also avoids the potential mine fields of certain “woke” medical areas. Less

LeGrandBleu

Jul 29, 10:30am

Wow. Some fortunate students will really benefit with tuition there

cougfanz

Jul 29, 10:06am

Props to the people who kept their mouths shut on this one

darkcoug

Jul 29, 10:06am

Absolutely. I have to imagine there are a few regular CBers that knew this was

thewaterboy

Jul 29, 10:07am

It hasn’t been easy. I’ve been wanting to let you guys know over the past 5 years while it’s been in the works but now

Zach Morris

Jul 29, 10:18am

You knew, and didn't tell me!!

Dark Forest Green

Jul 29, 10:25am

Zach Morris is Tony Jones!?!? Tony Jones is Zach Morris?!?!

PoolBoy

Jul 29, 10:37am

I doubt many people were in the know until now...

volleyjiver

Jul 29, 10:24am

Yes, I can confirm this was the case. They did a great job of just

Crowd Factor

Jul 29, 1:51pm

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Lefty24

Jul 29, 3:26pm

Do we know when the first year class starts?

Lefty24

Jul 29, 3:26pm

Never thought I'd see that. Wow. In shock.

Mitty

Jul 29, 10:06am

Didn’t see that coming. For docs on the board, what are these health issues of importance

DrBYU

Jul 29, 10:06am

By the time they finally get it built and running, the issues will probably all change.

darkcoug

Jul 29, 10:07am

Big 10, here we come!

thewaterboy

Jul 29, 10:06am

Haha, this is gonna end up on MBG.

RobAdams

Jul 29, 10:14am

That's amazing. Great news.

Baron

Jul 29, 10:06am

Wow. This is a shocker.

Ham

Jul 29, 10:06am

I was told basically the Big 12 made them. It was part of the deal.

Rusty Crab Daddy

Jul 29, 10:07am

Why are people laughing? A guy at work told me that, and his wife works for IHC

Rusty Crab Daddy

Jul 29, 10:22am

Some interesting things in the announcement:

cougarfan84

Jul 29, 10:07am

In light of the mission of the Church and BYU, this makes perfect sense.

Mitty

Jul 29, 10:12am

so does this mean they will still graduate doctors? Or medical researchers only?

runnincoug

Jul 29, 10:19am

Don't know how you'd have a medical school w/out having doctors. I'd assume

cougarfan84

Jul 29, 10:26am

It’s a medical school. Doctors.

dixieutahbyuzag

Jul 29, 10:44am

This leads me to believe there will be a ton of collaboration with Utah's medical school

runningryan

Jul 29, 2:41pm

Not to mention the fact that the U's President and Dean of the Med School are

Scratch

Jul 29, 2:52pm

Rivalry aside, this is going to be huge for both schools, the local community, and communities throughout the world

runningryan

Jul 29, 4:08pm

The most important thing here is that we round up some CB OldTakesExposed now. The best way to celebrate.

TCuz

Jul 29, 10:09am

Disappointing. That money should be going to football NIL.

scootsy

Jul 29, 10:10am

Agreed. TNT is depressed as all get out now

TNT

Jul 29, 10:13am

Players win football games not medical schools

TNT

Jul 29, 10:18am

They are going to be researching ways to make FB players ripen younger.

ryebrye

Jul 29, 10:23am

Like bananas?

TNT

Jul 29, 1:40pm

You mean basketball?

Blue2thebone

Jul 29, 1:59pm

The rationale against was usually assumed to be the Church's desire to avoid

BlueDiver

Jul 29, 10:11am

I don't know much about medical research, but what if the church self-funds?

volleyjiver

Jul 29, 10:15am

All good questions.

BlueDiver

Jul 29, 10:16am

Perhaps

BYUFam1

Jul 29, 10:22am

My thoughts as well.

seacougar

Jul 29, 10:39am

If true what happens if it gets reversed at some point?

ColonelMustard

Jul 29, 10:59am

How long will that last?

coolblue

Jul 29, 12:51pm

BYU has a fair number of federal research grants already

TSTTKB

Jul 29, 10:56am

Don’t BYU researchers already get federal Grant funding? Don’t professors apply

sandiegocgrfan

Jul 29, 12:38pm

Likely by not opening, owning and operating its own hospital

Resurgens

Jul 29, 4:06pm

Holy cow! For years I'd heard "no way, 1st Presidency has zero interest." Wow!

gangbusters

Jul 29, 10:13am

Well . . . the current president is a former heart surgeon, so . . .

LifeLongLakerFan

Jul 29, 10:14am

He will be one of the new professors?

TNT

Jul 29, 2:08pm

When it is up and running in 3 to 5 years? Yeah, he'll probably be up for that.

Yllage Vidiot

Jul 29, 3:13pm

Pres Nelson knows the value of research as well as Missionary work through medic

wildwilderness

Jul 30, 6:06pm

No demand...

BYU1982

Jul 29, 10:21am

I mean...

zonacougar

Jul 29, 10:21am

That I did not see coming.

Dark Forest Green

Jul 29, 10:14am

Focused on research. . . BYU already plays down how much research they could do.

Zoobieman

Jul 29, 10:14am

RE: Medical school

NOCAL_YFAN

Jul 29, 10:14am

I wonder if that is what the old Provo High Campus will be used for?

LifeLongLakerFan

Jul 29, 10:15am

Perks of having a surgeon-prophet!

Hawk in the 303

Jul 29, 10:16am

Curious if they might consider merging Rocky Mountain & BYU’s schools to go fast

BYU'01

Jul 29, 10:19am

Hopefully not. This will be a legitimate MD program I would imagine

cougfanz

Jul 29, 10:21am

It was just a question. Don’t expect curr. RMU to translate 1:1 to BYU’s vision

BYU'01

Jul 29, 10:36am

So, they’re not legitimate because they pay taxes? That’s the big difference

JonnyB

Jul 29, 6:34pm

By “Rocky Mountain’s medical school” do you mean Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine?Two completely different things.

Yllage Vidiot

Jul 29, 8:01pm

I did

BYU'01

Jul 29, 10:13pm

Wow, time for me to eat my words. I said it'd never happen, based on what I'd

runnincoug

Jul 29, 10:20am

Hey man you and me both. I'd always heard the same! Couldn't be more happy tho!

gangbusters

Jul 29, 10:22am

It’ll be interesting to see if it’s MD or DO

Adam_Pontipee

Jul 29, 10:24am

Can't imagine it would be DO. BYU is too good of a school to go the DO route.

Scratch

Jul 29, 10:30am

As a DO who graduated from BYU undergrad…

Adam_Pontipee

Jul 29, 10:34am

BYU has too many highly qualified candidates. . . as a DO, I recommend MD

Zoobieman

Jul 29, 10:37am

Yeah. Absolutely agree. OMM was something I could’ve done without.

Adam_Pontipee

Jul 29, 10:38am

Cranial OMM lol good times man what a bunch of silliness

DanSmith

Jul 29, 11:22am

RE: BYU has too many highly qualified candidates. . . as a DO, I recommend MD

JonnyB

Jul 29, 11:56am

It’s generational and is dying out. The older docs really cling to the

cougfanz

Jul 29, 12:06pm

By the way, that goes for law, too.

KCFan85

Jul 29, 12:20pm

Nothing against DOs, but it better be an MD program

Littlerich

Jul 29, 11:21am

An established university starting up a DO school would be pretty unlikely from what I know. Besides, there's already a

Yllage Vidiot

Jul 29, 3:16pm

This was rumored when BYU bought the Provo High School campus.

CatamountFan

Jul 29, 10:29am

This seems like a MUCH better fit for the Provo High campus than a new stadium

BYU'01

Jul 29, 10:37am

They could make a REALLY BIG operating theater

ryebrye

Jul 29, 10:50am

Any chance this is NOT named after Russell M. Nelson?

JupiterJones

Jul 29, 10:31am

The church has gone away from naming things after people haven't they?

Powerbait DPM

Jul 29, 10:33am

All the buildings on campus are named after people.

jdub

Jul 29, 10:38am

Not the new ones. “Engineering building” “Life Sciences Building” etc. None

Brute66

Jul 29, 10:41am

I’m a hack - JupiterJones beat me to it!

Brute66

Jul 29, 10:42am

Or they are just waiting for a sufficiently large donation to rename them

Himni

Jul 29, 1:42pm

I hadn't heard that. 2007 christened the Hinckley Center at BYU, but it looks

JupiterJones

Jul 29, 10:40am

They’ve stopped naming buildings, but not programs I believe.

Stopper6700

Jul 29, 11:43am

Who cares. Something there will be named after him, I would bet money

BaseCoug

Jul 29, 12:45pm

a really good chance it isn't. Church isn't naming buildings after people now.

runnincoug

Jul 29, 10:40am

100% will be named RMN School of Medicine

SurfCoug

Jul 29, 10:53am

I sure hope they make that exception.

JupiterJones

Jul 29, 10:59am

Pronounced "The Ramen"

j20

Jul 29, 12:18pm

I did not see this coming at all. I'm glad. I never understood why it hadn't.

EM_Puma

Jul 29, 10:35am

This is so amazingly awesome!

flyonawall

Jul 29, 10:37am

Had to check the calendar and make sure it wasn’t April 1. I’m stunned! Awesome!

seacougar

Jul 29, 10:37am

right?

Zoobieman

Jul 29, 10:39am

Does anyone on the board more details around projected timeline to first class?

seacougar

Jul 29, 10:47am

Conspiracy Theory Alert

Sircumference

Jul 29, 10:47am

BYU has the potential to have a top tier medical school. There are a lot of

Powerbait DPM

Jul 29, 10:57am

Mostly comes down to how does the established academic community views them

cougfanz

Jul 29, 11:23am

Yeah, hopefully students coming out of the school will be able to impress and

Powerbait DPM

Jul 29, 11:33am

We will quickly pass up Utah med school. The law school

jre85

Jul 29, 7:19pm

Law schools are tied in the rankings.

Scratch

Jul 29, 9:07pm

Cheese fries rankings don’t count

jre85

Jul 30, 4:12pm

I don't know about other B10 schools, but Purdue does not have a medical school

ldssdl

Jul 29, 11:15am

well, there goes my iron tight tin hat conspiracy lol my day is ruined lol

Sircumference

Jul 29, 11:16am

Alt. Conspiracy: It's definitely Shane Reese wanting a biostats dept.

Great38

Jul 29, 12:05pm

Holy smokes!!!!!!!!!!! Never thought they would do that. Without reading is it

ColonelMustard

Jul 29, 10:50am

The article didn't specify where

jdub

Jul 29, 10:52am

It seems like such a great fit w/ UVH, zoning, etc. Would be awesome to have

BYU'01

Jul 29, 10:57am

Maybe they can figure out how to treat all the 3rd world missionary diseases …

sandiegocgrfan

Jul 29, 11:00am

Our neighbor was near death with an intestinal issue acquired in Mexico

NYC and Japan

Jul 29, 4:18pm

All too common. Intestinal, respiratory and various others that local doctors

sandiegocgrfan

Jul 29, 5:39pm

It always seemed like BYU-Ghana/Nigeria/Brazil fell into ‘never gonna happen’…

BYU'01

Jul 29, 11:12am

Fun and challenging adventure for the new students. I was among the first ...

KCFan85

Jul 29, 11:12am

Thank you Dr Russell Nelson!

CT98

Jul 29, 11:12am

He had to be a (the?) driving force, right?

KCFan85

Jul 29, 11:14am

I would imagine he played a big part in this. Awesome news!

CT98

Jul 29, 11:22am

Yup. I'm more excited than I thought I'd be. Pretty cool.

KCFan85

Jul 29, 12:21pm

This great! Very exciting!

LakeshowCougs

Jul 29, 11:20am

I wonder if they'll seek to build from the ground up

JonnyB

Jul 29, 11:57am

So looking to increase the number of future temple workers. 😉

ImuaKahuku

Jul 29, 12:35pm

Give it 5-10 yrs and it will be among the best in the America.

BleedCougarBlue2

Jul 29, 12:54pm

This will be a great opportunity to complement and expand the humanitarian mission of the church

runningryan

Jul 29, 1:37pm

Yeah, imagine if 50% of the students are international, and we're essentially

runnincoug

Jul 29, 1:42pm

I think this is the exact reason

runningryan

Jul 29, 1:47pm

Or they become plastic surgeons in Alpine.

cougfanz

Jul 29, 2:06pm

LOL - Now that is FUNNY!

runningryan

Jul 29, 2:07pm

This is the way.

O Gaucho

Jul 29, 2:01pm

We’ll see. International students apply to US med schools because they want to

Resurgens

Jul 29, 4:43pm

But many do return to visit their home countries in humanitarian efforts

runningryan

Jul 29, 5:15pm

With how many languages are spoken at BYU by RMs and faculty, there will be no

Lalau

Jul 29, 5:31pm

Nah. It’s called “brain drain.” Their best and brightest

JonnyB

Jul 29, 6:29pm

Yes and about time. As a BYU student in the 70s I remember hearing rumors that

Forzaitalia

Jul 29, 2:23pm

BYU is a top producers of medical school applicants each year...

Bigtimeballer

Jul 29, 2:28pm

LDS kids at BYU love to be pre-med that's for sure.

Mitty

Jul 30, 10:28am

Can definitely help the applicants with opportunities to work/intern at a legit

wildwilderness

Jul 30, 6:08pm

Over Boyd K. Packer's dead...oh wait...

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