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Jul 29, 2024
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runnincoug
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Wow, time for me to eat my words. I said it'd never happen, based on what I'd
heard. Things change, and we're led by a prophet so that shouldn't be surprising.
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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
Wasn't this a rumor for a long time after BYU bought Provo High? Cool to see it
Superkid
Jul 29, 10:07am
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...
Celeritas
Jul 29, 6:53pm
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