LDS Apostle Jeffrey Holland Announces Leader of ‘Race, Equity and Belonging’ Panel as BYU’s New President

Brigham Young University (UT), the flagship school for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, named its 14th president Tuesday — Christopher Shane Reese, BYU’s current academic vice president and former dean of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. The appointment, which will take place May 1, was announced by apostle Jeffrey R. Holland to students gathered for a morning devotional at the school’s Marriott Center in Provo.