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X Marked the Spot A bright yellow hard hat on a white background

Campus

X Marked the Spot

At the end of 2025, the Abraham O. Smoot Building was demolished to be replaced by a new administration building.

12-story campus high rise was named after Church president Spencer W. Kimball

Alumni

New Heights

Look back at the construction of Kimball Tower, finished in 1981, and reflect on President Kimball's legacy.

Students in a culinary classroom learn and bake together.

Campus

Aprons and Eggbeaters

Students gain valuable skills in home economics in this photo of the Smith Family Living Center from the 1960s.

BYU organ installation

Campus

A Pipe Dream

BYU’s new pipe organ—the crowning jewel of the Music Building’s Concert Hall—is inspired by Provo's mountains.

Photo Finish
Summer 2024
Grads lined up to pose with their families for a novel BYU-themed photo op.
Yesterday: Broad Views of Things to Come
Summer 2024
In 1957 the Wilkinson Center, Talmage Building, and Kimball Tower hadn't been built.
Hitting the Right Notes
Fall 2023
BYU's new Music Building opened in January 2023. Take a tour of the facility, complete with 360-degree videos.
So Long, HFAC
Spring 2023
Grads share their artful experiences in a beloved BYU building.
Bravo!
Winter 2023
BYU bids a fond farewell to the Harris Fine Arts Center, a longtime home for the arts and communications.
Creative Constraints
Fall 2022
Art and theatre students find a temporary home at West Campus (the former Provo High School).
Sunrise, Sunset
Spring 2022
BYU students perform Fiddler on the Roof, the last musical presented in the de Jong Concert Hall.
BYU in 80,000 Images
Spring 2022
BYU engineering student leads team in creating a virtual 3D model of BYU campus using over 80,000 images.
Yesterday: Head Rest
Spring 2022
Does sleeping on your textbooks really help you retain knowledge? This student certainly thinks so.
Housing Policy Remodeled
Spring 2022
Starting fall 2022 BYU students are getting more flexibility when it comes to choosing off-campus digs.
Endless Knight
Fall 2021
A beloved BYU landmark once again fulfills its original purpose.
Center of It All
Fall 2021
For 50 years the BYU community has both filled the Marriott Center and been filled with indelible memories.
The Best BYU Loos
Summer 2021
Taylor Rees has visited every bathroom on BYU campus and has ranked them by style, layout, traffic, and cleanliness.
Black and White
Spring 2021
In the mid-1920s two young women stand outside the Training Building on Lower Campus wearing handmade dresses.
Heritage Walls
Winter 2021
Created with input from a Native American advisor, a BYU mural displays an interaction between pioneers and the Lakota.
A Building Just for Music
Spring 2020
BYU’s School of Music is welcoming a new facility, with construction beginning in the spring of 2020.
Lightening the Y: Most Instagrammed College Campus
Fall 2019
A comic captures the real reason BYU has been deemed the “most instagrammed college campus” in the U.S.
Model Campus
Fall 2019
The Gordon B. Hinkley Alumni and Visitors Center now features a 9-by-12 foot model that re-creates 367 acres of campus.
Looking Back: BYU Bells
Spring 2019
Did you know there were bells on campus before the Carillon Tower was constructed?
Upgraded Scenery
Spring 2019
A photo contest held in an effort to spruce up BYU’s student center resulted in beautiful student photography.