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Fans celebrate the historic win.

A student posts up in the library to prepare for exams, making sure to stay hydrated along the way.

Associate Director of the LGBT Resource Center LeiLoni McLaughlin, of Saint George, laughs after sharing song lyrics for participants to guess the title of during a QTSOC (Queer and Trans Students of Color) Poetry Slam event in the Unity Lounge in the LGBT Resource Center on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. Participants were encouraged to bring poetry by trans BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) writers or poetry that spoke to them personally to discuss.

Jesus Lopez, from Kearns, and Adelaida Salmeron, from Salt Lake City, talk about music during a QTSOC (Queer and Trans Students of Color) Poetry Slam event in the Unity Lounge in the LGBT Resource Center on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. Participants were encouraged to bring poetry by trans BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) writers or poetry that spoke to them personally to discuss.

An engineering major watches as his team’s robot “Golden Ratio” places magnetic color blocks onto a pallet in a specific pattern programed by the robot’s code. Teams received points on their final project depending on how many patterns their robot completed.

Instructor Kelley Kendal teaches volunteer inmates about fatherhood and leadership in a twelve-week before their release. The program is called Inside Out Dad.

A students tassel showcased at the 3PM Fall Commencement Ceremony. 

It's raining success!

Dance students in Melanie Aceto’s Modern 1 class perform for their final assessment in December 2023 in a basement dance studio in the Center for the Arts. Aceto uses video recordings and observation to assess how much the students’ performance improves over the class.  

Fall commencement moment as student looks back at her family and friends,