Communications major Nora Campbell takes a nap on the lap of marketing major Gabe Jensen in the J. Willard Marriott Library on the first day of classes on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City on Monday, August 24, 2026.
Incoming resident students at the Carle College of Medicine lose control of their chorus line move as they take part in orientation session portrait as they start their first year at the med school.
Students kayak during a back-to-school recreation outing.
Freshmen begin moving into campus housing.
Students Cole Serrapica and Mika Thiessen float in the Sarapiquí River while studying abroad in Costa Rica.
Lees-McRae College Veterinarian and Assistant Professor of Wildlife Biology Dr. Miranda Torkelson releases rehabilitated bats back into the wild on LMC's south campus on August 3, 2026.
Hands hold a rosary.
A student in an online class in afternoon sun in the architecture building.
Nico Castillo, left, and Angela Calva from the student group Ballet Folklorico Azul y Oro dance at “Art Attack,” the annual beginning-of-the-year showcase of student groups and programs in the arts.
The effort to photograph the dancers from a balcony was unashamedly inspired by 2026 Student Photographer of the Year Dash Ferrero. Thanks!
Sunrise on field research with the biological sciences