Photo gallery: Move-in-week complete at University of Utah. Bring on the schoolwork
Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert skateboarding competition highlighted Friday’s activities at Huntsman Center
Morgan Goodrich, 19, a first-year University of Utah student from Maine, center, moves in to the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Friday wrapped a week of move-ins at the University of Utah, with plenty of activities to help incoming students get acclimated for the 2006-27 school year.
Besides help for families and students with drop-off zones and extra carts, students were treated to a DJ and music at the Launch Lounge, free snacks and food at the campus dining halls, pop-a-shots and mini-golf around the central campus and ice cream treats.
Later Friday, faculty and staff were able to experience Tony Hawk’s Vert Alert skateboarding competition and Legends Demo at the Huntsman Center.
Deseret News photojournalist Tess Crowley captured some of the energy of “move-in at the U.“ with these photos.
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Analee Shanks, 18, a first-year University of Utah student from Seattle, right, enters her room to meet her roommate Bella Carlson, 17, center, for the first time at the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Haden Pedersen, a first-year University of Utah student from Manhattan Beach, California, left, moves his bike in to the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Kenzie Ebans, 18, left, from Mapleton, and Reagan Millwee, 18, right, from Sacramento, first-year University of Utah students, sit on their beds after moving in to the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
A whiteboard on the door of a room in the Trailhead residence hall at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Enzo Vieira, 18, center, a first-year University of Utah student from Austin, Texas, looks out the window with his roommate and friends as they move in to the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Movers help first-year University of Utah students move in to Kahlert Village in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Analee Shanks, 18, a first-year University of Utah student from Seattle, moves in to the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
First-year University of Utah students move in to the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
A calendar is picture in the dorm room of Kenzie Ebans, 18, from Mapleton, and Reagan Millwee, 18, from Sacramento, first-year University of Utah students, after moving in to the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Kirin Vieira, left, looks out the window while helping her son, Enzo Vieira, 18, a first-year University of Utah student from Austin, Texas, right, move in to his room in the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Mover Kevin Larson helps first-year University of Utah students move in to the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
First-year University of Utah students look out the window of their new room at the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Mover Alex Faamatau, center, and other movers help first-year University of Utah students move in to the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Marty Fletcher, center, helps his son, a first-year University of Utah student, move in to the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Chloe Maxwell, 18, a first-year University of Utah student from San Diego, moves in to the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Haden Pedersen, a first-year University of Utah student from Manhattan Beach, California, sets up his room in the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Gisele Purdy, center, helps her daughter, a first-year University of Utah student, move in to the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Gisele Purdy, left, helps her daughter, Kaia Purdy, 18, a first-year University of Utah student from California, right, move in to the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Jenna Albretsen, center, helps daughter, Sage Rio, 18, a first-year University of Utah student from Utah, left, move in to the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
Mover Devion Wormly helps first-year University of Utah students move in to the Trailhead residence hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Tess Crowley, Deseret News
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