UU Health, Safety & Belonging
If you're in crisis, help is here.
- Basic Needs Collective BNC has what you need; they function as a space for student interaction, community development, and a coordinated exchange of information in order to promote wellness as a key to student success.
- Campus Recreation Services including Outdoor Adventures
- Center for Campus Wellness support student well-being and success through holistic and comprehensive programs that center wellness, safety, and healing
- Center for Community and Cultural Engagement
- Center for Student Access and Resources
- Community Crisis Intervention & Support Services Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah
- Feed U Pantry at the Olpin Union, open to anyone with an active uCard
- Financial Wellness Center visit with a financial counselor, or review their online tools and downloads
- SafeRide - download TransLoc to request a ride between 6p-1230a within University boundaries
- SafeU- a comprehensive website for all safety-related information, reporting, and support resources, and training at the U
- Student Health Center for students, spouses and their dependents
- Student Mental Health Resources, Student Affairs
- University Counseling Center provides developmental, preventive, and therapeutic services for University of Utah students
- University Dept of Public Safety - 801-585-2677 or 911 for emergencies
Environmentally-focused @ UU
- School of Environmental, Society and Sustainability - promotes an integrated understanding of the environment, societies, and the interactions between them, with a curriculum rooted in diverse approaches that helps students understand and contribute to solutions for some of the greatest challenges we face today.
- Office of Sustainability - integrate(s) sustainability as a core principle throughout operations, research, and education at the University of Utah and to support initiatives that cultivate the campus as a living laboratory. OSS runs the Sustainable Campus Initiative Fund, the Edible Campus Gardens and the U of U farmers market outside the Student Union, during early fall.
- SPARC Environmental Justice Lab a collaborative of engaged faculty, students, community members, and scholars who are committed to enacting principles of community-based participatory research to understand issues of social and environmental health and co-create strategies to achieve justice.
- Wallace Stegner Center including the Environmental Dispute Resolution Program
- Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy strives to provide transformative, integrative, and cutting-edge science, education, entrepreneurship, and practical solutions to tackle climate change in Utah, the United States, and the globe.
Academic Resources @ UU
- The Marriott Library offers free classes, workshops, services, and spaces. Their Canvas course for all graudate students is a great starting place. EH library liasison, Jessica Breiman, is available to suggest resources and help with student research and projects. She maintains the Environmental Humanities subject guide and includes an excellent set of WRTG 2010 resources for TAs.
- Martha Bradley Evans Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) promotes teaching effectiveness through evidence-based pedagogy, while serving the needs of teaching-oriented faculty, instructors, and graduate students.
- The Graduate School's Graduate Resources Hub
- The Graduate Writing Center offers review of graduate student papers, and access to the Graduate Student Reading Room at Marriott Library.
- The Office of Software Licensing offers free MS Office, Adobe and Zoom products to students, staff & faculty and reduced rates on other software.
Civic Engagement on UU Campus
- Talk to Fiona Summers, EH Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, first!
- Bennion Center for Community Engagement
- Hinckley Institute of Politics
Housing
- Graduate Student Housing - resources for those moving to Salt Lake City
- Forbes Cost of Living Calculator
- MIT Living Wage Calculator
UU Campus Cultural Events & Venues
- Dept of Art and Art History Events
- Natural History Museum of Utah
- Red Butte Garden
- Performing Arts at U of U
- Utah Museum of Fine Arts
links reviewed 10/10/24