The U’s 175th anniversary has been celebrated in grand style over the past year. There have been multiple festivities for students, staff, alumni and the community, as well as a feature in the winter 2025 issue of Utah Magazine. Now, as things wrap-up, let’s take...
The Marriott Library has expanded the engineering-related collections and resources this past year....
The first few weeks of the fall semester are always exciting. Here at the library, the excitement really heats-up on August 28, when we host our annual Fall Fest event....
To reach incoming students both new and transfer faster, Fall Fest will now take place on Thursday, August 28th from 10:30 AM until 1:00 PM. ...
For this year's Banned Books Week, the J. Willard Marriott Library will feature award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson. She will discuss the connection between books being banned and the "difficult" subject matter some of them contain, and examine our collective responsibility to offer America's readers...
Looking for a great summer read before the semester starts? Whether you're lounging by the pool, taking a long road trip or enjoying a quiet afternoon, the Libby app brings Marriott Library’s leisure reading collection right to your fingertips. From fiction to memoirs, thrillers and...
The Rare Books Department holds more than 80,000 books, maps, ephemera and realia documenting the record of human communication from ancient clay tablets to contemporary artists' books. The primary function of the department is to collect and provide access to the materials for students, faculty...
Join us for an evening with Kirk Johnson, Chief Operations Officer at Cosm and alumnus of the University of Utah, as he discusses the technology’s creation, interdisciplinary functionality and applications in research and data visualization. Demonstrating this transformative LED dome technology and how it is...
The art and craft of quilting has been practiced by women from all over the globe for centuries and the pioneer women who came to Utah have certainly earned their stripes in this endeavor. Not only did these women come to Utah toting treasured quilts,...
Pioneer Day is celebrated in Utah every July 24th and typically begins with the Days of '47 parade honoring the year when pioneers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints arrived in Utah. Here is one story from the diary of pioneer John...