Bias Incident Reports
The University of Utah will provide timely, accurate and transparent information about incidents being investigated as hate crimes, that pose physical safety risks to the campus community, or appear to create a hostile environment. Communication about potential hate crimes on campus is not analysis, or investigation results. Many cases may remain unresolved.
While providing these updates can be upsetting and unsettling for many members of our community, shining a light on hate is the best way to ensure campus safety and support victim-survivors and the broader campus community.
Incidents reported here are not comprehensive and do not include all reports of discrimination, misconduct, harassment, threats and crimes reported to the University of Utah.Click on a card to view more details.
The University of Utah Department of Public Safety is actively investigating a reported assault involving racist language and threats that occurred Oct. 8 at approximately 9:30 p.m. near Stillwell Field in Fort Douglas.
Two student residents of campus housing were walking west across Fort Douglas Boulevard toward main campus on Thursday night. A white sedan drove past with its windows down while the occupants of the car yelled anti-Asian and other racial slurs at one of the students. As the students continued across the street, the car turned around and five to six, 15- to 16-year-old male occupants got out and surrounded one of the students while continuing to yell racial slurs. One of the car’s occupants grabbed the student by the arm and punched him in the face. The students walked away and the suspects left the area.
The University of Utah condemns acts of violence, intimidation and discrimination. Every member of our campus community deserves to feel safe and respected. We take reports of this nature seriously and are committed to supporting those affected.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact University of Utah Police at 801-585-2677.
Students seeking support may contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 801-581-7066 or the University Counseling Center at 801-581-6826. In an emergency, call 911.
The university will provide additional information as appropriate and as the investigation continues.
During Reawaken USA's debate and guest speaker event outside Marriott Library on January 12, 2026 at 12 p.m., a 21-year-old student walking by disrupted the event and threatened the speaker, saying he should be shot in the neck and repeatedly made hand gestures of shooting him with a rifle.
The student was arrested by University of Utah Police and has been cited with disorderly conduct, making threats and disobeying a lawful order. He was booked into jail and released.
On Jan. 9, 2026 at 12:27 p.m., outside Marriott Library, a signature gatherer working on the effort to repeal Proposition 4 ripped up the sign of a student standing nearby who was protesting the repeal effort, before fleeing campus.
On August 24 at 1:50 p.m., resident advisors in Benchmark Plaza Building 820 reported a swastika carved on the wall inside an elevator in the building. Maintenance workers have covered the graffiti until the panel can be repaired or replaced and police are investigating.