Recreation & Athletics

A person with a headset sits at a control desk, overlooking a hockey arena.

Smooth operator

How one student’s lifelong love of hockey led her from on-ice competition to game-day operations.

Zach Sullivan sits at a sewing machine in his workshop.

Threads of connection

Alum Zach Sullivan turned a passion for the outdoors into a thriving small business with ROMP Bags.

A telephoto perspective showing a hockey goalie deflecting a puck in front of the net in AMSOIL Arena as two players skate in front of her.

Bulldogs chasing gold

Cheer on the dozen Bulldogs competing in the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games this month. 

The Maroon Loon skates on AMSOIL arena ice in front of the student section

The Maroon Loon's return to UMD

After 15 years, Bulldogs hockey fans welcomed back the beloved Maroon Loon mascot for a limited series.

Champ the mascot waves a maroon and gold pom pom in front of a packed Malosky Stadium.

Celebrating Homecoming Week 2025 at UMD

From new standards like cardboard boat races, to classics like Bulldog Athletics events and the revitalization of UMD’s Homecoming Parade, Homecoming 2025 celebrates the spirit of UMD.

UMD students practice a rugby indoors; two lift a teammate as she reaches up, with a rugby ball on the turf nearby.

Propped up by peers

Students find community and competition within UMD Women’s Rugby Club.

Blue signs on a red building, advertising A Bar of Their Own

Making space

UMD grad creates first women’s sports bar in the midwest.

Champ stands in a football jersey with the Library rotunda in the background

UMD Homecoming Week 2024

University of Minnesota Duluth homecoming festivities Sept. 22 – 29

Students learn snowkiting on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus. A large blue foil kite rises against a blue sky with Weber Music Hall in the background.

Learning to harness the wind

Students learn how to harness the wind through snow kiting at UMD.

An aerial photo of campus with brightly lit clouds, fall color on the trees, and the light dusting of the first snow

Unrivaled Roots

Duluth roots and Minnesota hockey