Advancing Research. Empowering Prevention. Supporting Every Student.
Bridging research and education to prevent sexual violence and build safer, more inclusive campus communities.
Workshops
Interactive educational workshops that promote long-term learning and reflection around sexual violence tailored to your group’s needs.
Research
Advance research on sexual violence among college students by convening multidisciplinary teams of students, staff, and faculty.
Report Assault: SafeU
Report assault and connect quickly with the right campus safety, support, and response resources.
In the News
The latest news, media coverage, research highlights, and campus initiatives focused on preventing sexual and relationship violence.
Our Why
The McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention (MCVP) at the University of Utah aims to prevent relationship and sexual violence in higher education by bridging the gap between research and education focusing on primary prevention. We intentionally focus on primary prevention or stopping harm before it happens in the first place by teaching people how to avoid causing harm, rather than how to avoid experiencing harm. We do this by conducting research that informs practice, including educational programming, and using insights from educational efforts to shape our research initiatives.
What is Harm?
Curious about what behaviors count as sexual harm or maybe you have caused sexual harm? Learn to recognizing how your behaviors caused harm towards another person, you have the ability to change your behaviors moving forward.
The Conversation Blog
"I Would Never Do That!" And Other Falsehoods We Tell Ourselves About Causing Harm.
Mar 05, 2026
Purity Culture: When Policing Purity Becomes More Important Than Protecting People
Feb 19, 2026
From Noise to Silence: My First Frat Party Taught Me More About Harm than Fun
Dec 05, 2025
MCVP Social Media
Lauren's Promise
The McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention is named after Lauren McCluskey, a communications major at the U, who was senselessly murdered by someone she briefly dated in October 2018. We strive to honor Lauren's legacy by working to end relationship and sexual violence among college students. On our We Remember page, we honor other members of our campus community who've died as a result of relationship and sexual violence.
Helpful Campus Resources
Victim-Survivor Advocacy
Victim-Survivor Advocates provide free, confidential, trauma-informed support for students, faculty, and staff impacted by interpersonal violence. We empower survivors with resources, guidance, and support tailored to their healing and justice journey.
University Counseling Center
The University Counseling Center supports the well-being and development of University of Utah students through inclusive, compassionate, and culturally responsive mental health services and programs.
Office of Equal Opportunity & Title IX
The Office of Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action ensures equal access to academic, professional, and university opportunities for all.
Help Us Make a Difference
Your gift helps unite researchers, educators, and students to turn knowledge into action. Together, we can advance prevention education, share best practices, and create lasting change in the effort to understand, intervene in, and prevent sexual violence.
Connect & Contact
To stay up-to-date on the latest MCVP news follow us on Instagram and Twitter. You may reach out to us by telephone at 801-587-3982 or by viewing our contact us page.