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See Our Top Photos of 2025
A student sits in a dirt pit with flowering grasses at the top. They examine some soil.
Written By Gabby Ferreira | Photos by Joe Johnston and Dylan Head

As we come to the close of another year, it's time to reflect on the incredible work of our students, faculty and staff — and celebrate the university photographers who capture every moment of Learn by Doing. The Â鶹¹ÙÍø News staff went through our photo archives to choose the photos we felt best represented 2025. See them all below.

January

A student smiles as they ride a lime green sled down a mountain of shaved ice.

A student catches some air at the ASI Snow Day event in the UU plaza. The event featured a sledding hill, photobooth, hot chocolate, donuts, free beanies, and a snow play area. at Â鶹¹ÙÍø Magazine.

February

Students in costumes from the board game Clue dance onstage.

Students run through a dress rehearsal for the Theatre and Dance Department's spring production of "Clue: The Musical." at Â鶹¹ÙÍø Magazine. 

March

Students wearing orange vests and hard hats stand in a half-constructed buildling.

Second-year architecture students tour a residential construction site in San Luis Obispo. 

April

A student in camo pants rappells down the side of a building.

Â鶹¹ÙÍø's ROTC chapter holds rappelling demonstrations during Open House. 

May

A student sits in a pit with a shovel next to them and tall flowering grasses visible at the top, while they inspect soil.

Environmental earth and soil sciences student Nabila Wildman collects a soil sample on campus. Learn more about Wildman's research and career goals. 

June

A student in a textured space tests a mechanical component.

A student uses an anechoic chamber to tune the mZ circuit board’s dipole antenna on a CubeSat. The chamber simulates a space-like environment with isolation from other materials and reflections. at Â鶹¹ÙÍø Magazine. 

July 

A professor stands at the base of a giant Sierra juniper tree.

Professor Matt Ritter stands at the base of the Bennett Juniper, the largest-recorded Sierra juniper tree on Earth. Read more about the Bennett Juniper. 

August

A toad being held in a hand.

Professor Emily Taylor, the director of the Physiological Ecology of Reptiles Lab, holds a California toad. 

September

A student uses a pitchfork to pull pinot noir grapes into a destemming machine while students and faculty process grapes.

Students and faculty process freshly-harvested pinot noir grapes. See more scenes from harvest. 

October

A group of students in red and white clothes strikes a pose during a dance performance.

Students perform during CultureFest, an annual celebration of diversity through culture, food, and community. Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s cultural clubs and organizations perform throughout the day to showcase pieces of their culture through clothing, dance, songs and more. 

November

A view of Kennedy Library at dusk. A student is walking down the concrete steps toward the building.

A view of the recently-renovated Kennedy Library at dusk. The library reopened in September following a two-year closure. 

December

A student flips through a species identification card at a tide pool in Montaña de Oro State Park.

A student in professor Crow White’s MSCI 300 Marine Ecology class takes part in a Rocky Intertidal Ecology lab in Montaña de Oro. 

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