University Calendar

Friday, July 4, 2025, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Planetarium Show: 'Laser Movie Magic'

Jul

Doctoral Oral Examination: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Today

Michiel Pillet
"Climate Change-Resilient Conservation of Cacti"

Jul

Doctoral Oral Examination: Linguistics

9 a.m. – Noon, July 2, 2025

Tyree Martin
"A Sociohonetic Description of VOT in African American Language: A True Voicing Language"

Jul

Doctoral Oral Examination: Music

8:30 – 11:30 a.m., July 3, 2025

Anni Peng
"Harmonies Across Generations: Engaging Chinese Senior Immigrants and Pre-Service Music Teachers Through a Culturally Responsive Music Program in the U.S."

Jul

Planetarium Show: 'Laser Movie Magic'

12:30 – 1:30 p.m., July 4, 2025

"Laser Movie Magic" brings favorite songs from popular Disney films and reimagines them using vibrant laser light. Experience favorite hits in an entirely new way.

Jul

Planetarium Show: 'Laser iPop'

3 – 4 p.m., July 4, 2025

Pop is music from your MP3 player set to spectacular laser graphics! Enjoy hits from 2010s pop icons like Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, along with a pop classic or two mixed in.

ONGOING EXHIBITS & TOURS

A city sidewalk scene shows people walking on a windy day as newspapers and plastic bags are blown into the air and scattered across the pavement. A person wearing a hooded coat and face mask walks toward the camera, surrounded by swirling litter. Other pedestrians, including children, are visible in the background. Buildings and parked cars line the street under a clear sky.

Picture Party: Celebrating the Collection at 50

May 3 to Dec. 20, 2025

The Center for Creative Photography is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an exhibit of photographs and archival objects from renowned artists.

A panoramic night view of the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter, featuring multiple observatory domes silhouetted against a star-filled sky. The Milky Way stretches in a glowing arc overhead, with a meteor streaking across the upper left. Trees and a few structures line the horizon under a subtle gradient of twilight.

Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab Tours

June 2 to July 31, 2025

Take a 90-minute tour of the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab.

Take Two and Call Me in the Morning: The Story of Aspirin Revisited

June 23 to Aug. 1, 2025

For centuries, people used willow bark to relieve pain and treat fevers. However, it wasn’t until the late 1800s that scientists developed an analog of the active ingredient in willow bark, creating the essential drug that’s now part of everyday life, aspirin.