University Calendar

July 24, 2025, 5:30 – 9 p.m.

Science at Sunset: Songs of Starlight

Jul

Doctoral Oral Examination: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

3 – 6 p.m., July 23, 2025

Chinmay Joshi
"Persist or Give Up? Social Insect Decision Making When Faced With Problems"

Jul

Doctoral Oral Examination – Applied Mathematics

8 – 11 a.m., July 24, 2025

Robert Ferrando
"Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Multi-Scale Energy Systems"

Jul

Doctoral Oral Examination: Spanish

10 a.m. – 1 p.m., July 24, 2025

Sofia Sanchez Moreno
"Spanglish es mi Spanish": El Desarrollo de la Conciencia Lingüística Crítica Tras un Módulo Sociolingüístico Multimodal

Jul

Doctoral Oral Examination: Hydrology

11 a.m. – 2 p.m., July 24, 2025

Danielle Tadych
"Impact of Surface Water Access, Legislation, and Drought on Groundwater in the
Southwestern U.S. at Multiple Scales"

Jul

Virtual Art Trivia Happy Hour: At the Seaside!

5 – 6 p.m., July 24, 2025

As usual, the multiple choice questions will be fun for all attendees and answers will be anonymous. So pack a towel and join us on Zoom. Let's dive 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.