Bear Down 100

"Bear Down" is more than a motto at the University of Arizona. It is our legacy and a call to excellence.

Every day, nearly 1,000 people die from sudden cardiac arrest in the United States alone. Behind many of the most important advances in how we respond to that crisis is a research university in the Sonoran Desert that has radically changed what it means to save a human heart.

Every Wildcat can tell you exactly where they were on March 31, 1997. But the foundation for what took place on that date took years – even decades – to build.

The Center for Creative Photography opened its doors to the public in 1975, with a founding archive that included collections from Adams, Harry Callahan, Wynn Bullock, Frederick Sommer and Aaron Siskind.

By the time President John F. Kennedy announced in 1961 that the United States would land a man on the moon before the end of the decade, a small group of University of Arizona researchers were already studying the lunar surface. Their work would quickly become integral to the success of future robotic and Apollo missions.

When it came time to actually land on asteroid Bennu and collect a sample, it took the scientific know-how and meticulous dedication found in University of Arizona researchers to make that mission a reality.