Strategic Imperative: Community Engagement

The university opens the 2025-26 academic year on solid financial footing, and with a campuswide focus on student success, research that shapes the future, and engagement with communities.

A small gathering on Tumamoc Hill celebrated the 93rd birthday for Taylor Moore, who walks the hill three times a week, and highlighted Tumamoc's role as "the Central Park of Tucson."

The $3 million gift establishes the Czarina and Humberto Lopez Cardiovascular Research Endowment at the U of A Sarver Heart Center.

Health Sciences Design instructor Matthew Briggs empowers students, including Ruth Salazar, to create projects that transform communities through collaborative innovation.

The new program will allow graduating physicians from the U of A colleges of medicine to enter the workforce one year earlier than those who pursue the traditional four-year degree.

University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella emphasized a shared commitment to student success, research excellence and community engagement – strategic imperatives developed through a collaborative process with students, faculty, staff and the greater U of A community.

Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to summit Mount Everest, urged graduates in his Commencement address to reach into the unknown and be the "alchemists" to drive global change.

The university's Strategic Imperatives, announced this week by President Suresh Garimella, will guide planning, resource alignment and program development across all colleges and administrative units.