Nov. 12, 2024 U of A faculty, students develop exhibit to celebrate Santa Cruz County The "Beyond Fronteras" exhibit at the Historic 1904 Santa Cruz County Courthouse includes photos, videos, paintings and essays about the area's history, culture and people.
Oct. 8, 2024 Desert Bound: Wildcats to return to U of A for Homecoming Homecoming kicks off Oct. 13 with the traditional lighting of 'A' Mountain. The weeklong celebration, themed "Desert Bound," will feature several events, including the Club Olympics, talks by university researchers and more.
Sept. 24, 2024 $1M grant will support paid internships in community archives The funding from the Mellon Foundation will provide library and information science graduate students hands-on experience as they help communities record their histories.
Sept. 18, 2024 U of A project addresses loneliness in older adults living in border and rural communities Associate professor Ada M. Wilkinson-Lee is partnering with border and rural communities in Arizona to help them overcome the health impacts of social isolation.
Sept. 5, 2024 Center for Creative Photography receives $1M gift commitment to establish endowment for interdisciplinary education The anonymous gift will establish an endowment to support exhibitions and programming at the Alice Chaiten Baker Interdisciplinary Gallery.
Aug. 21, 2024 Poetry Center adds more than 12,000 caption files to recordings dating to 1963 The Voca poetry readings archive is now accompanied by digitized captions, making one of the world's major poetry audiovisual archives fully accessible and searchable.
July 31, 2024 New Biosphere 2 tour app gives K-12 students a deeper look at the science under the glass The new app features videos, animations and a modeling activity to help students more readily grasp the scientific concepts they learn in the classroom.
July 24, 2024 U of A joins STARS College Network to boost support for prospective students from rural areas Students from small towns and rural communities often face unique obstacles to attending college. The university's membership in the STARS College Network will expand its reach to those prospective students and help more of them visit campus.
July 9, 2024 By teaching tech skills, Pascua Yaqui entrepreneur hopes to create opportunities for others U of A junior Nicolette Gomez hopes to foster a community of Yaqui entrepreneurs through the new Yaqui-Tech Innovation Lab.
July 2, 2024 Weather trucks search for answers about extreme heat in Tucson's 'data deserts' A pair of climate-tracking trucks crisscrossed Tucson as part of a statewide project to understand the effects of extreme heat. U of A researchers will translate the data into policy recommendations and other ideas for communities to stay heat resilient.
