UA News

UANews | The President of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State will visit Vatican Observatory astronomers in Tucson next month.

UANews | Two books just published by The University of Arizona Press detail historical issues within American Indian communities.

UANews | Art work created by near 50 artists centered on topics related to issues in the Middle East are on display at the UA's Union Gallery.

UANews | A formal ceremony will mark the induction of three new Regents' Professors and two University Distinguished Professors at the UA.

UANews | Australia Day at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum will feature a class on making and playing the digeridoo.

UANews | A UA art therapy program that works with developmentally disabled adults has partnered with a local gallery to showcase the work of its artists.

UANews | The UA Poetry Center kicks off its spring series this month.

UANews | Students have until Feb. 1 to apply to the McNair Achievement Program, which is one of several programs attempting to increase the number of students who are low-income, first-generation and students of  color in master's level programs. 

UANews | The UA and Tucson communities are welcome to experience the second in a series of symposia dedicated to the promotion, publication and performance of Latin American music.

UANews | Several local music groups will perform for Biosphere 2 visitors Jan. 25.

UANews | Recent UA graduate credits the University's School of Theater Arts for opening doors to Broadway.

UANews | The grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support the publication of books in the underserved and emerging field of indigenous studies.

UANews | The Undergraduate Biology Research Program began at a time when there was not a coordinated effort to involve undergraduates in scientific research. Now, 20 years later, the effort is a mainstay at the UA.

UANews | The church persecuted Galileo, but religious leaders at the same time were excited by the new astronomy, Richard Poss suggests.

UANews | Stanford historian Londa Schiebinger will offer insights into the pioneering scientific work of Maria Sibylla Merian, one of the few women scientists of the late 17th and early 18th centuries.