UA News

UANews | The work of Los Angeles-based photographer Jeff Sheng is on display at the UA. He is expected to discuss his work on campus in October.

UANews | UA linguist Adam Ussishkin has headed up an effort to update and digitize the Maltese-English dictionary of record. The new searchable database will enable scholars and speakers to more readily study the language.

UANews | The UA School of Music will give special emphasis to music and musicians from Mexico as the country celebrates the bicentennial of its independence and the centennial of its revolution. The year-long musical exploration is part of the UA College of Fine Arts' new Institute for Arts of the Americas.

UANews | The UA's Pride of Arizona has become one of the nation's premier marching bands by performing intricate routines and cutting-edge music. Band members also endure blistering heat every August to prepare for the fall football season.

UANews | What's your artistic persuasion? Theater arts? Dance? Film? Visual arts? The UA has it all.

UANews | Confluence, a newly created center at the UA, will support the research and creative efforts of faculty members and students in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

UANews | The UA Humanities Seminars program allows adult learners to study heroic poetry, French art, social movements and other topics without stressing about their grades.    

UANews | The UA's Poetry Center begins the commemoration of its 50-year history this month with events that include readings by a Pulitzer Prize winner, a former U.S. Poet Laureate, concerts, workshops, a book club series and other offerings.

UANews | Roger Angel, director of the UA's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab, will receive the Kavli Prize during a ceremony in Norway on Sept. 7. The prize includes a medal struck from pure gold using an elaborate process.