UA News

UANews | Marissa McClure, who teaches a forward-thinking and engaging service-learning course in the UA's School of Art, recently wrote a chapter about the class that has been published in a new book.

UANews | Elizabeth Shaw, a UA alumna who previously served as editor-in-chief of the UA Press, died in October. A "Celebration of Life" ceremony in her memory will be held at the UA Poetry Center on Jan. 8.  

UANews | Special Collections has acquired an important library of late Medieval and reformation history at the same time a related UA division has completed fundraising for an endowed chair in the discipline.  

UANews | UA students taking an advanced photography class are displaying works they produced throughout the semester. The photos, exploring memories and items of remembrance, are on display through Friday, Dec. 17. 

UANews | While taking a course on borderlands issues in the School of Journalism, Curtis Prendergast, Austin Counts and Kristen Boele produced a documentary film that will be screened at the UA on Wednesday, Dec. 8.

UANews | UA students used recycled bicycle parts to design and make jewelry, artwork and other creations to support BICAS, a Tucson-based nonprofit organization committed to recycling bicycles, promoting arts and education and supporting bicycle culture.

UANews | A group of students in James Cook's installation course this semester created original works that will be on exhibition at a local gallery during a show that opened Saturday, Dec. 4. Several class members used the medium to investigate humanitarian issues and emotions.