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Kasey Urquidez and others

The Student Experience: It’s Personal

A stellar student experience is personal for leader, alumna, and mom, Kasey Urquidez

Sa'lakqtaqa (Shalako man katsina), ca. 1910; Corn cob design, ca. 1935; Sa'lakwtaga (Shalako man katsina), ca. 1945; (Havasupai katsina), ca. 1930.

Woven Tradition

The Hopi master basket weaver held a large woven basket in her gloved hands. “There are no words to describe seeing these baskets, especially these huge ones. I wonder who the person was that made it. I’d like to meet her.”

Karl Eller

Honoring Karl Eller’s Legacy

Karl was an alumnus, advocate and supporter of national stature. His decades of leadership and philanthropy transformed the university and inspired our community.

3rd year med students

UArizona Colleges of Medicine Providing Free Tuition for Primary Care Medical Students

Bob Elliot shooting a basketball

A Hoops Great Gives Back

University of Arizona basketball fans may best know Bob Elliott ’77 ’84 as a star player who went on to play in the NBA and become a sportscaster for Arizona.

Optics Lab

Focused Investment in Optics

Jim Wyant always wanted to teach and to found a company.

Marcia Klotz teaching inmates

A Chance to Learn

Assistant professor Marcia Klotz believes education has the power to change lives.

OCH

A Gem in the Heart of Tucson

Amy Spotted Wolf on a UA bench

Building Bridges for Native Students

It’s Amy Spotted Wolf’s first day at the University of Arizona, her dream school.

Cutting Edge Spaces, Transformative Experiences

Help us improve how students live, work, and study

Featured Stories

President Garimella standing and speaking with Pat Gerleman and other staff members in front of Old Main

$14.2M gift to fund U of A College of Medicine – Tucson scholarships

Michael Abecassis, Tom Rogers, Ginny L. Clements and Hesham Sadek standing arm in arm and smiling.

Sarver Heart Center receives $2M in gifts toward founding of cardiovascular research institute

A Freeport-McMoran informational poster with representatives speaking with a student

$2.5M grant fuels workforce development through mining education

Leonard Hammer and four students standing and smiling

$2M gift establishes endowed chair in Holocaust, human rights and genocide studies