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A rock ’n’ rolling retrospective at the Center for Creative Photography, aspiring astronauts embrace American Sign Language, and an uplifting campus home for Black history in Tucson and beyond: Explore the spring 2023 edition of Arizona Magazine.

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A photograph of the Linda McCartney Retrospective exhibition opening.

The Real Person Inside

The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona is honoring the renowned photographer — and former UArizona student — Linda McCartney with her first North American retrospective, 24 years after her death.

Photograph of the Elliotts

Two Museums, One Cause

Kendrick's dream was to own and operate a drugstore. He got together the money for the building where his museum now stands for that purpose.

Look on our planet from orbital international space station ISS, astronaut at spacewalk. Elements of this image furnished by NASA

Signing In Space

Trent Tresch, the founding director of the Center for Human Space Exploration, or CHaSE, envisions the future of human spaceflight.

A photograph of Cyleigh Nelson competing in barrel racing at an intercollegiate rodeo held in Tucson

Wildcat Rodeo Club

Bull riding, saddle bronc riding and barrel racing are just a few of the fast-paced, adrenaline-pumping sports familiar to the members of the rodeo club at the University of Arizona.

Spring 2023 Issue

Startups working in UA Center for Innovation lab at UA Tech Park

Innovation Revolution

Optical technology helping the legally blind to see and systems permitting patients to manage their pills. Paradigm-shifting traffic-flow schemes and sustainable alternatives to rubber production.

A photograph of Michael Kotutwa Johnson,an expert in dry farming

Planting Seeds

Michael Kotutwa Johnson is an assistant specialist at the University of Arizona’s School of Natural Resources who is known for his expertise in “dry” farming, a method of agriculture that uses less water.

A photograph of Allison Gabriel, a McClelland professor of management and organizations at the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management, and is a university distinguished scholar.

Our Whole Selves

At the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management, Allison Gabriel serves as McClelland professor of management and organizations and is a university distinguished scholar. She researches the psychology of work: emotions on the job, employee motivation, the relationship between home life and work life.

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Arts

Ettore “Ted” DeGrazia

Alumni and Donors

Ted DeGrazia

If it hadn’t been for the copper mines of Morenci, Arizona Territory, little Ettore DeGrazia might never have become the hard-nosed artist Ted DeGrazia.

A photograph of University of Arizona Alumna Jessica Gonzales' Mural, "The Path Unpaved", located at Friends of The Little One, a Mexican restaurant in Tucson.

Alumni and Donors

Alumna Jessica Gonzales Adds Her Touch to Tucson's Mural Explosion

With her imaginative pictures, hot colors and desert vibes, Jessica Gonzales '12 has become a star in Tucson’s mural explosion. Her works, often of women, are all over downtown and beyond.

Two workers looking at painting

'Woman-Ochre' is Home

This autumn, the painting "Woman-Ochre" at last returned to Tucson, stowed in a wooden crate inside an 18-wheeler escorted by Homeland Security.

Science & Research

Totally Tubular

University of Arizona researcher Jekan Thanga has created a model for a solar-powered “ark” on the moon to store cryogenically frozen seed, spore, sperm and egg samples from 6.7 million Earth species. His scientific inspiration came from the biblical tale of Noah's Ark.

Tree Talk

To paint a clearer picture of how global climate change will affect Earth’s ecosystems, a team of 80 international research scientists set out to complete an unparalleled experiment: forcing the world’s only enclosed rainforest — housed in the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 — through a four-month-long controlled drought and recovery.

What's the Buzz?

Beetles, iridescent and jewel-like, and powdery-winged butterflies frozen midflight fill drawers upon drawers on the fourth floor of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Forbes Building, nestled in the center of the University of Arizona campus.

From Past Issues

Alexis Peregoy

Apothecary Comes Alive

The Coit Museum of Pharmacy & Health Sciences has a new home in the University of Arizona’s R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, just south of the College of Medicine – Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center.

A photograph of the the first floor of the Main Library located on the University of Arizona campus.

Concentrated Learning

At the University of Arizona, educational excellence to create tomorrow’s leaders is the driving force behind the Student Success District, a new, four-building constellation that aims to transform the way Wildcats learn.

A photograph of an architectural rendering of the Arts District.

Arts Gateway

Phase One of the Arizona Arts master plan calls for renovation of the buildings that house the School of Art and the School of Theatre, Film & Television.

Wheelchair rugby players laughing

Josh Wheeler — More Than an Athlete

Josh Wheeler is a high-scoring member of both the University of Arizona and Team USA wheelchair rugby teams. In addition to winning several national championships as a Wildcat, he is a two-time Paralympic silver medalist.

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