Arizona Alumni Magazine The Winter 2026 Edition of Arizona Magazine is here.READ THE LATEST ISSUE The Latest Image Sports Athletics Jaden Bradley Q&A: Leaving it on the Floor Men’s basketball has had a record-breaking 2025-’26 season. Here, guard Jaden Bradley shares how a winning mindset and attention to detail are creating wins for the team at home and on the road. Read More Image The Art of Being Seen Meet new Arizona Arts dean Hasan Elahi, an award-winning artist with innovative thoughts on surveillance, technology and strengthening community in an automated world. Read More Image Setting the Example Tanya Burns ’99 came to the Eller College of Management as a single working mother and first-generation college student. Now she has established the Tanya L. and Korey S. Read More Image Old Treatments, New Life at the Sarver Heart Center Sarver Heart Center Director Hesham Sadek has spent 20 years investigating the regenerative potential of the human heart. 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Read More Read Fall 2025 Issue Arts Image Arts 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. Read More Image Student Experience Arts Making Her Pointe In March, University of Arizona School of Dance student, Avery Gay, took a tip-toed step forward in her quest for the title of “So You Think You Can Dance” champion — and a $100,000 prize. 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Read More Image Beyond Ordinary Carina Bennett remembers her first day working on the OSIRIS-REx mission: She found herself among space scientists with years of experience. It was rocket science, but she was a filmmaker. Read More Image Four Questions Research led by University of Arizona psychologist Stephen Cowen illustrates how chronic pain may impact cognitive abilities, such as decision-making, as well. Read More View Past Issues Contact the Editor If you have thoughts about content in the Arizona Alumni Magazine or story ideas, reach out to the editor to share your feedback. Contact Submit a Class Note Tell us about career accomplishments, book announcements, engagements, weddings, anniversaries, and death announcements or share family photos, reflections, and other alumni news. Submit a note Share Your Photos Share your spectacular imagery or Wildcat spirit from around the world in travel photos to be used in the online magazine and on social media. Learn more
Image Sports Athletics Jaden Bradley Q&A: Leaving it on the Floor Men’s basketball has had a record-breaking 2025-’26 season. Here, guard Jaden Bradley shares how a winning mindset and attention to detail are creating wins for the team at home and on the road. Read More
Image The Art of Being Seen Meet new Arizona Arts dean Hasan Elahi, an award-winning artist with innovative thoughts on surveillance, technology and strengthening community in an automated world. Read More
Image Setting the Example Tanya Burns ’99 came to the Eller College of Management as a single working mother and first-generation college student. Now she has established the Tanya L. and Korey S. Read More
Image Old Treatments, New Life at the Sarver Heart Center Sarver Heart Center Director Hesham Sadek has spent 20 years investigating the regenerative potential of the human heart. Read More
Image Athletics Big 12, Year One The U of A just finished its first year in the Big 12 conference—a major milestone. Click through to read about our many victories, as well as getting some perspective on how athletes are adjusting. Read More
Image Campus Alumni and Donors Campus Keepsake Fifty years ago, a graduating U of A senior climbed Old Main in the middle of the night and took a piece of campus home. He recently brought it back. Read More
Image Student Experience Reflections Wildcat Journey Bearing It Together Aurora Seekins ’25 moved around a lot as a kid — until high school, she hadn’t finished a full year of school, and by the time she graduated (salutatorian, no less), she met the federal qualifications for homelessness. That didn’t stop her. Read More
Image Arts 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. Read More
Image Student Experience Arts Making Her Pointe In March, University of Arizona School of Dance student, Avery Gay, took a tip-toed step forward in her quest for the title of “So You Think You Can Dance” champion — and a $100,000 prize. Read More
Image Arts Told in Turquoise Display cases of alluring silver, turquoise and shell necklaces make up part of the ancient, historic and contemporary jewelry crafted by regional Indigenous artisans in the Arizona State Museum’s newest exhibit, “Ancient – Modern: Continuity and Innovation in Southwest Native Jewelry.” Read More
Image Science Simulation for the Future The Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center (ASTEC) is adapting to the changing health care landscape to train the next generation of providers. Read More
Image Grand Challenges Science Glittering Cargo The last piece of the world’s largest telescope takes shape at UArizona. Read More
Image Grand Challenges Research Science Asteroid Bennu Speaks A first look at NASA’s asteroid Bennu sample suggests the presence of water and carbon. Read More
Image Sports Arizona NIL Success Story: Maya Nnaji When it comes to her career as a college student, basketball student-athlete and future medical doctor, Arizona standout Maya Nnaji wants to be an agent of change. Read More
Image Athletics A ‘Heart Move’ Desireé Reed-Francois returns to the place that ‘extended a compassionate hand’ in a time of need. Read More
Image Athletics Diversity The Teaching Game Player-coach relationships define the first 25 years of UArizona wheelchair tennis. Read More
Preventing Lunar Traffic Jams Humans are headed back to the moon. Both national space programs and private companies have begun planning, with aspirations to send humans to the lunar surface as early as 2025. Read More
Image Homecoming Memory The University of Arizona's first Homecoming — the fifth in the nation — was in 1914. This photo from 1956 celebrates the Homecoming parade and the lost art of float making. Read More
Image Beyond Ordinary Carina Bennett remembers her first day working on the OSIRIS-REx mission: She found herself among space scientists with years of experience. It was rocket science, but she was a filmmaker. Read More
Image Four Questions Research led by University of Arizona psychologist Stephen Cowen illustrates how chronic pain may impact cognitive abilities, such as decision-making, as well. Read More
