Spring 2019

Mohammed Hassan is already recognized by Guinness World Records for generating the shortest pulse of visible light. Now he wants to make the University of Arizona the first place where an electron in motion is photographed.

University of Arizona soccer player Kelcey Cavarra, a junior from Colorado, chose the UA in part because of Tucson’s warm winters. But she was unprepared for the experience of practicing during the summer months, when highs can top 105 degrees.

Visit the University of Arizona’s Main Library, and you will find fencing and construction crews working on extensive renovations to the 46-year-old building. The Albert B. Weaver Science-Engineering Library will also undergo a major facelift beginning in May.

Never underestimate the Grateful Dead. For decades, their eclectic rock songs — like 1970’s “Truckin’” — and far-out technology inspired innovation across American music as they engineered a dazzling new Wall of Sound for concerts and a ticketing system operated by the band’s staff.

It’s easy to see how Dante Lauretta’s 1993 University of Arizona bachelor’s degrees in physics and theoretical math are foundational in his career as a planetary scientist. Lauretta is principal investigator of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission and a UA professor of planetary science and cosmochemistry.

Roberta Diaz Brinton, Ph.D., ’79 ’81 ’84, works high above the University of Arizona campus in a sleek new building, Bioscience Research Laboratories, with sweeping views of the courtyard garden below.