Spring 2023

Expectations have long been high for Arizona women’s golf. As a member of the Wildcats’ national championship team in 2000, Laura Ianello ’07 knows that well. Now, in her 13th season as head coach at her alma mater, Ianello is tasked with a bounce-back season in Tucson.

Like many baseball lifers, Chip Hale ’87 has been all over. And, of course, Tucson, the place he never seems to leave for long. Hale, coach of the University of Arizona’s baseball team, once suited up in Wildcat red and blue.

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.

As the University of Arizona rugby team practices on William David Sitton Field, the red and blue block “A” on the back side of Arizona Stadium’s jumbotron dominates the view to the north. The sounds of whistles and players catching, grunting and yelling fill the air.

Arizona Alumni Magazine caught up with Dave Heeke, director of Arizona Athletics, as he headed to the men’s basketball Pac-12 Tournament. He shared his enthusiasm for competitive play and supporting student-athlete success.

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.