Study Abroad isn’t just about the classes we take: It’s about the experiences had, the distance traveled and the perspectives changed.

In 2025, the U of A men’s wheelchair basketball team took the national championships. This year, the men’s and women’s teams are hosting the tournament here at the McKale Center.

Carmen Barón ’86 has been dreaming of dresses since childhood. Here, the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellow and founder of Tucson-based Mexican regional dance group Danzacultura Mexicana reflects on a lifetime of designing, teaching, dressmaking, dancing and keeping the traditions of folklórico alive.

Not every spine at the Poetry Center contains pages: cloisonné panels — a technique using colored glass melted between wires — made by Phoenix artist Mary Lucking have turned library visits into immersive encounters with art.

Sven Brunso ’92 — once described by Ski Magazine as “the most photographed skier in history” — used his marketing education to build a global skiing career and a personal brand that set him apart.

Architect and associate professor of practice Teresa Rosano ’94 has built an award-winning career in higher education by continually stepping beyond her comfort zone.

U of A College of Medicine – Tucson Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry Melody Glenn ’06 is trying to make addiction treatment more effective — and more humane. Learn about Glenn’s research — as well as her writing on the physician Marie Nyswander, whose work with methadone revolutionized addiction treatment in the 1960s — here.

Studying abroad in Seoul broadened Giovanni Rodriguez’s perspective on global health. It also sparked a personal shift, inspiring a path toward making a positive impact worldwide.

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.

Poet Carlos Reyes ’65, a three-time finalist for the prestigious National Poetry Series, traces a journey shaped by language, landscape and a lifelong devotion to writing across continents and traditions.

U of A archaeologists led by Regents Professor Takeshi Inomata have used laser-mapping technology to reveal large-scale Mesoamerican ritual sites dating to 1,000 B.C. — a breakthrough in our understanding of Maya history.

Sarver Heart Center Director Hesham Sadek has spent 20 years investigating the regenerative potential of the human heart. Now, he’s using his training as both a physician and scientist to explore how certain FDA-approved drugs might be repurposed to help heal the heart from disease with no established treatment — a prospect that could transform patient care.

A spate of recent gifts — including $20 million from the Garcia Family Foundation — is transforming study abroad programs at the U of A, putting international travel within reach for students who might not have had the opportunity before. Learn about how Study Abroad is already shaping student experience here.

Filmmaker and School of Theatre, Film & Television alum Sal Baldenegro ’06 draws on his Chicano and Yaqui heritage to illuminate overlooked histories and expand the possibilities of documentary and narrative storytelling.

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. Burns Family Scholarship Endowment to give students in need the opportunity to pursue their education, too.

Meet new Arizona Arts dean Hasan Elahi, an award-winning artist with innovative thoughts on surveillance, technology and strengthening community in an automated world.

James Baird — a civil engineer who directed construction for landmark projects like the Flatiron Building and Lincoln Memorial — came to Tucson in 1936 for his health. More than 75 years later, the U of A scholarship in his name continues to change lives.

In the summer of 2025, Vice President of Student Affairs Amanda Kraus traveled to Rome and Barcelona with a group of students from the W.A. Franke Honors College to teach a class on accessibility and universal design, subjects that Kraus — a wheelchair user herself — has thoughts about.

It started out as clay dug up from a patch of ground during the construction of Old Main — which was originally just called the University Building, because there were no other buildings on campus to confuse it with. (Kind of nice to think about, isn’t it? All that quiet desert?)

After a catastrophic storm, the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium’s signature colored glass has been restored.