Past news

On Monday, Dec. 5, Natalie Songer 's live, multi-media performance, " Satellites ," made its U.S. debut to a full house in Special Collections. Songer, who is based in the UK, wrote and performed "Satellites," about the work of...
Starting in January 2023, University of Arizona students, faculty, and staff can enjoy free online access to more newspapers and magazines. “We’re committed to supporting our campus community and its in-person, hybrid and online modalities,” said the library’s Senior Information Resource...
On Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, we invite you to listen to the Special Collections oral histories of sailors Joe Potenza , who served on the USS Arizona during the 1930s, and Martin Kos , who served on the first crew...
Main Library began its extended hours for finals on Monday, Nov. 28, and will go until Thursday, Dec. 15. See hours and locations .
With heavy hearts, we remember former U.S. Representative James "Jim" Kolbe who died on Dec. 3. Kolbe represented Arizona's 5th congressional district (1985-2003) for 22 years, and served in the Vietnam War. Rep. Kolbe's collection is available to...
We are sad to hear about the passing of world-renowned poet and Tucson resident, Richard Shelton . In addition to being a prolific and award-winning author, he served as the Regents Professor of English and former Director of the Creative...
Nicole Pagowsky, Associate Librarian and part-time PhD student, was selected as a Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs (GIDP) research award recipient, and presented a poster at the Research Showcase on Dec. 8, through her minor in Social, Cultural, & Critical Theory. The...
In November, we honor Indigenous contributions to the arts, journalism, scholarship, and social justice movements through databases and research guides that center American Indian voices in historical and contemporary settings. The Libraries host a wide array of resources focused on...
Our oral historian and digital media producer Aengus Anderson has spent the past five years and logged more than 450 hours recording the city's stories. He's interviewed more than 100 people—and counting. "It's most exciting for me when I'm...
Special Collections invited community members to honor and celebrate the lives of their passed loved ones by contributing a photograph to its Altar de Muertos. Day of the Dead altars, or ofrendas, are a way to remember and honor...
If you love our women's basketball team, you'll really love this! Our latest pop-up exhibit takes a look from the start of the program all the way up till 2010 featuring items from the Mary Roby Papers (MS 553) and...
There are a lot of great events hosted at the Libraries to support students before and during finals. Reference Drop-Ins Main Library Monday, Nov. 28 through Thursday, Dec. 8, 4-6pm Stressbusters Free 5-minute back rubs provided by Campus...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invited Mary Feeney, Librarian , to be a panelist in a virtual Congressional Briefing on Sept. 22. “Chronicling American History through Newspapers from 1777-1963" covered the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a...
Congratulations, Ava Christensen and Delani Seymour , the 2022 recipients of the Naomi and Samuel Greenfield Endowed Scholarship ! Established through the generosity of long-time librarian Louise Greenfield and her husband, Simon Rosenblatt , the scholarship honors the...
The University of Arizona Press is thrilled to host the 57th Annual Book, Jacket & Journal Show now through December 15. The show honors the university publishing community’s design and production professionals, showcasing achievement in the design and production of...
In early October, poet and editor Esther Belin accepted the Before Columbus Foundation’s 2022 American Book Award for The Diné Reader at the foundation’s virtual awards ceremony. Published in April 2021 by the University of Arizona Press...
Special Collections, in partnership with the Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, was awarded $1.18 million by the Ford Foundation to develop and support a community-led digital archive for the Reclaiming the Border Narrative: Storytelling and Cultural Power for Migrant Justice ...
University of Arizona faculty, students, and staff can now access The New York Times online for free through a subscription provided by the University of Arizona Libraries (UAL). Access includes more than 150 years of articles, breaking news, multimedia content,...
A two-year pilot project involving the UA Libraries, School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness, College of Medicine – Phoenix, and Cooperative Extension has been awarded $750,000 by Novo Nordisk, a global health care organization based in Denmark, to expand culinary...
The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records and the University of Arizona Libraries have been awarded a $290,988 National Digital Newspaper Program grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize 100,000 pages of historical Arizona newspapers. This...

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