Art fell into the picture by chance for Niko Sanchez, a member of the 2025-26 JustArts Fellows cohort. Biking through his old stomping grounds of San Diego, Sanchez stumbled across an array of murals in a Chicano park– and along with them, a muralist stood. “There was this old man standing under three levels of scaffolding […]
read moreTwo graduate students from the College of Fine Arts were selected for the 2026 AI Horizons 2.0 – Fronteridades Fellows program, an interdisciplinary initiative led by the Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry supporting creative, ethical and community-centered explorations of artificial intelligence in the U.S.–Mexico borderlands. Alexis Joy Hagestad and Andrés Caballero, both School of Art graduate students, join eight other fellows […]
read moreA dozen College of Science students, intending to minor in the arts, received the 2025-2026 Mars Science Plus Scholarship, which promotes exploration and helps offset the students’ educational costs. Made possible by a $2 million gift from John and Adrienne Mars to the College of Science, the scholarship is designed to help science students broaden […]
read moreGraduate art students Lori Hennessy and Andrés Cabellero joined the “Roots for Resilience” cohort to build capacity in data science and AI skills at the University of Arizona. The 13-person cohort will learn best practices in open science, computational infrastructure, and artificial intelligence for research and discovery. The initiative aims to increase the University of […]
read moreNicolette “Niko” Gomez never expected to be an inspiration. “I’m definitely grateful that my community sees me as someone that they’re able to come to with questions,” she said. An entrepreneur and member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Gomez spent 10 years working at Casino Del Sol before realizing that there are more opportunities for […]
read moreImagine hearing the hum of your brain, its electrical signals transformed into a symphony of sound. What would it reveal about your mind, your health, or the hidden rhythms of cognition? A collaboration between the School of Music and the College of Medicine – Tucson highlights how transforming brainwave data into sound may advance research in detecting […]
read moreFifteen University of Arizona School of Art students have joined Student-Made Arizona, a new online marketplace.
read moreThe University of Arizona School of Art’s Illustration, Design and Animation program is ranked 10th in the nation among public schools.
read moreChris Cokinos, University of Arizona professor emertius of English, wrote an account of the all-artist moon missionfor Esquire UK.
read moreGrant and Dean Bomar, aspiring filmmakers, are taking their first steps toward becoming the next Coen Brothers through the Film & Television BA program at Arizona Online. The Bomar brothers have been creating short films for years. Grant primarily directs and writes, while Dean handles concept writing, cinematography, and editing. “We’ve done almost everything together […]
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