Aug 03 Doctoral Oral Examination - Pharmaceutical Science 9 a.m. – Noon, Aug. 3, 2026 Naoya Kitamura, "Reactive-Metabolite Chemistry Of The Glyoxalase Pathway: Thioester And Dicarbonyl Routes To Protein Modification And The Problem Of Attribution"
Aug 03 Doctoral Oral Examination: Physics 1 – 4 p.m., Aug. 3, 2026 Niranjana Shankarappa, "Turbulent Dissipation and Kinetic Microinstabilities in the Near-Sun Solar Wind"
Aug 03 Doctoral Oral Examination - Physics 3 – 6 p.m., Aug. 3, 2026 Callum Farrell, "Form Factors for the Heavy Baryon Decays $\Xi_c \rightarrow \Xi^- \ell^+ \nu_{\ell} $ and $\Xi_b \rightarrow \Xi \ell^+ \ell^-$ from Lattice QCD"
Aug 04 Doctoral Oral Examination - Physics 8:30 – 11:30 a.m., Aug. 4, 2026 Erik Wessel, "Numerical Modeling of Matter and Radiation in Dynamical Spacetimes to Further Relativistic Astrophysics"
Aug 04 Doctoral Oral Examination - Geography 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Aug. 4, 2026 Cassidy Schoenfelder, "The Role of Indigenous Visual Sovereignty in Tribal-Federal Co-Stewarded National Parks: A Look at Glacier Bay Homeland"
Aug 05 Aging Well, Caring Well: Connection and Possibility 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., Aug. 5, 2026 Aging touches everyone eventually. Join a conversation on caregiving, connection and possibility, wherever you are: giving care, receiving it or just thinking ahead.
Aug 06 Doctoral Oral Examination: Geography 9 a.m. – Noon, Aug. 6, 2026 Hannah Friedrich, "The Covered: The Legal Geography of Insurance Litigation and Post-hurricane Recovery in Southwest Louisiana"
Aug 06 Doctoral Oral Examination - Music 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Aug. 6, 2026 Chad Pittman, "Kevin Allens Matri Divinae Gratiae and Stowe Missal Eucharistic Motets: A Conductors Analysis"
Aug 06 Doctoral Oral Examination - Systems and Industrial Engineering 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Aug. 6, 2026 Mohammad Mahdi Ahmadi, "Efficient Methods for Hierarchical Optimization Problems: Saddle Point, Misspecified, and Bilevel"
Aug 06 Doctoral Oral Examination: Health Behavior Health Promotion 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Aug. 6, 2026 Rebecca Wolf, "Bedsharing, Breastfeeding, and Maternal Sleep in Employed Mothers of Infants, 0-12 Months of Age"
Aug 06 Doctoral Oral Examination - Higher Education 1 – 4 p.m., Aug. 6, 2026 Yadira Oregon Lopez, "Rompiendo Límites (Breaking Boundaries): Outreach Opportunities Act As Lifelines For Latinas In Disenfranchised Communities"
Aug 07 Doctoral Oral Examination - Geography 9 a.m. – Noon, Aug. 7, 2026 Linda Choi, "Solidarity Food Networks and Agrarian Livelihoods"
Aug 07 Doctoral Oral Examination - Environmental Science 9 a.m. – Noon, Aug. 7, 2026 Neeraja Setlur, "Fate And Function Of Engineered Polymeric Carbon-Based Sorbents In Soils And Aquifers: Biogeochemical And Physical Controls On Efficacy"
Aug 07 Doctoral Oral Examination - Systems and Industrial Engineering 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Aug. 7, 2026 Azadeh Farsi, "Data-Driven Optimization Under Uncertainty: Chance-Constrained Models, Distributionally Robust Approaches, and Sample-Based Approaches"
Aug 07 UROC Poster Session and Closing Ceremony 1 – 5 p.m., Aug. 7, 2026 Celebrate undergraduate research at the UROC Poster Session & Closing Ceremony featuring student presentations, awards, networking, and recognition of scholarly achievement.
Aug 07 Doctoral Oral Defense - Philosophy 1 – 4 p.m., Aug. 7, 2026 Ritwik Agrawal, "Power and Status: Colonialism and the Contemporary World"
Aug 07 Doctoral Oral Examination - Music 4 – 7 p.m., Aug. 7, 2026 Sunny Park, "A Conductor¿S Guide To Selected Polychoral Motets: From Sulpitia Lodovica Cesis¿S Motetti Spirituali (1619)"
Aug 10 Doctoral Oral Exam - Statistics and Data Science 9 a.m. – Noon, Aug. 10, 2026 Cody Melcher, "Algorithms And Theory For Saddle Point Problems With Relaxed Structural Conditions"
Aug 10 Doctoral Oral Examination - Cancer Biology Noon – 3 p.m., Aug. 10, 2026 Caitlyn Flores, "Adaptation to Chronic Hypoxia in Cancer Reveals Therapeutic Opportunities"
Aug 10 Doctoral Oral Examination - Optical Sciences 1 – 4 p.m., Aug. 10, 2026 Cheng-Ting Huang, "Methods and Technologies for Optimizing the View Properties of Head-Mounted Light Field Displays"
Aug 11 2026 One Conference 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Aug. 11, 2026 The One Conference is the annual University of Arizona marketing and communications conference.
Aug 11 Birth to 5 - Fostering Emotional Intelligence 11 – 11:45 a.m., Aug. 11, 2026 Toddler meltdowns aren't just discipline problems; they're emotional intelligence gaps. Learn practical strategies to help young children name feelings and calm down.
Aug 11 AI Insights Series Noon – 1 p.m., Aug. 11, 2026 AI Insights is a weekly series featuring speakers who talk through AI innovations, projects, research and perspectives.
Aug 12 Career Conversations - Staff Training 1 – 2 p.m., Aug. 12, 2026 This interactive, instructor-led session walks staff through Career Conversations 2026 — the annual performance feedback and career growth process.
Aug 13 Doctoral Oral Examination - Music 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Aug. 13, 2026 Chris Werner, "Queer Bassoon Music And The Queer Bassoon Coalition"
Aug 13 WRRC Water Webinar: A Guide to Key Findings of the ATUR Project Report Noon – 1:15 p.m., Aug. 13, 2026 This WRRC Water Webinar will provide a guided overview of the ATUR Final Report and its accompanying online tools and resources.
Aug 13 Doctoral Oral Examination - Communication Noon – 3 p.m., Aug. 13, 2026 Shelby Noelle Carter, "Friends and Allies: How Interpersonal Communication Shapes Racially Minoritized Individuals Experiences of White Allyship in the U.S."
Aug 14 AZPM Screening: 'Woodstock' 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., Aug. 14, 2026 Join AZPM for a special screening of Woodstock, followed by a panel discussion exploring the festival’s cultural significance and lasting impact.
Image May 2 – Dec. 31, 2026 Mysteries of the Cosmos: Life in the Universe "Mysteries of the Cosmos: Life in the Universe" is filled with interactive experiences and universe-expanding content highlighting real-world research at the University of Arizona and beyond. To all who gaze into the night sky and wonder, “Are we alone in the universe?”—this is your invitation.
Image June 13 – Sept. 19, 2026 The Vault Show: Big/Little UAMA's annual summer Vault Show creates an opportunity for artworks to come out of storage and into the galleries.
Image July 29, 2026 – Jan. 3, 2027 Ecstatic Time: The Alchemy of Photography "Ecstatic Time: The Alchemy of Photography" explores how photography transforms how we see and reshapes our understanding of time, perception, and reality.