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‘American Idiot’ brings Broadway to Tucson

Kyle Mittan
December 6, 2013
Ryan Revock / The Daily Wildcat Scott Disick leads Kourtney Kardashian, behind security, out of Frog & Firkin and across the street to Gentle Ben's Brewing Company among a mob of fans on Monday.

UA students try to keep up with a Kardashian

Kyle Mittan
December 3, 2013
Photo by Traver Rains / Courtesy of Chris Pacifico

My Jerusalem to rock Southwest

Kyle Mittan
December 3, 2013

‘Kardashian’ producers cancel campus shoot

Kyle Mittan
December 3, 2013
Savannah Douglas / The Daily Wildcat Guests enjoy the World of Beer grand opening on Thursday. The new restaurant is located in downtown Tucson on Congress Street.

New bar to host Tucson-made beer

Kyle Mittan
November 4, 2013
Rebecca Marie Sasnett/ The Daily Wildcat Members of Weird Womb (from left to right), Johnny Saczko, guitarist, Eric Parisi, drummer, and Dakota Pollock, vocalist and guitarist, visit Hotel Congress Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. Weird Womb is playing at Club Congress Friday at 6p.m.

The Weird return

Kyle Mittan
November 1, 2013
Photo by Harry McNally, courtesy of Big Hassle Media

Holy Ghost! talks latest record, smaller venues

Kyle Mittan
October 22, 2013
Savannah Douglas / The Daily Wildcat Hotel Congress, located in downtown Tucson, will be opening the room on the top floor of the hotel to the public this October. The room has not been opened since the fire in 1934.

Congress’ extra visitors

Kyle Mittan
October 16, 2013
Photo by Erin Patrice O’Brien, courtesy of UApresents

Group brings Indian fusion to Old Pueblo

Kyle Mittan
October 4, 2013
Ryan Revock/The Daily Wildcat Jason Ehrehman DJ's at the Playground on Sept. 13, 2013.

Playground to host night of rotating DJs

Kyle Mittan
September 27, 2013
Photo courtesy of Sacks & Co.

Riot at the Rialto

Kyle Mittan
September 13, 2013
Kyle Mittan/The Daily Wildcat

Hart of the UA

Kyle Mittan
September 12, 2013
Rebecca Marie Sasnett /The Daily Wildcat Jess Matsen, John Bullock, Matt Baquet and Connor Gallaher, members of Dream Sick, pose for a photo Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013 in their livingroom. Matsen plays guitar and vocals, Bullock plays bass and vocals, Baquet plays drums and Gallaher plays guitar.

No more sick days

Kyle Mittan
August 30, 2013
UA loses 'great academician'

UA loses ‘great academician’

Kyle Mittan
December 5, 2012
Tyler Besh / Arizona Daily Wildcat Faculty Senate meeting on Dec. 2, bring faculty from UA together to talk about the future of the unviersity.

Faculty Senate tackles ASA fee, strategic plan

Kyle Mittan
December 4, 2012
Robert Alcaraz / Arizona Daily Wildcat

Ann Weaver Hart inaugurated as first female president of UA

Kyle Mittan
December 1, 2012
Briana Sanchez / Arizona Daily Wildcat Dr. Keith Humphrey sat down for his last interview on November 28, 2012. Leaving to Cali or something like that.

Despite departure, dean of students ‘forever a Wildcat’

Kyle Mittan
November 29, 2012
Briana Sanchez / Arizona Daily Wildcat Potholes around campus on October 26, 2012.

Campus streets not addressed with Prop 409

Kyle Mittan
November 28, 2012
Courtesy goes to TeamDerekNeal.com

Classmates hold 5K run for medical student diagnosed with cancer

Kyle Mittan
November 26, 2012

Police Beat: November 26

Kyle Mittan
November 26, 2012
Robert Alcaraz / Arizona Daily Wildcat Citizens from aroun Tucson meet in front of Old Main in honor of the Transgender Day of Rememberance on Nov. 20. Victims' names were read and a vigil was held in their honor.

Vigil at UA remembers transgender murder victims

Kyle Mittan
November 21, 2012

Police Beat: November 21

Kyle Mittan
November 21, 2012

Fraternity supports Sandy recovery with T-shirt sales

Kyle Mittan
November 13, 2012
Kyle Mittan / Arizona Daily Wildcat A fire in the basement of McKale Center brought about 40 firefighters from the Tucson Fire Department to the scene on Saturday night. The fire has since been neutralized after setting off the building’s smoke alarms and sprinkler systems.

Fire in McKale Center sees response from TFD, UAPD

Kyle Mittan
November 4, 2012
Jordin O'Connor / Arizona Daily Wildcat A cross dressing ball was held at Fluxx Studio on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012.

Cross-dressing ball raises money for students to study abroad in Russia

Kyle Mittan
October 22, 2012
Briana Sanchez / Arizona Daily Wildcat Zachary and Anthony Vito sit with their mother Melissa, the vice president of student affairs, at the Admin Building on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012.

Family Weekend: Faculty families keep close on campus

Kyle Mittan
October 19, 2012

Police Beat: October 18

Kyle Mittan
October 18, 2012

Police Beat: October 17

Kyle Mittan
October 17, 2012
Turki Allugman / Arizona Daily Wildcat Wanda Howell, director of faculty governance, discusses faulty compensation during a UA faculty senate meeting on Oct. 1, 2012.

UA Faculty Senate debates professors’ salaries

Kyle Mittan
October 2, 2012
Courtesy of UMGD

Rise Against returns to Arizona with break of SB1070 boycott

Kyle Mittan
September 28, 2012
Kyle Mittan / Arizona Daily Wildcat President Ann Weaver Hart, right, presented the UA’s budget proposal for the fiscal year 2014, which was approved by the Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday. Hart’s proposal included several millions intended to fund the College of Medicine in Phoenix, the university’s land grant mission and research instruments.

Regents approve budget proposals, employment contracts

Kyle Mittan
September 28, 2012

Blog: Arizona Board of Regents meeting, Sept. 27

Kyle Mittan
September 27, 2012
Robert Alcaraz / Arizona Daily Wildcat David Walker, founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative, speaks to students about bringing America out of debt on the UA mall on Sept. 26, 2012. Walker is a former US comptroller general.

Presentation on the UA Mall talks national debt crisis and the younger generation

Kyle Mittan
September 27, 2012

ABOR to examine employment contracts, property purchases

Kyle Mittan
September 26, 2012
Kevin Brost / Arizona Daily Wildcat UA Presdient Ann Weaver Hart speaks during a routine faculty senate meeting at the College of Law on Monday.

First Faculty Senate meeting addresses open jobs, considers smoking ban policies

Kyle Mittan
September 11, 2012
Jordin O'Connor / Arizona Daily Wildcat Congressman Ron Barber hosts an event at Veterans Town Hall on Sept. 4, 2012.

Ron Barber addresses veteran constituents in campus town hall meeting

Kyle Mittan
September 5, 2012

Fundraiser will help pay for student’s treatments

Kyle Mittan
August 27, 2012
Ernie Somoza/ Arizona Daily Wildcat New Student convocation was held at the University of Arizona's McKale Memorial Center. University faculty and President Ann Weaver Hart welcomed students before their first day of class.

Largest freshman class sees improvements in several academic areas

Kyle Mittan
August 27, 2012
Kyle Mittan/Arizona Daily Wildcat The UA Bioscience Park is currently under development on a 65-acre piece of land at 36th Street and Kino Parkway. Administrators are now several years into a process that aims to build a high school within the park focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Bioscience park to see addition of high school

Kyle Mittan
August 27, 2012
Colin Prenger/Arizona Daily Wildcat Tina Hilkemeyer was staying at a cabin at the Grand Canyon’s Phantom Ranch when her son, a UA student, was struck in the head by a falling rock during a hike. Austin Hilkemeyer, a would-be environmental science sophomore, remains in critical but improving condition in an undisclosed Tucson hospital.

Local fundraiser to help pay for UA student’s treatments following traumatic head injury

Kyle Mittan
August 25, 2012

Police Beat: August 20

Kyle Mittan
August 20, 2012

Judge postpones hearing of woman convicted in 2007 dorm stabbing

Kyle Mittan
August 17, 2012

Personal data of thousands leaked on university website

Kyle Mittan
August 8, 2012
Courtesy of Chelsea Kestler Systems engineering junior Lizzie Greene, center, and hydrology senior Chelsea Kestler, right, wash their clothes in buckets with a native woman in Marquirivi, Bolivia. Engineers Without Borders is replacing plumbing infrastructure for the village, and is currently in the project's design phase.

UA club provides water treatment solutions to developing countries

Kyle Mittan
August 6, 2012

Chick-Fil-A drive-through ambusher was adjunct lecturer

Kyle Mittan
August 3, 2012
Hailey Eisenbach/Arizona Summer Wildcat Andrew Comrie was named the new UA provost and senior vice president of academic affairs last week. Comrie, a climatology expert in the School of Geography and Development, previously served as the dean of the Graduate College.

Provost aims to reinforce the UA’s ‘world-class experience’

Kyle Mittan
August 1, 2012

Hart appoints new senior VP of academic affairs, provost

Kyle Mittan
July 25, 2012
Robert Alcaraz/Arizona Summer Wildcat With close to 200 emergency blue light phones on the UA campus, students are able to access them easily.

Campus resources emphasize health, safety

Kyle Mittan
July 25, 2012
Photo Illustration by Alex Kulpinski / Arizona Daily Wildcat

Life in the dorms provides resources, involvement

Kyle Mittan
July 25, 2012
Robert Alcaraz/Arizona Summer Wildcat GPSC President Zachary Brooks said he plans work with UA administrators to focus on on-campus childcare services and fee bundling during his presidency next year.

GPSC president looks to focus on on-campus child care, discussions with Hart

Kyle Mittan
July 20, 2012
Robert Alcaraz/Arizona Summer Wildcat Carl Olson, the University of Arizona Insect Collection's associate curator, has worked in the department for the past 37 years. The collection recently received more than $2 million in grant funding, which will go toward expanding the area where the collection is housed.

UA Insect Collection receives millions in grants for expansion

Kyle Mittan
July 18, 2012
Robert Alcaraz/Arizona Summer Wildcat UA President Ann Weaver Hart took office on July 1, but arrived in Tucson over a week later. An immediate priority after assuming the office, Hart said, is to fill several open leadership positions.

Hart shares immediate goals, outlook for UA

Kyle Mittan
July 12, 2012
Kyle Wasson/Arizona Summer Wildcat

Q&A: Katy Murray talks summer preparations

Kyle Mittan
July 11, 2012

UA Vice President, Chief of Staff announces resignation

Kyle Mittan
June 20, 2012
Robert Alcaraz/Arizona Summer Wildcat Democrat Ron Barber makes speech after winning the CD 8 election on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Alongside the new Representative was former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly.

Barber takes win over Kelly for CD 8 representative seat

Kyle Mittan and Stephanie Casanova
June 13, 2012
Kyle Wasson/Daily Wildcat A sign dedicated to Christina-Tayor Green hangs at the Grijalva Skate Park. The park was dedicated to her on June 9.

South Tucson skate park named after Christina-Taylor Green

Kyle Mittan
June 9, 2012
Kyle Wasson/Daily Wildcat A liqior license apllication greets visitors of the Arizona State Museum; signs are placed at arenas and student senters throughout campus.

UA to remain dry even with liquor license

Kyle Mittan
June 6, 2012
Valentina Martinelli / Arizona Daily Wildcat Ryan Jones, Junior Retail and Consumer Science takes the orange line home.

PTS programs provide campus transportation

Kyle Mittan
May 24, 2012

NASA budget impacts UA projects

Kyle Mittan
April 23, 2012
Pencil lead to be used in electronics

Pencil lead to be used in electronics

Kyle Mittan
April 13, 2012

First Street gas leak causes brief closure, evacuation

Kyle Mittan
April 6, 2012
Ernie Somoza/Arizona Daily Wildcat Residents turned off their lights and electronics for Earth Hour and flocked to the University of Arizona Mall saturday night to enjoy entertainment hosted by Residence Hall Association. The event featured performances from the Charles Darwin Experience, Elemental Artistry, and Planet Djembe.

Res Life Eco-Reps host fifth annual Earth Hour event

Kyle Mittan
March 30, 2012
Alex Kulpinski / Arizona Daily Wildcat Dr. Wolfgang Fink works on the Tucson Explorer II, a robotic machine that has plans to be used to explore methane lakes on Titan, one of Mars' moons.

Machine to examine Titan’s methane lakes

Kyle Mittan
March 29, 2012

Updated: Three students robbed on campus

Kyle Mittan
March 26, 2012
Colin Darland / Daily Wildcat Mexican American Studies undergraduate Kim Dominguez speaks to a crowd of around 100 during a question and answer session at the ASUA ethnic studies forum on the UA Mall on Thursday, March 22, 2012. Other speaks in attendance included Tucson Unified School District Governing Board president Mark Stegeman.

State’s ethnic studies ban provokes debate, emotion

Kyle Mittan
March 23, 2012
Two charged with sexual assault

Two charged with sexual assault

Kyle Mittan
March 9, 2012
Ladd Keith, Coordinator of the new Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Built Environments Degree at the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning at the University of Arizona. Lydia Stern/ Arizona Daily Wildcat

Updated: College of Architecture develops undergrad degree in sustainability

Kyle Mittan
March 8, 2012

2 students mugged in Warren Underpass Saturday morning

Kyle Mittan
March 6, 2012
Jarrod Carr, 22 and Josh Banayan, 22 University of Arizona Alumnus in the McGuire Entrepreneurship program are the founders of JusTouch, a digital menu service that allows restaurant patrons to order food and pay from their tablets at restaurants. The founders created JusTouch in frustration with the restaurant industry.

Grads’ business turns tables into tablets

Kyle Mittan
February 28, 2012

Filtration systems tested for efficiency

Kyle Mittan
February 27, 2012
Michelle A. Monroe / Arizona Daily Wildcat University of Arizona Police Department officials gave awards to UA employees and one student who helped them solve crimes or arrest people.

Giffords joins Civil Discourse board

Kyle Mittan
February 22, 2012
Gordon Bates / Arizona Daily Wildcat Ann Weaver Hart, prospective President for the University of Arizona, is welcomed to UA's Gallagher Theater to answer questions from students, Tucsonans, and UA staff and faculty on Monday, Feb 13.

Presidential candidate Hart shares passion for education

Kyle Mittan
February 14, 2012

Biden hosts call on higher education

Kyle Mittan
February 3, 2012
Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Wildcat Cyclists and pedestrians navigate the bike paths and walkways along the UA Mall Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, in Tucson, Ariz. UAPD will begin cracking down on jay-walkers and bicyclists who fail to follow traffic laws on campus.

Study focused on refining bike, pedestrian safety

Kyle Mittan
January 27, 2012
Tim Glass / Daily Wildcat Solar panels atop the Sierra room at the Biosphere 2 complex will be used both to power the room and to study ways to make renewable engergy as efficient as possible. The panels are made in Tucson by the SOLON corporation.

Biosphere 2 gets solar trial run

Kyle Mittan
January 26, 2012
Robert Alcaraz / Daily Wildcat Taylor Hedberg, co-founder of a bicycle company named Velocis, showcases his bikes on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. Hedberg is a UA senior enrolled in Eller.

UA student and alum electrify cycling

Kyle Mittan
January 20, 2012
April Adele's 2005 gold Chevy Malibu after Curtis Duram's 2004 Volvo S60 hit the Malibu causing it to crash into the light pole at 1 p.m. at Mountain and Speedway on Wednesday 18 January, 2012. Adele had to crawl out of the back door of her car to get out, and her passenger Lauren Franzen's head was injured and covered in blood. Keith Hickman-Perfetti/ Arizona Daily Wildcat

Update: Accident at Mountain and Speedway

Kyle Mittan
January 18, 2012

Brief: UA student sexually assaulted near Tyndall Avenue Parking Garage

Kyle Mittan
January 18, 2012
The second mirror for the Giant Magellan Telescope was cast in the Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory on Saturday, January 14th.

Steward Observatory casts second mirror for Giant Magellan Telescope

Kyle Mittan
January 17, 2012
Robert Alcaraz / Arizona Daily Wildcat Sofia Montes, a graduate of the UA, walks through the new UA Community Garden located behind the parking garage on Highland St. The patch of land will grow various vegetables.

Garden project connects UA with Tucson communities

Kyle Mittan
January 13, 2012
Amer Taleb/Arizona Daily Wildcat New self-serve bike repair stations installed across the UA campus help students make a quick fix on the go.

Fix your flat free of charge

Kyle Mittan
January 12, 2012
Colin Darland / Daily Wildcat Janae Phillips, a family studies and human development junior, is one of the first UA undergrads minoring in leadership studies & practices.

Minor develops leaders

Kyle Mittan
January 11, 2012
Kevin Brost / Arizona Daily Wildcat Pat Maisch speaks on behalf of the survivors and citizen heroes in front of a standing ovation at Reflections, a ceremony honoring the lives of the Jan. 8 shooting victims, held at Centennial Hall on Sunday. Pat was at the scene of the shooting and grabbed the clip as the shooter was about to reload, saving lives and further injuries to citizens.

Speeches reflect on lives of the fallen

Kyle Mittan
January 9, 2012
Annie Marum/ Arizona Daily Wildcat story is about parking policies at Sam Hughes

Parking woes persist near campus

Kyle Mittan
December 6, 2011

Prof spurs research on speech processes

Kyle Mittan
December 2, 2011
University to help spot jaguars

University to help spot jaguars

Kyle Mittan
December 1, 2011
Zach Vito/ Daily Wildcat Xinda Hu, a third year optical sciences PH.D student at the UA models the Vari-Focal Plane Head Mounted Display in the Meinel building on Nov. 29th, 2011. A special material on the wall allows the head mounted device to project images from off of the wall into the lenses of the device simulating three dimensional scenarios.

UA patents generate revenue, prestige

Kyle Mittan
November 30, 2011
Juni Nelson / Arizona Daily Wildcat Many locations hire extra people for the holiday season, including Target. With the busy shopping season, its essential to have more hands to help.

For some, ‘tis the season for temp employment

Kyle Mittan
November 22, 2011

Student dies in motorcycle crash

Kyle Mittan
November 14, 2011
MTV’s ‘The Buried Life’ cast visits UA

MTV’s ‘The Buried Life’ cast visits UA

Kyle Mittan
November 10, 2011
Photo Courtesy of Kyle Mittan / Daily Wildcat Water pools on the side of Park Avenue after a rainstorm on Monday. UA facilities managment has a system to divert and collect fallen rainwater from streets near campus.

UA diverts rain water for campus collection plan

Kyle Mittan
November 9, 2011
Amy Webb / Arizona Daily Wildcat Peter Likins, the University of Arizona President from 1997-2006, speaks about his book A New American Family during Homecoming weekend. The book tells his diverse family's story.

Q&A: Peter Likins pens memoir of life and America

Kyle Mittan
November 7, 2011

UAPD does not expect increases in weekend crime

Kyle Mittan
November 4, 2011
Gordon Bates / Arizona Daily Wildcat The UA Library Special Collections houses 10 years worth of business and work records from Humane Borders. a non-profit organization that operates in the Southwest United States. This picture shows less than one percent of the total Humane Borders documents that are available for students to access, reproduce, and make notes from for personal or academic purposes.

Special Collections receives set of Humane Borders archives

Kyle Mittan
November 4, 2011
Will Ferguson/ Arizona Daily Wildcat Climate change scientist Ronald Stouffer gave a talk entitled "What You Need to Know About Climate Change" in room 150 of the Harvill Building. Stouffer is an internationally acclaimed climate scientist who plays an instrumental role with the IPCC.

Climate change leader visits UA

Kyle Mittan
November 4, 2011
A project rendering from the UA School of Architecture.

It’s all uphill from here

Kyle Mittan
November 2, 2011
Res Life dials up new solar power system

Res Life dials up new solar power system

Kyle Mittan
October 27, 2011

Alumni cash in on penny auctions

Kyle Mittan
October 26, 2011
Occupy Tucson comes to campus, fails to connect with some students

Occupy Tucson comes to campus, fails to connect with some students

Kyle Mittan
October 21, 2011
Colin Prenger / Daily Wildcat The amount of students on campus who study in libraries vary throughout the year.

Updated: Library works to offset higher midterm traffic

Kyle Mittan
October 20, 2011
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