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Students study and work out equations together in the Main Library on Thursday. The library is one of many locations on campus offering solutions to help de-stress during finals week.

Surviving finals week

Chelsea Cook
May 4, 2015
The UA’s Museum of Art’s 2015 thesis exhibition features works of master's students. The exhibition will remain open to the public until May 15.

MFA exhibit shows years of artwork

Chelsea Cook
May 1, 2015
Courtesy of Jessica KongStudents from the Hawaiian and Pacific Islander club perform during the 2014 Luau on the UA Mall on April 27, 2014.

HAPI hulas to educate and entertain at UA

Chelsea Cook
May 1, 2015
Courtesy of the Fred Fox School of MusicFrom left to right: Kathryn Harpainter, Emily Nolan, Robert Marshall and JoAnna Park. The four string musicians will perform their inaugural recital as the Graduate String Quartet tonight in Holsclaw Hall.

Stringing in harmony

Chelsea Cook
April 29, 2015
Courtesy of the Residence Hall Association

Safe raving with residents on campus

Chelsea Cook
April 24, 2015
Courtesy of the Wildcat Events Board

No Nintendo needed for Monte Carlo karting

Chelsea Cook
April 24, 2015
Courtesy of UA Department of ClassicsChicago-based songwriter Joe Goodkin. Goodkin will perform a "folk opera" based on Homer's "The Odyssey" today at 5 p.m.

Experience Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ via folk-opera

Chelsea Cook
April 15, 2015
Courtesy of the UA Department of ClassicsEvelyn Rick takes a turn in reading part of Book IV of Vergil's "Aeneid" in the UA Main Library. Today, the fourth annual Lectio Vergiliana takes place from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., where students will read aloud Book II of Vergil's "Aeneid."

Latin classic brought to life

Chelsea Cook
April 8, 2015
Courtesy of UA Confucius InstituteA group of people do Tai Chi during the 2013 installment of the Chinese Health Day in Tucson. This year's event will take place Saturday on the UA Mall.

Tai chi, tea and traditional Chinese medicine

Chelsea Cook
April 3, 2015
Grace Pierson/ The Daily Wildcat Students enjoyed the casino portion of the Cat Crawl event Friday night, with free chip vouchers and the student with the most amount of chips for each game at the end of the night had chances to win gift cards for the Student Union.

Alley cat or glamour puss, Friday’s Cat Crawl has it all

Chelsea Cook
March 27, 2015
Courtesy of Fred Fox School of Music

Guitar heroes compete for top honors

Chelsea Cook
March 27, 2015
Todd Holes (left) and Maricela Rodriguez (right) drink their daily coffee at Sky Bar on Monday. Sky Bar is a solar-powered café during the day.

Solar café by day, Sky Bar by night

Chelsea Cook
March 24, 2015
Courtesy of Larry D. MooreJoyce Carol Oates at the 2014 Texas Book Festival on Oct. 25, 2014 in Austin, Texas.

Catching up with Joyce Carol Oates

Chelsea Cook
March 13, 2015
Physiology freshman Aishwarya Karlapudi (left) and business and management freshman Winkfield Twyman (right) spend their afternoon sitting on the grass outside the Arizona State Museum on Monday. Catching up on some rest and relaxation on the UA campus is one of the things students can enjoy about spring.

Five fine things to do this spring

Chelsea Cook
March 10, 2015
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‘Starcatchers’ reflect on their careers

Chelsea Cook
March 9, 2015
Courtesy of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.Andy Warhol, Debbie Harry, Polacolor Type 108, 1980, Gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Warhol's work, along with the art of Salvador Dalí, will be on display at the UA Museum of Art on Friday.

Dalí and Warhol on display at new UAMA exhibition

Chelsea Cook
March 6, 2015
Elliott Kwan, an optical sciences graduate student, demonstrates how the human eye works and the effects as humans age during the College of Optical Sciences' Laser Fun Day in the Meinel Optical Sciences building on Saturday. The event brought attention to the different applications of optics.

Lasers more than meets the eye

Chelsea Cook
March 2, 2015
Courtesy of Sho TaniguchiStudents pose in front of a Mardi Gras-themed backdrop at the 2014 Carnivida event at Árbol de la Vida Residence Hall. The fourth-annual event will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight on Saturday.

Let the good times roll at Carnivida

Chelsea Cook
February 27, 2015
Courtesy of Pitch Fest TucsonUA alumnus and Pitch Fest Tucson judge Matthew Lee Martin

Hollywood meets Tucson at Pitch Fest

Chelsea Cook
February 20, 2015
Courtesy of Jennifer VimmerstedtA cowboy is thrown from his horse as another cowboy collides with him during the Tucson Rodeo, or La Fiesta de los Vaqueros, at the Tucson Rodeo Grounds in February 2014. Rodeo Week begins Saturday.

Rodeo rides into town

Chelsea Cook
February 20, 2015
Valentine's Day gifts being sold in the Student Union on Thursday, February 12.

History of V-Day not so sweet

Chelsea Cook
February 13, 2015

Two days of talent at President’s Concert

Chelsea Cook
February 6, 2015
Physiology freshman Hayden Pastorini ,left, and Veterinary Science freshman Jordan Sanchez, right, make spinach and asiago stuffed mushrooms on Wednesday, Jan. 27 at the Outdoor Adventures building at the Campus Recreation Center.

Crafty cooking lessons on campus

Chelsea Cook
February 3, 2015
Brittan Bates / The Daily Wildcat Psychology major, Sarah Stricker and agricultural education major, Maya Schaw, serve Chris Walker at Bear Track U Winery on University Blvd. on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The winery is new to University this year.

New bar offers spirited selection

Chelsea Cook
January 30, 2015
Jessica Barrientos 21(Pink), Jenessa Smith 2, and Vivianna Gradillas 21(blue) hike up Tumamac Hill on Jan. 28, 2014. Tumamac is a very popular trail used all year around to enjoy some exercise.

Hiking trails to elevate your weekend

Chelsea Cook
January 30, 2015
Courtesy of Michael Lehman / March Fourth!MarchFourth! performs its elaborate and eccentric act on stage. The marching band will perform Saturday at The Rialto Theatre.

MarchFourth! parades into Rialto

Chelsea Cook
January 23, 2015
Cecilia Alvarez / The Daily Wildcat Barrista, Rob Villa, mixes customers orders Scented Leaf on Jan. 21, 2015. Villa has been mixing teas at Scented Leaf for nine months.

All the tea in Tucson

Chelsea Cook
January 23, 2015

MTV’s ‘Girl Code’ Carly Aquilino visits UA for one-night stand

Chelsea Cook
December 2, 2014
Courtesy of Kyle DouglassThe line outside of the Kate Spade store at Phoenix Premium Outlets on Thursday during the early hours of the 2014 Black Friday sales. The store opened its doors at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day and remained open until 10 p.m. the following day.

Black Friday frenzy: A survivor’s story

Chelsea Cook
December 1, 2014
Zac Lusk, a Route 66 Grill employee and education sophomore, prepares a hamburger at Park Student Union on Monday.

Physics professor cooks up tasty experiments in new course

Chelsea Cook
November 25, 2014
Rebecca Marie Sasnett / The Daily Wildcat Joel Rubiner, artist, sets up his leather bags and belts booth outside of the Tucson Museum of Art on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in preparation for the Holiday Artisans Market at the Tucson Museum of Art. Rubiner started in Tucson in 1965.

Local art, jewelry and crafts for sale at annual Holiday Festival

Chelsea Cook
November 21, 2014
Students create signs in the Women's Resource Center to address the concept of slut-shaming and what the word ʺslutʺ implies at the Sip n' Bitch event on Wednesday. The posters made will be displayed during SlutWalk Tucson on Saturday. The SlutWalk is an inclusive event meant to create a hate-free environment.

Promoting zero tolerance for slut shaming

Chelsea Cook
November 14, 2014
Gregory "Jenna May" Lennon performs during Diva La Paz at Colonia de la Paz Residence Hall on Friday. The event was a showcase of numerous song and dance acts aiming to raise awareness about issues facing the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning community.

Divas take stage to spread love

Chelsea Cook
November 10, 2014
Photo by Larry Hannelin / Photo courtesy of Esperanza Dance Project 2012Latricia George, a founding member of the Esperanza Dance Project, dances in the group's piece titled, "To Cry For You." EDP will perform tonight at the Pima Community College West Campus.

Dance project raises awareness on abuse

Chelsea Cook
November 5, 2014
Cecilia Alvarez / The Daily Wildcat The 6th annual Cyclovia Tucson was on Sunday Nov. 2nd. Bicyclist and others got to enjoy the streets surrounding Catalina Park and part of 4th ave.

No cars allowed at Cyclovia Tucson

Chelsea Cook
November 3, 2014
The Sun Bones (from left to right), comprised of Seth Vietti, Bob Hanshaw, Sam Golden and Laura Kepner-Adney, rehearse in a band member's home on Tuesday for the Spooky Prom that will be held at the Rialto Theatre on Friday.

No corsage needed at Rialto Theatre’s Spooky Prom

Chelsea Cook
October 31, 2014
The facade of Old Main on Thursday. The ghost of Carlos Maldenado, a construction worker on Old Main back in the 19th century, is said to still haunt the hallways of the building.

Notable UA landmarks have haunted history

Chelsea Cook
October 31, 2014
Undeclared engineering major Monica Stoll, left, screams at plant sciences sophomore Chelsea Hoel during the Haunted Dungeon event in Yuma Residence Hall on Thursday. The Haunted Dungeon will open to students on Friday and Saturday.

Residence halls of Historic Lane put on annual haunted house event

Chelsea Cook
October 24, 2014
Cory Driscoll (left), a first-year musical arts graduate student, plays his trumpet and Christine Yi (right) a musical perfomance sophomore, plays her saxaphone outside of the School of Music on Saturday after performing ʺFanfareʺ with the UA Trumpet Studio in the Concert VI portion of the ʺMusic Festival 2014: Villa-Lobos, Ginastera, Chávez, Revueltas.ʺ

UA immerses itself in Latino music at weekend festival

Chelsea Cook
October 20, 2014
Professors celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday

Professors celebrate Shakespeare’s 450th birthday

Chelsea Cook
October 17, 2014
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