Caitlin Schmidt is Editor and Publisher of Tucson Spotlight. She previously worked for the Arizona Daily Star and has been reporting on Southern Arizona for 15 years.
The University of Arizona Foundation is transferring control of $70 million in non-scholarship endowment payouts to the university effective June 30, with all future annual payouts following the same path beginning in July.
La Biblioteca Richard Elías-Mission, ubicada en el south side de Tucson, ha reabierto sus puertas tras una renovación de dos años que incluye una ampliación de 5,000 pies cuadrados, con una nueva área infantil, un espacio para adolescentes y una biblioteca de semillas.
Biergarten, a Bavarian-style restaurant on Tucson's west side, opens June 5 after more than a year of permitting delays. Grand opening festivities run through the evening.
The Richard Elías-Mission Library on Tucson's south side has reopened after a two-year renovation, featuring a 5,000-square-foot expansion with a new children's area, teen space and seed library.
Los estudiantes pudieron observar de primera mano, desde el aire, la zona minera de cobre del sur de Arizona, acompañando a expertos en conservación y a representantes tribales en un recorrido de EcoFlight por los sitios mineros más controvertidos de la región.
Autism advocates Dani Bowman and John Elder Robison joined The Loft Cinema and Intermountain Centers for Human Development for a World Autism Month screening and panel discussion of the documentary "The Reason I Jump."
Tucson Young Professionals has eliminated its only paid position and returned to a volunteer-led board model, a shift the nonprofit says is driven by budgetary considerations and a commitment to long-term sustainability.
After Tucson Pride disbanded in January, community members are regrouping around smaller, community-driven events, starting with a queer-focused plant and seed swap Sunday at Reid Park.
Students got a firsthand look at southern Arizona's copper mining country from the air, joining conservation experts and tribal representatives on an EcoFlight tour of the region's most contested mine sites.
