The University of Arizona, established in 1885 in Tucson, is a public land-grant research university and the first university in the Arizona Territory. Governed by the Arizona Board of Regents, it comprises 22 colleges and schools, including Eller College of Management, Wyant College of Optical Sciences, and Colleges of Medicine in Phoenix and Tucson, plus the James E. Rogers College of Law. As of fall 2023, the university enrolled over 53,000 students.
Nine Arizona Wildcats were selected in the MLB Draft, tying for the fifth-most selections in program history. The draft featured live updates and analysis of the Day 2 picks.
In 1914, the athletic teams of the University of Arizona were nicknamed the Wildcats, derived from a football game against Occidental College.
In 1914, the football team, originally known as "Varsity", was deemed the "Wildcats".
In 1915, Arizona's first mascot was a real desert bobcat named "Rufus Arizona".
In 1919, John Lyman conceived a campus master plan modeled after the University of Virginia. In the early 1930s, Roy Place updated the campus master plan.
In 1919, the Berger Memorial Fountain at the west entrance of Old Main, honoring UA students who died in World War I, was founded.
In 1924, during Cloyd Marvin's tenure as president, the University of Arizona was recognized by the Association of American Universities.
In 1927, the Arizona State Museum buildings were constructed, with one of them serving as the main library. They were designed by Roy Place, a prominent Tucson architect, with red brick facades.
December 7, 1941, is symbolic of the battleship USS Arizona's sinking at Pearl Harbor.
Since 1945, the university has published Arizona Quarterly, an academic literary journal.
In July 1946, a bell housed on the USS Arizona, rescued from the ship after the attack on Pearl Harbor, arrived on campus to have a permanent home in the clock tower of the Student Union Memorial Center.
In 1951, the original 270,000-square-foot Student Union Memorial Center opened.
In 1956, the Arizona baseball team appeared in the NCAA National Championship title series.
In 1959, the Arizona baseball team appeared in the NCAA National Championship title series.
In 1962, the Honors College started with an acceptance of seventy-five students.
In 1963, Robert M. Tanita was a nationally ranked collegiate wrestler who reached the NCAA finals tournament as WAC champion.
In 1963, the Arizona baseball team appeared in the NCAA National Championship title series.
North Carolina had 27 consecutive appearances from 1975 to 2001 in the NCAA Tournament.
In 1976, the Main Library opened, serving as the library system's reference, periodical, and administrative center; most of the main collections are housed here.
In 1976, the baseball team captured a national championship title, coached by Jerry Kindall.
In 1976, the main library was built on the east side of campus near the sports stadiums, clustering optical and space sciences buildings in the area.
In 1979, the school's club hockey team, formerly known as the Icecats, was started.
In 1980, a national championship for synchronized swimming was won in the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.
In 1980, the baseball team captured a national championship title, coached by Jerry Kindall.
In 1981 Doug Towne became Arizona's first NCAA Individual Champion in the sport of Men's Swimming, when he won the 500-yard freestyle at the NCAA championships.
In 1981, a national championship for synchronized swimming was won in the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.
In 1982, Arizona men became the first team to claim a first-time title since UCLA's win.
In 1982, football standout Vance Johnson won the NCAA long jump.
In 1983, Lute Olson was hired as the head coach of the men's basketball team, marking the beginning of a successful era for the program.
In 1984, a national championship for synchronized swimming was won in the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.
From 1985 to 2009, the Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team reached the NCAA Tournament 25 consecutive years.
In 1986, Aaron Ramirez national titles in men's cross country.
In 1986, Chip Hale played for the Wildcats under Jerry Kindall and was on the College World Series championship team.
In 1986, Wilbur married his longtime wildcat girlfriend, Wilma.
In 1986, the baseball team captured a national championship title, coached by Jerry Kindall.
Since 1987 Arizona has been part of both theoretical and experimental research in particle and nuclear physics in the framework of the CERN program.
In 1988, the Wildcats reached the Final Four of the NCAA tournament.
Kenny Lofton, now best known as a former Major League Baseball star, was a four-year letter winner as a Wildcat basketball player and was on the 1988 Final Four team.
In 1989, Mariusz Podkoscielny won the 1650-yard (mile) at the NCAA National Championships held at the IUPUI Natatorium.
Kansas' appearances in the NCAA Tournament began from 1990-present.
In 1991, Annika Sörenstam won in golf.
In 1991, the Arizona softball team won an NCAA Women's College World Series title under head coach Mike Candrea.
In 1991, the first closed system experiment commencing in Biosphere 2, which was constructed by private developers.
In 1992, the Arizona softball team appeared in the NCAA National Championship.
In 1992, the men's golf team won a national championship at the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships.
In 1993, Alix Creek and Michelle Oldham won the NCAA Women's Doubles Tennis title, defeating Texas in the Final.
In 1993, the Arizona softball team won an NCAA Women's College World Series title under head coach Mike Candrea.
In 1994, Arizona officially joined the CERN-LHC ATLAS Collaboration, furthering its involvement in particle and nuclear physics research.
In 1994, Martin Keino national titles in men's cross country.
In 1994, the Arizona softball team won an NCAA Women's College World Series title under head coach Mike Candrea.
In 1994, the NCAA Woman of the Year Award was won by track and field athlete Tanya Hughes.
In 1994, the Wildcats reached the Final Four of the NCAA tournament.
In 1995, the Arizona softball team appeared in the NCAA National Championship.
In 1996, Amy Skieresz individual national titles in women's cross country.
In 1996, the Arizona Health Sciences Library was built and is on the Health Sciences Center on the north end of campus and in Phoenix on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus.
In 1996, the Arizona softball team won an NCAA Women's College World Series title under head coach Mike Candrea.
In 1996, the women's golf team won a national championship at the NCAA Women's Golf Championship.
Eugene Edgerson played on the 1997 and 2001 Final Four squads, and spent some of his professional careers as one of the Harlem Globetrotters.
In 1997, Arizona defeated the University of Kentucky to win the NCAA National Championship by a score of 84–79 in overtime, securing the university's first national championship victory.
In 1997, the Arizona softball team won an NCAA Women's College World Series title under head coach Mike Candrea.
In 1998, the Arizona softball team appeared in the NCAA National Championship.
From November 2003 until October 2011, the program was led by Mike Stoops, brother of Bob Stoops, the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma (the 2000 BCS national champions).
In 2000, reconstruction of the Student Union Memorial Center commenced.
In 2000, the women's golf team won a national championship at the NCAA Women's Golf Championship.
Eugene Edgerson played on the 1997 and 2001 Final Four squads, and spent some of his professional careers as one of the Harlem Globetrotters.
In 2001, Tara Chaplin individual national titles in women's cross country.
In 2001, the Arizona softball team won an NCAA Women's College World Series title under head coach Mike Candrea.
North Carolina had 27 consecutive appearances from 1975 to 2001 in the NCAA Tournament.
In 2002, the Arizona softball team appeared in the NCAA National Championship.
In 2002, the Integrated Learning Center (ILC) was completed as a $20 million, 100,000-square-foot computer facility intended for use by incoming students.
From November 2003 until October 2011, the program was led by Mike Stoops, brother of Bob Stoops.
Between 2000 and 2003, the Student Union Memorial Center was completely reconstructed, replacing a structure originally opened in 1951 with additions from the 1960s and early 1970s.
In 2003, ZonaZoo, the official student section and student ticketing program for the University of Arizona Athletics, was officially implemented.
In 2003, the Stevie Eller Dance Theater opened as a performance venue for the UA's dance program. Designed by Gould Evans, it received a Citation Award from the American Institute of Architects, Arizona Chapter.
In 2004, the Arizona baseball team appeared in the NCAA National Championship title series.
At the conclusion of the 2005 academic term, Peter Likins vacated his post as president of the University of Arizona.
In March 2006, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, containing the HiRISE camera designed at the UA, reached Mars. The mission captured the highest-resolution images of the planet ever seen.
In 2006, Robert N. Shelton began his tenure as president of the University of Arizona.
In 2006, the Arizona softball team won an NCAA Women's College World Series title under head coach Mike Candrea.
In August 2007, the UA, led by Peter Smith, took charge of the Phoenix Mars Mission, marking the first mission completely controlled by a university.
In 2007, The Wildcats have also won their first NCAA Championship in men and women's swimming and diving. Also, Student-athletes from the women's swimming and diving team have been particularly heralded by the NCAA. The NCAA Woman of the Year Award was won by UA swimmers Whitney Myers.
In 2007, the Arizona softball team won an NCAA Women's College World Series title under head coach Mike Candrea.
In 2007, the university became the official management partner of the Biosphere 2 facility for research purposes.
In May 2008, the Phoenix Mars Mission reached the planet's surface, with the mission's purpose being to improve knowledge of the Martian Arctic.
In 2008, The Wildcats have also won their first NCAA Championship in men and women's swimming and diving.
In 2008, the National Science Foundation funded the iPlant Collaborative with a $50 million grant to support its research initiatives.
Miles Simon was an assistant coach under Olson from 2005 to 2008.
From 1985 to 2009, the Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team reached the NCAA Tournament 25 consecutive years.
In 2009, the NCAA Woman of the Year Award was won by UA swimmers Lacey Nymeyer.
In 2010, the Arizona softball team appeared in the NCAA National Championship.
In 2010, the NCAA Woman of the Year Award was won by UA swimmers Justine Schluntz.
In June 2011, the university announced it would assume full ownership of the Biosphere 2 scientific research facility in Oracle, Arizona.
On October 10, 2011, Mike Stoops was fired as the head coach of the football program.
On November 21, 2011, Rich Rodriguez was hired to lead the Wildcats football program.
As of 2011, the Icecats are part of ACHA Division I, and are known formally as the Arizona Wildcats hockey team.
In 2011, UA alumnus Lujendra Ojha and his team discovered proof of liquid water on the surface of Mars while using the HiRISE camera.
In 2011, the Sustainable Endowments Institute gave the University of Arizona a College Sustainability Report Card grade of "B."
In the summer of 2011, Robert N. Shelton resigned from his position as president of the University of Arizona.
As of 2012, the UA's library system contains over six million print volumes, 1.1 million electronic books, and 74,000 electronic journals.
In 2012, Ann Weaver Hart became the first female president of the University of Arizona.
In 2012, the Wildcats played in the New Mexico Bowl, where they defeated the University of Nevada Wolf Pack.
In 2012, the baseball team captured a national championship title, coached by Andy Lopez.
In 2013, Brigetta Barrett won the women's high jump.
In 2013, the iPlant Collaborative received a $50 million renewal grant, allowing it to continue its work.
In 2014, ESPN ranked ZonaZoo as the top student cheering section in the PAC 12 conference.
In 2014, the Wildcats won the Pac-12 South and played in the Fiesta Bowl.
In 2014, undergraduate students enrolled in the UA's optional tuition guarantee program will remain at $11,591 for residents and $30,745 for non-residents through the 2018–19 academic year.
In the 2014-2015 academic year, 68 freshman students were National Merit Scholars.
According to the 2015-2016 Association of Research Libraries' "Spending by University Research Libraries" report, UA libraries are ranked as the 37th overall university library in North America for university investment.
In 2015, Chip Hale served as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
In 2015, Design Intelligence ranked the College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture's (CAPLA) undergraduate program in architecture 10th in the nation for all universities, public and private.
In 2015, Jay Johnson became the head coach of the University of Arizona baseball program, succeeding Andy Lopez.
In 2015, ZonaZoo received the Best Student Section of the Year award from the National Collegiate Student Section Association.
In 2015, the University of Arizona opened the ENR2, housing the School of Geography, Development and Environment, which was designed to be one of the "greenest" buildings on campus.
In 2015, the Wildcats played in their fourth consecutive bowl game, defeating the University of New Mexico in the New Mexico Bowl.
In late 2015, the iPlant Collaborative was rebranded as "CyVerse". The collaborative cloud-based data management platform is moving beyond life sciences to provide cloud-computing access across all scientific disciplines.
In the 2014–2015 academic year, 68 freshman students were National Merit Scholars.
As of March 2016, the UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory is actively involved in ten spacecraft missions: Cassini VIMS; Grail; the HiRISE camera orbiting Mars; the Juno mission orbiting Jupiter; Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO); Maven, which will explore Mars' upper atmosphere and interactions with the Sun; Solar Probe Plus, a historic mission into the Sun's atmosphere for the first time; Rosetta's VIRTIS; WISE; and OSIRIS-REx
On September 8, 2016, the OSIRIS-REx mission, the first U.S. sample-return mission to a near-Earth asteroid, launched. The UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory is actively involved in the OSIRIS-REx mission.
According to the 2015-2016 Association of Research Libraries' "Spending by University Research Libraries" report, UA libraries are ranked as the 37th overall university library in North America for university investment.
In 2016, Aurelio Jose Figueredo used funds from the Pioneer Fund grant to attend the London Conference on Intelligence, where presentations on eugenics are given.
In 2016, Chip Hale served as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
In 2016, the Arizona baseball team appeared in the NCAA National Championship title series.
In the 2016–2017 academic year, the Honors College had grown to 5,508 students.
In February 2017, Dave Heeke was named Arizona's 13th Director of Athletics.
On April 1, 2017, Dave Heeke officially started in his role as Arizona's Director of Athletics.
In August 2017, Arizona's partnership with Universidad de Sonora was renewed, with a focus on collaboration in geology and physics.
In 2017, Ann Weaver Hart left her position as president of the University of Arizona.
In 2017, The Center for World University Rankings ranked University of Arizona No. 52 in the world and 34 in the U.S.
In 2017, The Honors College was renamed to the W.A. Franke Honors College in recognition of a $25 million gift commitment made by William A. "Bill" Franke.
In 2017, the University of Arizona women's soccer team finished their season in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with an 11–5–4 record.
In 2017, the Wildcats lost to the Purdue Boilermakers in the Foster Farms Bowl, the Wildcats 21st bowl game.
On January 2, 2018, Rodriguez was relieved of his duties as head football coach following an internal university investigation into sexual harassment claims made by his former administrative assistant.
As of 2018, more than 16% of students are part of UA's 52-chapter Greek life program, with the University of Arizona recognizing 51 fraternity and sorority chapters.
In 2018, ZonaZoo received the Best Student Section of the Year award from the National Collegiate Student Section Association.
In 2018, the UA received funding from the Pioneer Fund, a non-profit institute known for promoting scientific racism and eugenics, which led to controversy.
In 2018, the women's golf team won a national championship at the NCAA Women's Golf Championship.
In 2018, tuition for students in the UA's optional tuition guarantee program remained at $11,591 for residents and $30,745 for non-residents as established in 2014.
In 2019, Suresh Garimella became the president of the University of Vermont.
In 2019, the Wildcats football team, under head coach Kevin Sumlin, posted a 4–8 record (2–7 in Pac-12).
On April 17, 2020, the University of Arizona announced temporary pay cuts and furloughs for its 15,000 employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic campus shutdown.
In December 2020, Jedd Fisch, former college and NFL coach, was chosen as the Wildcats' 32nd head football coach.
In December 2020, the University of Arizona announced that the bell from the USS Arizona would no longer be rung at the request of the U.S. Navy.
At the conclusion of the 2020 season, which was truncated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kevin Sumlin was fired as the Wildcats head football coach after a disappointing three-season tenure.
In 2020, the University of Arizona purchased Ashford University from Zovio and renamed it The University of Arizona Global Campus. The purchase was met with criticism due to investigations and lawsuits against Ashford.
In June 2021, Jay Johnson resigned from the Wildcat program to accept the head coaching job at LSU.
In July 2021, Chip Hale was named the new head coach of Arizona baseball.
In October 2022, a university professor was murdered on campus, allegedly by a former student. Following investigations, the faculty senate voted "no confidence" in the university's president and other leaders for failing to act on warnings about campus safety.
In 2023, The Center for World University Rankings ranked University of Arizona No. 95 in the world and 48 in the U.S.
In 2023, the University of Arizona enrolled 53,187 students across 22 colleges and schools, including the Eller College of Management and the Wyant College of Optical Sciences.
In 2023, the University of Arizona faced a financial crisis due to accounting errors and flawed financial projections, allegedly "losing track of more than $240 million." Investigative reporting linked the crisis to the university's purchase of Ashford University and its declining enrollment.
On April 2, 2024, Robert C. Robbins announced his plans to step down as president of the University of Arizona during an ABOR meeting.
In April 2024, the UA chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine joined protests against the war in Gaza. The encampment was attacked and dispersed by police firing rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper balls, leading to injuries among protesters, bystanders, and the press.
On August 2, 2024, the University of Arizona's intercollegiate athletic teams, known as the Arizona Wildcats, officially joined the Big 12 Conference.
On August 9, 2024, Suresh Garimella was named the 23rd president of the University of Arizona.
In 2024, the University of Arizona was admitted to the Big 12 Conference.
The 2025 Times Higher Education World University Rankings rated University of Arizona No. 136 in the world and No. 45 in the U.S.
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