Southwest Center, University of Arizona

09/21/2026

09/21/2026

09/17/2026

A magical, monsoonical night at Mission Garden: Friends of Tucson's Birthplace remembering Richard S. Felger.
Get the book: https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/the-botanical-odyssey-of-richard-s-felger, listen to the podcast: https://jsw.arizona.edu/multimedia/podcasts/ben-wilder-bill-broyles-felger-odyssey/
Next Generation Sonoran Desert Researchers School of Global Studies UArizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

09/07/2026

There are Many Garys. The MacArthur “genius award”-winning ethnobotanist who was on the leading edge of transforming the field by marrying “objective” science with social witness and accompaniment — the practice, inspired by Catholic social teaching, of simply showing up and being of service if and when you were needed — in Indigenous communities. The scholar and activist of the Arizona and Sonora Borderlands on which he’s worked and lived for half a century. Gary, co-founder of Native Seeds/SEARCH, a pioneering arid lands seedbank. Spirit-quest Gary, member of the Order of Ecumenical Franciscans, inspired by St. Francis of Assisi’s regard for human and more-than-human holiness and vulnerability. Gary, the prolific writer crossing many borders of genre — scientific articles, narrative nonfiction, poetry — with 36 books to his name (almost all monographs)...

For more than 50 years, writer and ethnobotanist Gary Paul Nabhan has been working alongside communities in the Borderlands to protect and preserve culturally significant plants and plant-based…

09/04/2026

La Peña del SurCo is back! Today, new venue!

Little Theater at Project MOORE High School
440 S. Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719
6 PM

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09/01/2026

Established in the fall of 2024, the School of Global Studies in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona brings together a remarkable range of programs, perspectives, and expertise under one academic roof.

The school’s redesigned Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies, which launches in fall 2026, reflects the way students increasingly want to learn: by engaging with big global questions while developing expertise in a particular region, community or thematic area.

School of Global Studies B.A. Expands with Eight Specialized Emphases Aug. 28, 2026 Image School of Global Studies Established in the fall of 2024, the School of Global Studies in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona brings together a remarkable range of progr...

09/01/2026

La Peña del SurCo is back for another year of music and community! Same spirit, same attitude, same empanadas, different venue:

Little Theater at Project MORE High School
440 S. Park Avenue, Tucson

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 6 PM

Details and RSVP: https://swc.arizona.edu/events/la-pena-del-surco-opens-season-2026-27

School of Global Studies UArizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

08/19/2026

We celebrate our 40th anniversary with more interviews, essays, and historical documents. Check them out!
https://swc.arizona.edu/news/david-yetman-reflects-our-40th-anniversary

David Yetman has been a research social scientist at the Southwest ...

08/19/2026

For us "of the people" means our folks artists, performers, food vendors, volunteers, sponsors and more. But ultimately, it's only our beloved festival because of you and thousands of our neighbors who love Tucson!