Transgender Woman Held in Male Immigrant Detention Center
Activists pushing for release of Guatemalan immigrant, end to alleged abuse inside facility.
Life-changing Experiences While Serving Overseas
Peace Corps volunteers say life abroad opens new horizons, and is unforgettable.
The 2015 Academy Awards
Film writer Chris Dashiell looks ahead to the Oscars, and questions whether they do more to help or hamper the way filmmakers approach their craft.
Arizona Spotlight for February 13th, 2015
A student learns to balance family, education, and work with limited income; translating Murakami's stories into English; repose as a way to deal with stress; a bull rider's quest for the Gold Buckle.
One Student's Story
Learn how UA student Mercedes Galarza is learning to balance family, education and a job, while just barely getting by.
The Gold Buckle
Join a real-life cowboy competing in the 90th Annual Tucson Rodeo, on a quest to earn his sport's most valued prize.
Quartet for the End of Time
Author Johanna Skibsrud discusses drawing on a famous piece of music for inspiration, and reads from her new novel for "Sound Fiction".
Arizona Spotlight for February 6th, 2015
Music and memories with songwriter and performer Dan Hicks; a trip to the Tohono O'odham Nation to learn how recycling can also be redemption; author Johanna Skibsrud discusses her novel "Quartet for the End of Time".
Arizona Spotlight for January 30th, 2015
Members of Congress tour the U.S. / Mexico border; scientist Chris Impey ponders the human need to explore "Beyond"; UA students learn about life in Cuba; traditional Chinese music welcomes "The Year of the Goat".
"The Dance of Yao"
A trio of virtuoso musicians play a traditional Chinese folk melody, perfom at the Confucius Institute's New Year Celebration.
Cuba as a Classroom
Annual summer trips educate University of Arizona students about the culture, politics and daily life of an isolated island nation.
Arizona Spotlight for January 23rd, 2015
Burt Bacharach headlines the Tucson Jazz Festival; a visit to The Flying Leap Vineyards in Southern Arizona; and from Tierney to Depp, a look at three films about John Dillinger.
Arizona Spotlight for January 16th, 2015
Volunteers unite to help students in danger of dropping out; how the ecological war against buffelgrass is waged; restoring the legend of Vaudeville-era entertainer Sophie Tucker; a look back at the films of Sir Alec Guinness.
Students At Risk of Dropping Out Get Surprise Visits from Tucson Officials
Steps to Success Walk aims at getting teens back in the classroom
Arizona Spotlight for January 9th, 2015
Actor & playwirght Laurence Luckinbill discusses playing Teddy Roosevelt; a lesson in what it meant to grow up in one of America's most famous families; an introduction to the freedom of "Authentic Movement".
