Editing University of Arizona (section)

==Campus==
{{see also|University of Arizona Campus Historic District}}
[[File:University of Arizona mall.jpg|center|400px|thumb|University of Arizona Mall]]
[[File:University of Arizona May 2019 09 (Old Main).jpg|thumb|"Old Main" was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.]]
[[File:Uofa.jpg|right|thumb|Student Union, Old Main, and Forbes building]]

The main campus' 179 buildings sit on {{convert|380|acre|km2|1}} in central Tucson, about {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} northeast of downtown. [[Roy Place]], a prominent [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]] architect, designed many of the early buildings, including the [[Arizona State Museum]] buildings (one of them the 1927 main library) and Centennial Hall. Place's use of red brick set the tone for the red brick facades that are a basic part of nearly all UA buildings: almost every UA building has red brick as a major component of the design, or at the very least, a stylistic accent to harmonize it with the other campus buildings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/2000-10-12/curr4.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929090913/http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/2000-10-12/curr4.html|url-status=dead |title="The Big Build-Up", Margaret Regan, ''Tucson Weekly'', October 12, 2000|archive-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tucson.com/news/local/education/college/ua-buildings-ditch-red-brick-to-symbolize-inspire-teach/article_a7bd21f1-cc84-5985-99b6-60c7b3daae58.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516065853/http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/printDS/180648 |url-status=dead |title=UA buildings ditch red brick to symbolize, inspire, teach|first=Tom Beal ARIZONA DAILY|last=STAR|archive-date=May 16, 2007|website=Arizona Daily Star}}</ref> In the early 1930s, Place updated the campus master plan, conceived by his architectural partner John Lyman in 1919 and modeled after the [[University of Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AZ-01-019-0090|title=University of Arizona|last=Jeffery|first=R. Brooks|website=sah-archipedia.org|publisher=[[University of Virginia Press]] and [[Society of Architectural Historians]]|language=en|access-date=2018-09-02|archive-date=September 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902220625/http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AZ-01-019-0090|url-status=live}}</ref>

The campus is roughly divided into quadrants. The north and south sides of campus are delineated by a grassy expanse called the Mall, which stretches from Old Main eastward to the campus' eastern border at Campbell Avenue (a major north–south arterial street). The west and east sides of campus are separated roughly by Highland Avenue and the Student Union Memorial Center (see below).

[[File:UA Eller College of Management.jpg|thumb|UA McClelland Hall, Eller College of Management]]

The science and mathematics buildings tend to be clustered in the southwest quadrant; the intercollegiate athletics facilities to the southeast; the arts and humanities buildings to the northwest (with the dance department being a major exception as its main facilities are far to the east end of campus), with the engineering buildings in the north central area. The optical and space sciences buildings are clustered on the east side of campus near the sports stadiums and the (1976) main library.

Speedway Boulevard, one of Tucson's primary east–west arterial streets, traditionally defined the northern boundary of campus but since the 1980s, several university buildings have been constructed directly on, and north of, this street, expanding into a neighborhood traditionally filled with apartment complexes and single-family homes. The university has purchased a handful of these apartment complexes for student housing in recent years. Sixth Street typically defines the southern boundary, with single-family homes (many of which are rented out to students) south of this street.

The Stevie Eller Dance Theater, opened in 2003 (across the Mall from [[McKale Center]]) as a {{convert|28600|sqft|m2|-1|adj=on}} dedicated performance venue for the UA's dance program, one of the most highly regarded university dance departments in the United States. Designed by Gould Evans, a Phoenix-based architectural firm, the theater was awarded the 2003 Citation Award from the [[American Institute of Architects]], Arizona Chapter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.cfa.arizona.edu/dance/visit/dancetheatre.php|title=CFA.arizona.edu|website=CFA.Arizona.edu|access-date=July 6, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707075758/http://web.cfa.arizona.edu/dance/visit/dancetheatre.php|archive-date=July 7, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The [[Computer Science]] department's [[webcam]] provides a live feed<ref name="Livecam">{{cite web| url=http://www.cs.arizona.edu/camera/| title=Webcam| work=The University of Arizona| location=Tucson, Arizona| access-date=April 30, 2011| archive-date=April 26, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426195743/http://www.cs.arizona.edu/camera/| url-status=live}}</ref> of the campus as seen from the top of the Gould-Simpson building (the tallest classroom building on campus at 10 stories).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arizona.edu/buildings/gould-simpson|title=Buildings|website=Arizona.edu|access-date=July 6, 2017|archive-date=February 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218011245/http://www.arizona.edu/buildings/gould-simpson|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Berger Memorial Fountain at the west entrance of Old Main honors the UA students who died in World War I, and dates back to 1919.<ref name="Berger Memorial Fountain"/> The University of Arizona generates renewable energy with solar panels (photo voltaic) that have been installed on campus buildings. In 2011, the ''Sustainable Endowments Institute'' gave the university a College Sustainability Report Card grade of "B."<ref name="Sustainable Endowments Institute Report Card">{{cite web | title =College Sustainability Report Card 2011 | publisher =Sustainable Endowments Institute | url =http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/university-of-arizona | access-date =November 19, 2011 | archive-date =January 3, 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120103044735/http://www.greenreportcard.org/report-card-2011/schools/university-of-arizona | url-status =dead }}</ref> In 2015, the university opened the ENR2, housing the [[University of Arizona School of Geography, Development and Environment]] set to be one of its "greenest" buildings on campus with features like a cutting edge air conditioning system and 55,000-gallon water-harvesting tank. Designed to resemble a slot canyon in the Sonoran Desert, the 150,000 sq. ft. building focuses on adaptation and reducing our carbon footprint.<ref>{{cite web|title=How to Construct a Canyon {{!}} Green Building and Design|url=http://gbdmagazine.com/2014/29-university-of-arizona/|website=gbd magazine|date=September 8, 2014|access-date=January 22, 2016|archive-date=January 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128162611/http://gbdmagazine.com/2014/29-university-of-arizona/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Student Union Memorial Center===
[[File:UAstudentu040409.jpg|thumb|Student Union Memorial Center]] 
[[File:Tucson-USS Arizona Bell.JPG|thumb|The salvaged ''USS Arizona Bell''. The 1,820-pound bell is one of two salvaged from the USS ''Arizona'' and is housed in the "bell tower" of the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center.]]
The Student Union Memorial Center, on the north side of the Mall east of Old Main, was completely reconstructed between 2000 and 2003. It replaced a {{convert|270000|sqft|m2|-3|adj=on}} structure originally opened in 1951 with additions during the 1960s and early 1970s.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sortore|first=Nancy|date=August 15, 1971|title=Construction of Student Union Integrated Old, New Buildings|page=C10|work=[[Arizona Daily Star]]}}</ref>

The building was designed to mirror the USS ''Arizona'' (BB-39). A variety of sculptures pepper the premises, decorating the air with the chimes of dog tags or the colors of refracted light in honor of those who have served. A [[Bell (instrument)|bell]] housed on the USS ''Arizona'', one of the two bells rescued from the ship after the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], has a permanent home in the clock tower of the Student Union Memorial Center. The bell arrived on campus in July 1946. The bell was rung seven times on the third Wednesday of every month at 12:07 pm – symbolic of the battleship's sinking on December 7, 1941 – to honor individuals at the UA, as well as after home [[Arizona Wildcats football|football]] victories, over any team except other Arizona schools.<ref name="U.S.S. Arizona Bell">{{cite web | title=Ringing of the U.S.S. Arizona Bell | publisher=Arizona Board of Regents | year=2005 | work=UA History | access-date=March 29, 2006 | url=http://www.arizona.edu/tours/traditions/traditions8.php |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060504055825/http://www.arizona.edu/tours/traditions/traditions8.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = May 4, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=David | last=Leighton | url=http://tucson.com/news/blogs/streetsmarts/street-smarts-bell-tolls-to-remember-one-of-nation-s/article_f247c758-27a3-5c12-9f1d-d0d885a4ac5e.html | title=Street Smarts: Bell tolls to remember one of nation's darkest days | newspaper=Arizona Daily Star | date=July 13, 2015 | access-date=July 17, 2015 | archive-date=March 5, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305103817/http://tucson.com/news/blogs/streetsmarts/street-smarts-bell-tolls-to-remember-one-of-nation-s/article_f247c758-27a3-5c12-9f1d-d0d885a4ac5e.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2020, it was announced that at the request of the U.S. Navy, who still officially owns the bell, and in the interest of preservation of the historic artifact, that the bell would no longer be rung.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brean|first=Henry|date=December 5, 2020|title=Worry about wear silences USS Arizona bell at UA|url=https://tucson.com/news/local/worry-about-wear-silences-uss-arizona-bell-at-ua/article_41b4019d-ef27-5d2d-8fd7-f736080ef9c0.html|access-date=2022-01-16|website=Arizona Daily Star|language=en|archive-date=January 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182319/https://tucson.com/news/local/worry-about-wear-silences-uss-arizona-bell-at-ua/article_41b4019d-ef27-5d2d-8fd7-f736080ef9c0.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Arboretum===
Much of the main campus has been designated an [[arboretum]]. Plants from around the world are labeled along a self-guided plant walk. The Krutch Cactus Garden <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Thornber |first=J. J. |date=1906 |title=The Toumey Cactus Garden |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43476556 |journal=The Plant World |volume=9 |issue=12 |pages=273–277 |issn=0096-8307 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |access-date=April 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308134646/https://www.jstor.org/stable/43476556 |url-status=live }}</ref> includes the tallest [[Boojum tree]] in the state of Arizona.<ref>{{cite news | first=Inger | last=Sandal | url=http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/relatedarticles/40311.php | title=Boojum boon for UA campus | newspaper=Arizona Daily Star | date=September 24, 2004 | access-date=January 28, 2006 | archive-date=August 11, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060811045811/http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/relatedarticles/40311.php | url-status=dead }}</ref>  Two herbaria on the university campus are referred to as "ARIZ" in the ''Index Herbarium.''

The campus also boasts hundreds of olive trees many of which were planted by Prof. Robert H. Forbes. Many of these trees are over a hundred years old.<ref>{{cite news | first=David | last=Leighton | url=http://tucson.com/news/blogs/streetsmarts/street-smarts-here-s-who-to-thank---or/article_4d6ec2b1-4428-501a-a7a3-867862f09c6b.html | title=Street Smarts: Here's who to thank – or curse – for Tucson's olive trees | newspaper=Arizona Daily Star | date=August 3, 2015 | access-date=August 4, 2015 | archive-date=August 6, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806074558/http://tucson.com/news/blogs/streetsmarts/street-smarts-here-s-who-to-thank---or/article_4d6ec2b1-4428-501a-a7a3-867862f09c6b.html | url-status=live }}</ref>