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Whether you're looking for meaning or simply want a fun fright, UArizona experts say our interest in the paranormal is a "natural human impulse."

"The Linda McCartney Retrospective" – a 200-piece exhibition showcasing the world-renowned photographer's 30-year career, will have its North American premiere at the University of Arizona's Center for Creative Photography. The exhibit will run Feb. 4-Aug. 5.

Willem de Kooning's painting "Woman-Ochre," which has made its return to the University of Arizona Museum of Art, was noteworthy well before its brazen theft in 1985. Paul Ivey, professor of art, shares four things you may not have known about the painting and the artist.

First-year student Liam Mohajeri Norris will make "LEGO Masters" history as part of the first mother-son team to compete on the FOX competition show. Season three of "LEGO Masters" premieres Sept. 21 on FOX.

Eric Romero spent much of his high school life being compared to Peter Parker – the alter ego of Spider-Man. As he begins his journey at UArizona, the computer science major hopes to be a force for good in the world of technology.

Humans across cultures and generations have a propensity for recalling music and connecting it with memories. Lifetimes of Listening: The Arizona Musical Memory Archive aims to collect, record and analyze musical memories from people from all walks of life to see what can be learned.

The better someone knows a topic, the more difficult their writing about that subject can be to understand. UArizona researchers have developed the Writing Clarity Calculator to help scholars determine how clear their writing is.

Title IX, the landmark legislation designed to eliminate sex discrimination in education, marks its 50th anniversary this year. Tammi Walker, an associate professor of law, talks about the legislation's impact and evolution.

In addition to observing Juneteenth as a paid holiday for the first time in 2023, the university is developing a yearlong campaign to tell the story of Juneteenth and Black people in the Southwest.

Arizona is ahead of the U.S. in reaching pre-pandemic job numbers, although the state's metropolitan areas have had varying levels of success, says economist George Hammond.