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MEDIA CONTACTS
Office of University Communications
The University of Arizona
Marshall Building, 100
845 N. Park Ave
Tucson, AZ 85719
Telephone: 520-621-1877
Fax: 520-626-4121
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT, EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS
Pam Scott
520-621-1951
pscott@arizona.edu
DIRECTOR, NEWS CONTENT AND COMMUNICATIONS
Alexis Blue
520-626-4386
ablue@arizona.edu
DIRECTOR, MEDIA RELATIONS
Nick Prevenas
520-621-2194
nprevenas@arizona.edu
GENERAL MEDIA INQUIRIES
media_requests@list.arizona.edu
ADDITIONAL MEDIA CONTACTS
University of Arizona Health Sciences Office of Public Affairs
520-626-7301
Arizona Athletics
520-621-4163
GETTING AROUND CAMPUS
The Office of University Communications distributes media parking passes to reporters covering news on the University of Arizona campus. Passes allow reporters to park in any regularly marked space, visitor pay lot or metered space on campus. The passes cannot be used for personal campus visits. To request a temporary or annual media parking pass, call Jennise Taylor at 520-626-9422.
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TAKING PHOTOS/VIDEO ON CAMPUS
News organizations can shoot photos or video in public areas on campus. Media access to university buildings, the campus mall and any other locked area is coordinated through the Office of University Relations, Communications.
Filming/taping for commercial purposes, such as television programs, movies and advertisements, must be approved in advance. Approval of filming will require a written agreement with the university and appropriate insurance. No use of UArizona's trademarks or service marks is permitted without advance written approval.
Call Pam Scott at 520-621-1951 to coordinate any commercial filming/taping on campus.
View the release forms (English and Spanish versions) on the Rights and Releases page.
BROADCAST FACILITIES AND SERVICES
The University of Arizona is equipped with an on-campus television studio with satellite uplink capacity, which can be used for remote television interviews.
A radio studio with an ISDN phone line allows for broadcast-quality radio interviews.
Access to these facilities is available for a fee, schedule permitting. For more information, call Arizona Public Media at 520-621-5828.
PUBLIC RECORDS
Visit the university's Public Records page for more information on how to submit a Freedom of Information Act request.
BOILERPLATE
The University of Arizona, a land-grant university with two independently accredited medical schools, is one of the nation's top public universities, according to U.S. News & World Report. Established in 1885, the university is widely recognized as a student-centric university and has been designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education. The university ranked in the top 20 in 2021 in research expenditures among all public universities, according to the National Science Foundation, and is a leading Research 1 institution with $824 million in annual research expenditures. The university advances the frontiers of interdisciplinary scholarship and entrepreneurial partnerships as a member of the Association of American Universities, the 71 leading public and private research universities in the U.S. and Canada. It benefits the state with an estimated economic impact of $4.1 billion annually.