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Featured stories and events to connect you with University of Arizona's exciting research and discovery, meaningful innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, and societal impact.

The Latest

October 1, 2024

  • Smart watering research earns CAPLA students top honor
  • $1M gift to advance consciousness research at AZ Astrobiology Center
  • I-Squared celebrates U of A's top inventors and startups
  • U of A strengthening research partnership with CNRS
  • Optical Sciences assistant professor wins DOE Early Career Award

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September 17, 2024

  • Study: Could babywearing reduce mother and baby’s dependence on drug treatment?
  • BIO5 staffer named 2024 AZBio Bioscience Educator of the Year
  • UACI startup shines on regional, global stage
  • Graduate student analyzes data to protect firefighters from cancer

September 3, 2024

  • Grad CAFE helps underrepresented STEM students succeed holistically
  • Researchers develop microscope that can see electrons in motion
  • U of A fraud detection startup acquired by Experian
  • First-year student chooses U of A as launchpad for NASA 'dream job'

August 20, 2024

  • Pursuit of a Valley fever vaccine passes significant milestone
  • Student internship offers taste of an AI-powered future
  • Heat health experts help shape U.N. call to action on extreme heat
  • U of A researcher featured in Netflix film 'Inside the Mind of a Dog'
  • Navajo Nation, U of A strengthen public health collaboration

August 6, 2024

  • Hypersonics researcher calls on Congress to boost domestic support
  • France-Arizona Institute administrator earns Fulbright award
  • Asthma study tracks Tucsonans from birth through adulthood
  • New tour app enhances educational experience at Biosphere 2
  • Alumni speak to legacy of BIO5 Institute Ambassador internship

July 23, 2024

  • University of Arizona's first student-built satellite launches successfully
  • University's new center helps lead national Indigenous language revitalization efforts
  • Fish lab on campus designed to spawn human health discoveries
  • Skillbridge program helps active-duty service members prepare for civilian life
  • Pascua Yaqui entrepreneur hopes to create opportunities for others

July 9, 2024

  • Weather trucks monitor extreme heat in Tucson's 'data deserts'
  • Grad student researchers find support through nonprofit fellowships
  • Near-Earth asteroid Bennu holds the solar system's 'original ingredients'
  • Wildcat researchers, local airmen innovate for human and canine health
  • Awardees announced for 2024 HSI Faculty Seed Grant Program

June 25, 2024

  • Arizona Astrobiology Center, NASA empower middle school teachers
  • Study: First evidence of sex differences in how pain can be produced
  • Tribal leaders and university heads connect during third Tribal Leaders Summit
  • Arizona-led Snow4Flow mission attracts $30M from NASA
  • University's Cybersecurity Clinic to combat threats, develop student's skills

June 11, 2024

  • University and partners form the nation’s first Tribal Food Safety Alliance
  • James Webb Space Telescope spots two most distant galaxies ever seen
  • Director of new Lovejoy Center named one of NASEM's New Voices
  • Study: cannabis terpenes may relieve chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain
  • Students' award-winning designs will help Hopi Tribe expand solar-powered facilities

May 28, 2024

  • Undergrads & RII grant support Biosphere 2’s Landscape Evolution Observatory
  • Professor uses CT network to 'open the doors of science and let everyone in'
  • University joins new center helping communities manage extreme heat
  • How University of Arizona research informed a new state law
  • Hundreds gather for largest Indigenous data sovereignty event in history

May 14, 2024

  • Advances in phononics could revolutionize size, quality of wireless technologies  
  • CyVerse to support new center focused on molecular and cellular biosciences
  • Student-Made Arizona to offer online marketplace for student entrepreneurs
  • NIH supports Wildcat mission to follow HPV on its path to nucleus
  • Undergraduate researcher unites varied talents and community impact

April 30, 2024

  • NSF and NobleReach Emerge select Cyverse, USA NPN for pilot program
  • University researchers use JWST to study faraway potential water world
  • Every day is Earth Day at Biosphere 2
  • AI bot developed on campus could revolutionize medical training
  • University expertise in mining and minerals shines in Washington, D.C.

April 16, 2024

  • NASA will take UArizona science when it returns to the moon
  • Safety first: civil engineer researches inequities in traffic safety
  • UArizona sociologist receives NSF CAREER award to study the “science of science”
  • SCORCH focuses on collaborative approach to climate change health threats, solutions
  • Four UACI startups selected for exclusive entrepreneurship program

April 2, 2024

  • Women of Impact program expands, nominations now open
  • OSIRIS-REx teams win prestigious aviation award
  • USDA names Yuma senior a Future Leader in Agriculture
  • University investment in quantum will stimulate economic prosperity across state
  • University of Arizona scientists pinpoint neurological origins of anorexia

March 19, 2024

  • Sample from asteroid Bennu lands at UArizona museum
  • JDRF funds clinical testing of bioartificial pancreas at College of Medicine - Tucson
  • New lab uses state-of-the-art imaging to understand roots, agricultural success
  • U.S. Fleet Forces Command Tours Applied Research Building
  • Holocaust survivor to share her story at free event co-hosted by Freedom Center

March 5, 2024

  • Steward Observatory's GUSTO mission breaks NASA record
  • FuseNano 2024 brings leaders and experts from across the country to UArizona
  • International society names director of the BIO5 Institute as its new president
  • Five UArizona innovators named to the National Academy of Inventors
  • Venture Valley Tournament draws enthusiastic crowd in Yuma

February 20, 2024

  • National recognition highlights UArizona's commitment to regional prosperity
  • UArizona among top universities worlwide granted U.S. utility patents
  • Collaboration to advance Indigenous geosciences in the Grand Canyon
  • UArizona museum receives major donation of micromounts and endowment

December 12, 2023

  • USDA grant to build next generation of agriculture workers at UArizona Yuma
  • Delegation represents UArizona at United Nations climate change conference 
  • College of Medicine professor improves method for studying Parkinson's disease.
  • Growing together: Conservator marks 26 years at Arizona State Museum
  • University of Arizona Tech Park welcomes cutting-edge sensor company 

November 28, 2023

  • African American Museum of Southern Arizona receives grant to fund swim lessons for Black children in Tucson
  • Tucson helps rebuild Ukraine
  • UArizona experts 'literally wrote the book' on Native nation building
  • UArizona named one of the nation's top 'green colleges'
  • Tracking an errant space rocket to a mysterious crater on the moon

November 9, 2023

  • Anonymous $4M gift establishes UArizona postdoctoral research prize to address climate and resilience challenges
  • UArizona student-led sustainability initiative is driving innovation with aquaponics
  • $35.5M awarded to UArizona College of Engineering for tech center expansion
  • UArizona research and facilities take center stage during USDA meetings, campus visit
  • Fuel Wonder campaign to raise $1B for grand total of $3B

October 26, 2023

  • Student researcher ensures historical documents are safe for future generations
  • UArizona astronomers investigate asteroid believed to be part of the moon
  • UArizona startup to begin clinical trial studying natural approach to hot flashes
  • Local high school students honored at annual UArizona Women of Impact celebration
  • UArizona English professor awarded MacArthur Fellowship

October 12, 2023

  • Furnace lit as UArizona casts final mirror for Giant Magellan Telescope
  • Streamlined surgery: UArizona startup aims to ease removal of hardware
  • UArizona study to determine if COVID-19 link to IBS is more than a gut feeling
  • UArizona researchers turn to tree rings for details of historic earthquake in Pacific Northwest
  • ABOR grant unites universities in support of reusing copper tailings across Arizona

September 28, 2023

  • Space is Wildcat Country: UArizona takes center stage for asteroid sample return mission
  • UArizona ranks 22nd in nation for U.S. universities granted utility patents
  • Native FORGE welcomes entrepreneurs from Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe
  • Student-produced recruitment video answers, "What even is optics?"
  • UArizona researcher partners with NOAA to promote best practices for mitigating extreme heat

September 14, 2023

  • UArizona scientists investigate new frontiers of sound with $30M center
  • New project will expand AZ HSI Consortium and support Hispanic students in STEM
  • Regulating AI risk: Why we need to revamp the ‘AI Bill of Rights’
  • Study finds the brain can help solve its own memory issues
  • Take a stroll through the solar system – on the UArizona campus

August 31, 2023

  • UArizona experts suggest solutions to boost food, water and economic security in changing climate
  • UArizona researchers and community partners map history of housing injustices in Tucson
  • Study finds the brain can help solve its own memory issues
  • Tucson startups find support they need at UA Tech Parks
  • Grant empowers educational equity and diversity in STEM on campus

August 16, 2023

  • UArizona reports second-most inventive year on record
  • Prestigious awards pave the way for twins in College of Engineering
  • Virtual city prepares students for future of cybersecurity
  • A common mold could help a bee species thrive
  • Researchers look to improve worksite sleep health for Arizona firefighters

August 2, 2023

  • How cities are battling extreme heat, and why record-breaking temps don’t tell the whole story
  • New UArizona study links brain waves directly to memory
  • Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center receives $7.8M NIH grant
  • Solving water challenges is complex–learn how law, health, climate and Indigenous rights all intersect in developing solutions
  • Separating lightning fact from fiction