Chief AI Officer: Higher Ed’s New Leadership Role

June 20, 2025

Earliest evidence of humans in the Americas confirmed in new U of A study

A new paper agrees with findings that footprints discovered in New Mexico are between 21,000 and 23,000 years old – much older than the previously known earliest signs of human culture in the Americas.

New U of A 3-year medical degree program receives ABOR approval

The new program will allow graduating physicians from the U of A colleges of medicine to enter the workforce one year earlier than those who pursue the traditional four-year degree.

Predicting how plants will fare in the heat is not so easy

According to a review article published by researchers at the University of Arizona and The University of British Columbia, small-scale observations of how plants respond to heat don't always translate into an accurate prediction at a larger scale.