Image Accomplished scientist and executive Díaz de la Rubia selected to lead U of A research enterprise Oct. 29, 2024 Tomás Díaz de la Rubia is the U of A's next senior vice president for research and innovation. He is expected to begin his appointment Nov. 11. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image University of Arizona physicists among winners of prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Thursday The international collective of scientists has been honored for pushing the boundaries of particle physics to new heights. Read more
Image U of A student Ojas Sanghi named 2025 Truman Scholar Monday Sanghi is one of 53 college students selected for the prestigious scholarship, given every year to students intending to enter government work or public service. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image U of A celebrates Wildcat wheelchair basketball national champs, prepares to host 2026 national tournament April 18, 2025 The University of Arizona men's wheelchair basketball team just reached the pinnacle of their sport – the National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Championship. Now, the team – and the whole university – are preparing to host next year's NIWB national tournament. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Innovative airflow research highlights noninvasive speech data collection April 17, 2025 The Douglass Phonetics Lab in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences is a hub for research and teaching in articulatory and acoustic phonetics, speech perception, psycholinguistics, and speech technology. Full story here
Image U of A researchers discover screen time surprise under grandparents' care April 17, 2025 A new study found that nearly half of the time American children spend with their grandparents involves interacting with or watching media on a screen. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image U of A hosts inaugural U.S. Mining Summit April 16, 2025 The summit, held at the University of Arizona on April 3 and 4, rallied academic and business leaders around surging minerals demand amid unprecedented domestic challenges. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Novel treatment approach for language disorder shows promise April 15, 2025 University of Arizona neuroscientists have developed a new treatment approach for a language disorder that combines traditional speech therapy with noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain. Brain stimulation helped induce neuroplasticity, the brain's capacity to continue to reorganize and learn. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Study sheds light on ancient solar activity using radiocarbon locked in tree-rings April 11, 2025 Analyzing radiocarbon in tree-ring samples, scientists from the University of Arizona Laboratory for Tree-Ring Research and ETH Zurich in Switzerland created the most detailed record yet of solar activity during the first millennium B.C.E. The data confirmed the unusually stable period of solar activity and revealed unique patterns that can help date archaeological artifacts. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image U of A-led NASA Aspera mission hits spacecraft milestone April 11, 2025 A mission to probe the mysteries of the faint universe made a major stride toward launch after the completion of the spacecraft "bus" assembly. Read more at University of Arizona News