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Minkyu Kim

July 8, 2026

U of A materials scientist wins $1.88M to mimic red blood cells

University of Arizona engineers hide lifesaving drugs in synthetic cell-like carriers to reduce side effects.

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Condon named interim director of Biosphere 2 following Ruiz retirement

Laura Condon will lead the world-renowned Earth systems research facility following Joaquin Ruiz’s distinguished legacy of leadership and service.

In this illustration, matter swirling around a supermassive black hole glows brightly, while two beams of highly energetic particles are depicted shooting out from the center in both directions perpendicular to the swirling disk of gas and matter.

The two most distant quasars ever observed: U of A astronomers help shatter cosmic record

A team of U of A astronomers helped an international research consortium discover the faintest and farthest quasars in the early universe.

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Family dining table

Phones frequently come to family dinner for parents and kids alike, new U of A study finds

A new University of Arizona study has now examined media use during mealtime and has found that more than 70% of parents and children in the U.S. use media across various devices during family meals.

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a solar panel array standing above a plot of flowers

U of A to help develop national standards for sustainability in higher ed

Feb. 6, 2025

the facade of old main rising above a bed of blossoming flowers

Seed fund to help early-stage university startups enters investment phase

Feb. 6, 2025

A young girl with long brown hair and a pink mermaid shirt gazes at an interactive screen in a science exhibit. The screen displays a man speaking against a blue molecular-patterned background. The exhibit is illuminated with vibrant purple and blue lighting.

See yourself as a scientist at Flandrau's newest exhibit

Feb. 5, 2025

US News Best Grad 2024 Old Main

U of A faculty and staff nationally recognized with presidential honors

Feb. 3, 2025

A young male scientist with curly brown hair, wearing a white lab coat and purple gloves, works inside a biosafety cabinet in a laboratory. He is handling a clear plastic container while surrounded by lab equipment, including a microscope and various pipette tip boxes. A reflection of his face is visible on the cabinet's glass, and a few coat hangers are sketched on the whiteboard behind him.

Bryce Wilson wins prestigious Churchill Scholarship

Feb. 3, 2025

Woman talking to a man sitting on a bench

Do women talk more than men? It might depend on their age

Feb. 3, 2025

Takeshi Inomata

Regents Professor Takeshi Inomata Awarded Prestigious NEH Grant for Maya Civilization Research Project Set to Become a Book

Jan. 30, 2025

In this microscope image of a Bennu sample, needles of hydrated sodium carbonate — one of the salts left behind by evaporating brine — are highlighted in purple false color

Asteroid Bennu comes from a long-lost salty world with ingredients for life

Jan. 29, 2025

A U of A student uses Freeport-McMoRan’s haul truck simulator at a university event

University-led mining consortium vying for NSF grant up to $160M

Jan. 27, 2025

Artist’s impression of planet GJ 1214 b passing in front of its host star

Astronomers unlock the atmospheric secrets of a 'new class of planet'

Jan. 24, 2025

Image of teen using a combustible nicotine product

U of A sociologist received $2.8M grant to research nicotine product use among adolescents in the US and Mexico

Jan. 23, 2025

US News Best Online Programs 2025

Arizona Online earns several strong placements in latest ranking from US News & World Report

Jan. 21, 2025

the sonoran desert at sunset

New research examines impact of Disney's 'The Living Desert'

Jan. 21, 2025

a group of graduates, mostly in purple caps and gowns, posing for a group photo at Tohono O'odham Community College

Partnership with Tohono O'odham Community College gives students path to public health degree

Jan. 21, 2025

An image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1086 obtained by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT)

U of A astronomers capture unprecedented view of supermassive black hole in action

Jan. 17, 2025

Melanie McKay-Cody signing a modernized sign for the term "Indigenous"

U of A expert working to preserve Native American sign languages

Jan. 16, 2025

a picture of NGC 300 is a small galaxy located about 6 million light-years from Earth

Large and small galaxies may grow in ways more similar than expected

Jan. 16, 2025

An artist's concept of the Pandora mission, seen here without the thermal blanketing that will protect the spacecraft, observing a star and its transiting exoplanet.

NASA's Pandora mission one step closer to probing alien atmospheres, with mission operations based at U of A

Jan. 16, 2025

Sculptor A, one of three newly discovered dwarf galaxies - and unrelated to the well-known Sculptor spiral galaxy - is visible here as a faint accumulation of stars beyond several bright stars in the foreground.

'Ghost towns' of the universe: Ultra-faint, rare dwarf galaxies offer clues to the early cosmos

Jan. 15, 2025

A group of four individuals stands in front of a large poster titled "What Drives Employment Success?" The poster includes charts and bullet points about education, income, and job stress. The group smiles at the camera, wearing business casual attire, with a green and gray wall in the background.

Bridging the divide: How U of A students are shaping Tucson's anti-poverty solutions

Jan. 7, 2025

Graphic, provided by Nature Medicine, shows total count of flood events by cause between 2001-2018.

Floods Linked to Rise in U.S. Deaths from Several Major Causes

Jan. 6, 2025

The galaxy Abell 370 appears twice in this image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope: as a normal galaxy and a drawn-out smear of light due to gravitational lensing.

Beyond the 'Dragon Arc,' a treasure trove of unseen stars

Jan. 6, 2025

Pluto and Charon

Newly discovered 'kiss and capture' mechanism explains the formation of Pluto and its largest moon

Jan. 6, 2025

Uncontrollable movement of the hand.

Brain study challenges long-held views about Parkinson's movement disorders

Jan. 2, 2025