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U of A Grows Doctoral Admissions, Talent

The university is actively protecting its doctoral pipeline and shielding its research enterprise amid a nationwide contraction.

Lawerence fastens the pilotage helmet system on program manager Shaelyn Savage.

A new set of eyes for the Apache attack helicopter

University of Arizona researchers are developing two 21-camera sensor systems that could dramatically expand Apache helicopter pilots’ field of view while improving drone detection capabilities.

A panel discussion about commercialization and innovation in a large room

Stanford analysis ranks U of A among nation's most effective producers of billion-dollar startups

A Stanford analysis highlights how a decade of investment in research commercialization is translating discoveries into high-impact companies.

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KEYS interns stand with Alexander Bucksch

What happens when you trust high school students with research?

For 20 years, faculty mentors in the BIO5 Institute's KEYS Research Internship have welcomed Arizona high school students into their laboratories, where they've found that students arrive ready to contribute from day one.

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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

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

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

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

Michael Abecassis, Tom Rogers, Ginny L. Clements, Hesham Sadek

Sarver Heart Center receives $2M in gifts toward founding of cardiovascular research institute

Dec. 20, 2024

A man wearing sunglasses and a navy blue polo shirtkneels next to a medium-sized yellow dog wearing a "Service Dog" vest.

New leadership, interstellar discoveries, dogs to the rescue: Top 10 U of A stories of 2024

Dec. 18, 2024

A Mountain at sunset

U of A projects research expenditures surpassed $1B for FY 2024, joining a select group of US research institutions

Dec. 17, 2024

image of a doctor screening a patient for domestic violence

U of A epidemiologist works to improve domestic violence screening for pregnant women

Dec. 17, 2024

Marcelino A. Perez III

At just 17 years old, U of A graduate hopes to get a jump-start on giving back

Dec. 16, 2024

Overhead view of a man and woman sitting on a sofa, reviewing financial documents. The man is writing on a piece of paper in a binder while the woman uses a calculator, both appearing focused on their task.

How millennials are thinking about retirement in the face of climate stress

Dec. 16, 2024

Outstanding Undergraduate Research Awardee Daniel Cervantes

Challenging Narratives Through History Research: SBS Outstanding Undergraduate Research Awardee Daniel Cervantes

Dec. 12, 2024

In this AI-generated illustration of Earth at the dawn of life, a distant volcano towers over a barren, shallow ocean shore. It is possible the earliest life forms evolved in such environments.

Study sheds light on origin of genetic code

Dec. 12, 2024