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Feb. 5, 2026

Federal earmark provides $3M for U of A mineral processing facility

A bipartisan spending package included funding to support the state's critical minerals supply chain.

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U of A takes leading operations role in NASA mission

The University of Arizona is mission control for the Pandora mission, which will help scientists study exoplanets and their stars.

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U of A named a top producer of Fulbright US Scholars

Seven U of A faculty were selected from a wide range of fields for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program during the 2025-26 cycle, ranking tied for fourth among all U.S. colleges and universities.

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More than microchips: Arizona's blueprint for building a high-tech workforce

The University of Arizona formalized an agreement with National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan to redefine workforce development in a high-tech, globally interconnected economy.

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Thomas Moon sits in front of two computer screens in the lab.

Q&A: Thomas Moon, Postdoc at the Molecular Level

Aug. 13, 2018

Matt Dannenberg, Paul Szejner, and Erik Anderson core a Ponderosa pine tree in Northern Arizona's Kaibab National Forest. (Photo: Emily Litvack/RDI)

Chasing a Storm in the Pines

Aug. 7, 2018

Art conservationist Sophie Church handles a piece of pottery at the Arizona State Museum.

Q&A: Sophie Church, Master Art Conservator

July 23, 2018

Earyn McGee holding a lizard in a dry stream bed in the Chiricahua Mountains

Q&A: Lizard-Loving PhD Student Earyn McGee

July 10, 2018

UA physicist Sam Gralla dribbles a ball on the basketball court.

Sam Gralla Tidies the Messy Universe

July 2, 2018

Video: Guatemalan Coffee Farmers and a Changing Climate

May 29, 2018

Illustration of a comet traveling through space between the earth and sun

What is a Comet?

April 25, 2018

For Desert Dwellers, a Life in Balance

April 19, 2018

A female Bombus impatiens (bumblebee) sonicating a deadly nightshade blossom in the UA EEB greenhouse.

New Study Reveals the Evolution of Sonicating Bees

April 4, 2018

Video: Researching Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications to Reduce Risk of Accidents

March 27, 2018

Reddy and Campbell examine their animation of a Chinese space station flyby.

UA Researchers Track Chinese Space Station as it Falls to Earth

March 21, 2018

Video: Climate Scientists Work with Communities in Guatemala

Feb. 8, 2018

Tumamoc Arts Fellow Lyn Hart poses next to a Saguaro cactus.

On Tucson's Tumamoc Hill, Art and Science Meet

Feb. 7, 2018

Photo of woman using a laptop computer

In Harlem, a Digital Renaissance Takes Shape

Nov. 3, 2017

UA research associate Bob Seaman and Chris Yazzie, a master's degree student in environmental engineering, fasten solar panels to the roof of the bus that will purify water in Navajo Nation. (Photo: Rodolfo Peon)

UA Leads STEM Traineeship to Address Needs of Navajo Nation

Oct. 12, 2017

photo of wildfire burning a log on the ground in a forest

7 Things You Didn’t Know about Wildfire

Aug. 2, 2017

illustration of a woman using an asthma inhaler

Study Finds Molecular Explanation for Poor Symptom Control among Obese Asthmatics

July 13, 2017

What's an asteroid? an image of the earth bigger than an asteroid in the asteroid belt. The selected asteroid has the 3 main elements that make up an asteroid from the periodic table overlaid.

What Is An Asteroid?

June 28, 2017

telescope built by University of Arizona students sees first light

First New Telescope in 20 Years Opens on UA Campus

June 27, 2017

Matt Kaplan and new worker reviewing computer read out

How a UA Lab Jumpstarted a National Phenomenon in Home DNA Ancestry Testing

June 18, 2017

Close-up of a focused ion beam

So You Want to Analyze Asteroid Dirt

May 18, 2017

Dr. Vishnu Reddy's Design Day team poses with one of two telescopes they designed and built. This one will be installed in the Kuiper Building on University of Arizona campus and will be used to monitor the movement of satellites.

Undergraduate Students Build Telescopes to Track Space Junk

May 16, 2017

Baskets of peppers, chilis and cactus

Slack Chat: What's Desert Living Got to Do With Good Eating?

April 21, 2017

Video: Turning Algae Into Jet Fuel

April 4, 2017