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An aerial view of the University of Arizona campus

Aug. 6, 2026

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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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

Researcher at the university of Arizona examining a wood block sample from the Tree Ring lab

Radiocarbon Dating Gets a Postmodern Makeover

March 30, 2017

George Ruyle standing in the sun in front of a herd of cattle with his white cowboy hat on

Out Here, Stewardship of Public Lands is Cultural

March 21, 2017

whole, roasted coffee beans spilling from a cup

For Threatened Coffee Crops, Tree Rings May Offer Answers

Feb. 27, 2017

Storm trooper looking at a bank of computers with the death star plans on the computer screens

Rogue One: A Case Study in Cybersecurity

Dec. 15, 2016

cars on I-10 outside of Tucson Arizona

Arizona’s Public Universities Team Up to Improve the State’s Stretch of I-10

Dec. 5, 2016

University of Arizona Mars Odyssey

One Man’s Mission to Mars, 30 Years in the Making

Oct. 17, 2016

6 easy ways to avoid theft online

Oct. 4, 2016

“For the nation's inmates to suddenly change an economic practice stretching back hundreds of years so that they might better feed themselves suggests a serious change in the quality of care,” the UA's Michael Gibson-Light says.

Noodles Supplant Cigarettes as Prison Currency of Choice

Aug. 24, 2016

University of Arizona athlete demonstrates the physics of the hammer for the olympics

How to get the gold in hammer throw: it’s physics.

Aug. 10, 2016

Zeus Bronze statue, olympics dedicated to Zeus while done naked

8 things the Ancient Greeks would find weird about today's Olympics

Aug. 3, 2016