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Early-career graduate students host an exclusive, NASA-funded astrobiology conference

AbGradCon 2026, a student organized conference, brought an international group of graduate students studying astrobiology, planetary science and astronomy to the University of Arizona to present their research and engage in early-career discussions.

Dr. Geoffrey Gurtner elected to National Academy of Medicine

Monday

Dr. Geoffrey Gurtner has been awarded more than $50 million in federal research funding, holds more than 50 patents, has founded five venture capital-backed life science companies, has authored or co-authored more than 400 peer-reviewed articles and nearly 50 book chapters, and has served as president of several medical societies.

Three years into its second mission, NASA's OSIRIS-APEX sets its sights on 2029

Oct. 12, 2026

OSIRIS-APEX, the spacecraft that originally flew as OSIRIS-REx, is expected to reach the asteroid Apophis in late spring of 2029, but the team is already keeping the spacecraft busy.

Discovery marks the first detection of variable water clouds outside of our solar system

Oct. 8, 2026

A Jupiter-sized world just 7.5 light-years away is cloudy, chemically complex, and, it turns out, more like home than anyone expected.

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Early-career graduate students host an exclusive, NASA-funded astrobiology conference

Dr. Geoffrey Gurtner elected to National Academy of Medicine

Three years into its second mission, NASA's OSIRIS-APEX sets its sights on 2029

Discovery marks the first detection of variable water clouds outside of our solar system

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Unraveling the mysteries of ancient solar storms and earthquakes

U of A highlights student success, research innovation at 'Reporting on Our Promise' board update

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Kazakhstan's president highlights U of A partnership as model for linking education, research and industry

University of Arizona astronomer develops novel method to make AI more trustworthy

U of A expert leads process to codify the first global standard on Indigenous Peoples' data

Precision Aging Network data release opens new pathways for healthy aging research

U of A researchers awarded federal grant to explore topical immunoprevention for skin cancer

Revolutionizing wound care with AI

Sounds like success: U of A NSF center wins Innovator of the Year Award

U of A scientists recognized with prestigious NIH 'New Innovator' awards

When cancer treatment stops, but the healing stalls

EarthScape: Where artistic and scientific worlds collide

NIH grant will help probe ‘nutritional memory’ to increase understanding of food choices

U of A-led team discovers large ritual constructions by early Mesoamericans

U of A Superfund Research Center secures $14.8M NIEHS grant to combat hazardous dust effects in Southwest

Extensive LA-area fires altered blood proteins in firefighters, raising health concerns

Biosphere 2 director honored by French government

U of A scientists link calorie restriction, glucagon, healthy aging

Dwarf peas inside Biosphere 2's SAM breathe new life into space habitat research

CUES funds groundbreaking research in teaching and learning

Endangered desert fish find new home at Biosphere 2

Three U of A faculty honored by American College of Medical Informatics

Making cancer vaccines more personal

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