NASA's OSIRIS-REx curation team clears hurdle to access remaining Bennu sample Jan. 11, 2024 NASA scientists last week removed the two stuck fasteners on the sample container that had prevented researchers from accessing much of OSIRIS-REx's asteroid Bennu sample. Read more at UArizona News Image
A pasture of 'professors' Jan. 10, 2024 The University of Arizona's teaching herd is more than just a favorite sightseeing stop for visitors to the Campus Agricultural Center. The several-dozen horses, cattle and sheep – and the locally famous "Churro the Burro" – provide College of Veterinary Medicine students valuable hands-on training. Read more at UArizona News Image
Looking through the lens of time with the Millennium Camera Jan. 8, 2024 With a new installation on Tumamoc Hill, a University of Arizona experimental philosopher wants to encourage people to imagine 1,000 years into the future – and plan accordingly. Read more at UArizona News Image
UArizona-led asteroid sampling mission's new journey: OSIRIS-APEX Jan. 8, 2024 Under the leadership of the University of Arizona's Dani Mendoza DellaGiustina, the former OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sets off on a journey to study asteroid Apophis and take advantage of the asteroid's 2029 flyby of Earth. Read more at UArizona News Image
How marketing and business educators can help combat climate change Jan. 8, 2024 A new University of Arizona study suggests that marketing educators are uniquely positioned to help address climate change, which is largely fueled by human consumption. Read more at UArizona News Image
$1M gift to Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund will help fuel UArizona ventures Jan. 4, 2024 An anonymous donor's transformational contribution will support impactful innovation and startups that result from the work of university faculty, staff and students. Read more at UArizona News Image
New project helps UArizona boost access to hearing health care Jan. 4, 2024 A new partnership among the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing and the three state universities provides free hearing health care for eligible people age 21 or older who do not have insurance. Read more at UArizona News Image
UANow will return Jan. 11 Dec. 20, 2023 We look forward to telling the University of Arizona's stories in 2024! Until then, revisit the best ones from this year. Read more at UArizona News Image
Sweating the small stuff: UArizona scientists have begun to study samples from asteroid Bennu Dec. 20, 2023 At the university's Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis, a suite of instruments allows researchers to study the particles collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission the down to the atomic scale. Read more at UArizona News Image
Housing crisis unveiled: The impact of expired federal funding on Tucson's vulnerable communities Dec. 19, 2023 Insights from University of Arizona students, presented last week at the annual Poverty in Tucson Field Workshop, illuminate the struggles of low-income households and propel policy changes for a better future. Read more at UArizona News Image