Native FORGE welcomes newest cohort of entrepreneurs from Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe Sept. 26, 2023 The University of Arizona program, which provides mentorship and resources to Native American entrepreneurs in Arizona, will help five more tribal members grow their businesses. Read more at UArizona News Image
This year's Tucson Humanities Festival will spotlight style Sept. 26, 2023 The College of Humanities' 14th annual festival will celebrate National Arts & Humanities Month with talks, a film screening and more, all related to the theme of style, from Oct. 3-24. Read more at UArizona News Image
Bennu sample delivery marks the start of extended OSIRIS-APEX mission Sept. 24, 2023 After dropping off its historic sample from asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is headed to its next target: another potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid, called Apophis. Read more at UArizona News Image
A gift from space: UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission delivers largest-ever asteroid sample to Earth Sept. 24, 2023 The delivery from the asteroid Bennu, seven years after the spacecraft launched, marks the end of the space-voyaging phase of the mission. Scientists will now study the rocks and dust to better understand the origins of life on Earth. Read more at UArizona News Image
Study: Family support vital to prevent teen substance use in border regions Sept. 22, 2023 New research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center found that high levels of family support may prevent substance use among teens who live in border towns on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more at UArizona News Image
OSIRIS-REx 101: Brush up on the basics before Bennu's sample touches down Sept. 20, 2023 Ahead of Sunday's sample delivery, learn about the asteroid, the spacecraft and the people starring in the historic OSIRIS-REx mission, which will launch decades of scientific research and could help explain the origins of the solar system and life itself. Read more at UArizona News Image
University Libraries awarded $1.2M to support borderlands studies, HSI initiatives Sept. 19, 2023 The grant from the Mellon Foundation will support undergraduate research and provide a fellowship program for university faculty to learn digital and archival methods from library experts. Read more at UArizona News Image
University of Arizona ranks 22 on list of top 100 U.S. universities granted utility patents Sept. 19, 2023 The University of Arizona ranked No. 22 among the top U.S. universities granted utility patents in 2022, according to a list published by the National Academy of Inventors. Read more at UArizona News Image
UArizona Research, MIS shine in latest US News & World Report ranking Sept. 18, 2023 The university's undergraduate program in Management Information Systems rose to No. 3 overall and No. 2 among public universities in U.S. News & World Report's 2024 rankings. Read more at UArizona News Image
The pace of climate-driven extinction is accelerating, a UArizona-led study shows Sept. 18, 2023 Studying a lizard species in 18 mountain ranges in southeastern Arizona, researchers found 70 years' worth of climate-related extinction occurred in only seven years. Read more at UArizona News Image