Image Famous faces, balanced budgets and big ideas: Top U of A stories of 2025 Today The University of Arizona was home to countless research discoveries, programmatic successes and other historic milestones throughout 2025. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Díaz de la Rubia named National Academy of Inventors fellow Monday The University of Arizona's senior vice president for research and partnerships joins an elite class of American inventors. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Big Idea Challenge powers orbital data center development Monday As commercial interest in space-based data centers grows, University of Arizona researchers are combining their expertise to propel sustainable, high-performance computing beyond Earth's atmosphere. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image U of A researchers accelerate quantum computing at $125M center Dec. 11, 2025 College of Engineering researchers will play a key role in developing quantum technology to advance solutions in machine learning, drug development, data storage, agriculture and cybersecurity. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image The monster hiding in plain sight: JWST reveals cosmic shapeshifter in the early universe Dec. 10, 2025 University of Arizona astronomers discover a galaxy with a dual personality – appearing ordinary in visible light while harboring an extraordinarily massive black hole. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image From Easter Island to your computer: U of A archaeologist helps create digital 3D model to view iconic statues Dec. 9, 2025 The model is part of a host of new research that Terry Hunt, a U of A professor of anthropology, has completed from the island, known locally as Rapa Nui, this fall. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image New research links health impacts related to 'forever chemicals' to billions in economic losses Dec. 8, 2025 A University of Arizona study finds that PFAS contamination imposes annual social costs of at least $8 billion. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix and Onvida Health announce groundbreaking rural health partnership Dec. 4, 2025 The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and Onvida Health are partnering to launch Arizona's first rural regional medical school branch. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image A new look at TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized, habitable-zone exoplanet Dec. 4, 2025 Recently reported methane signatures detected by the James Webb Space Telescope could be a hint to it potentially harboring life, but University of Arizona researcher Sukrit Ranjan urges caution. Read more at University of Arizona News