Image James Webb Space Telescope captures the end of planet formation March 5, 2024 How much time do planets have to form from a swirling disk of gas and dust around a star? A new University of Arizona-led study gives scientists a better idea of how our own solar system came to be. Read more at UArizona News
Image NIH funding increases lead to impressive performance in Blue Ridge rankings Feb. 29, 2024 Five colleges increased their National Institutes of Health research funding in 2022-2023, leading to higher rankings for some by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. Read more at UArizona News
Image Nearly $4M in federal grants will help UArizona institute expand resources for LGBTQ+ youth Feb. 28, 2024 Two federal grants will help the university's Southwest Institute for Research on Women expand mental health services and sex education designed to serve LGBTQ+ youth. Read more at UArizona News
Image Arizona lawmakers confident in Robbins' leadership during UArizona financial challenges Feb. 26, 2024 State senators say University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins is the right man to lead the institution. Read more at UArizona News
Image Steward Observatory balloon mission breaks NASA record 22 miles above Antarctica Feb. 24, 2024 Seeking clues about the life cycle of stars, the GUSTO balloon mission, led by university astronomer Chris Walker, breaks the record as NASA's longest-flying heavy-lift balloon mission. Read more at UArizona News
Image National leaders gather at UArizona to map the future of semiconductors Feb. 23, 2024 Advances in semiconductor technology are indispensable to today's standard of living. Industry leaders met to strategize ways to shore up the domestic semiconductor industry. Read more at UArizona News
Image Camp Cooper celebrates 60 years teaching Tucson's youth about the Sonoran Desert Feb. 22, 2024 The Cooper Center for Environmental Learning, which the College of Education operates with the Tucson Unified School District, is celebrating the milestone with the center's first renovations since it opened. Read more at UArizona News
Image The science of leap day – how it works and why we do it Feb. 21, 2024 Ahead of Feb. 29, UArizona Regents Professor of planetary sciences Renu Malhotra explains why we need leap year, why we skip it once a century and why we sometimes need to add leap seconds. Read more at UArizona News
Image How a team of students uses technology to preserve and share Black history Feb. 21, 2024 The University of Arizona Center for Digital Humanities partners with clients such as the Tucson Center for Black Life to both preserve historical artifacts and make them widely available as digital exhibits. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona Campus Agricultural Center district listed on National Register of Historic Places Feb. 20, 2024 The Campus Agricultural Center is central to the university's research and teaching mission, as well as a hub for community-centered programming in Tucson. Read more at UArizona News