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Amarissa Carabajal knew she wanted to be a Wildcat from the moment she set foot on campus almost 10 years ago. She comes from a long line of Wildcat supporters and is proud to be the first in her family to attend the university.

When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivers a sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth on Sept. 24, it will launch decades of scientific investigation. Mission principal investigator Dante Lauretta is most excited to shed light on the origins of life on Earth.

At 16, Tadeusz Borowski is one of the youngest first-year students to start at UArizona this fall, after graduating from high school two years early. His studies in medicine, he hopes, will shed light on how gifted minds develop.

Arianna Adams knew by the time she was 8 years old that she wanted to become a veterinarian. She is one of about 100 students in the College of Veterinary Medicine inaugural class, set to graduate on Aug 24.

The University of Arizona has welcomed its largest and most diverse class in university history, which also includes a record number of students from Arizona. About 9,300 first-year students, representing all 50 U.S. states and 45 countries, started classes this week.

President Robert C. Robbins will confer 106 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees at the inaugural College of Veterinary Medicine Commencement on Aug. 24. Nearly half of the three-year program's graduates have already accepted job offers and internships.

The University of Arizona earned recognition for its quality of life, intramural sports programs, health services, student government participation and more.

The CyberApolis platform, designed in the College of Applied Science and Technology, is a secure training ground where students can hone their cybersecurity skills.

Researchers have found that the bees, which cut bits of leaves for their nests, prefer leaves that harbor the common mold Aspergillus, which may help enhance the insects' health and survival.

One of the most rewarding things about a career in veterinary medicine is "seeing how animals affect people's lives," says Jeremy Bessett, who will be among the first students to graduate from the UArizona College of Veterinary Medicine.