News Releases

Jan. 17 - Media Advisory: Arizona Public Media breaks ground on new Paul & Alice Baker Center for Public Media

Jan. 17 - Growth rings in fish give clues about fluctuations in climate over decades

Jan. 16 - UArizona announces Lovejoy Center for Bridging Biodiversity, Conservation Science, and Policy

Jan. 16 - Study shows genetically modified pluripotent stem cells may evade immunological rejection after transplantation

Jan. 11 - NASA's OSIRIS-REx curation team clears hurdle to access remaining Bennu sample

Jan. 10 - A pasture of 'professors'

Jan. 9 - Statement on resolution of legal claims

Jan. 8 - UArizona-led asteroid sampling mission's new journey: OSIRIS-APEX

Jan. 8 - How marketing and business educators can help combat climate change

Jan. 8 - Looking through the lens of time with the Millennium Camera

Jan. 4 - New project helps UArizona boost access to hearing health care

Jan. 4 - $1M gift to Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund will help fuel UArizona ventures

Dec. 20, 2023 - Sweating the small stuff: UArizona scientists have begun to study samples from asteroid Bennu

Dec. 20, 2023 - UANow will return Jan. 11

Dec. 19, 2023 - Housing crisis unveiled: The impact of expired federal funding on Tucson's vulnerable communities

Dec. 18, 2023 - Recent volcanism on Mars reveals a planet more active than previously thought

Dec. 18, 2023 - Asteroids, athletics and 'America the Beautiful': The top stories of 2023

Dec. 18, 2023 - Scientists might be using a flawed strategy to predict how species will fare under climate change

Dec. 14, 2023 - Marvin J. Slepian appointed to federal patent advisory committee

Dec. 12, 2023 - Two UArizona faculty elected to the National Academy of Inventors

Dec. 8, 2023 - Pride of Arizona Marching Band wins prestigious Sudler Trophy

Dec. 8, 2023 - UArizona community remembers inventor, leader and philanthropist James C. Wyant

Dec. 7, 2023 - Military Times: UArizona ranked No. 1 in the West, rises to No. 6 overall

Dec. 6, 2023 - UArizona again ranks No. 1 in astronomy and astrophysics, top 20 among public research universities

Dec. 6, 2023 - Why do some older adults show declines in their spatial memory?

Dec. 6, 2023 - Citizen science project nets a new asteroid, and it's a close one

Dec. 6, 2023 - Media Advisory: UArizona ROTC units hosting Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day event

Dec. 5, 2023 - UArizona Poverty in Tucson workshop hosts 7th annual community forum

Dec. 5, 2023 - Understanding the brain science behind giving and receiving gifts

Dec. 5, 2023 - Nine UArizona students receive Centennial Achievement Awards

Dec. 4, 2023 - New wearable communication system offers potential to reduce digital health divide

Dec. 1, 2023 - UArizona mourns passing of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Nov. 29, 2023 - The case of the missing phosphorus: Astronomers find life ingredient at galaxy's edges

Nov. 29, 2023 - UArizona and Operation Hat Trick support local veterans for sixth straight year

Nov. 21, 2023 - Searching for answers to today's questions in Native communities' venerable traditions

Nov. 21, 2023 - UArizona School of Theatre, Film & Television named among the top 25 in the U.S.

Nov. 20, 2023 - Mobile surgical unit provides veterinary care across Arizona

Nov. 20, 2023 - Study: Breaking gender stereotypes leads to more effective communication

Nov. 16, 2023 - Tracking an errant space rocket to a mysterious crater on the moon

Nov. 15, 2023 - Blinking on a quiz show offers clues to human response under stress

Nov. 15, 2023 - UArizona named one of the nation's top 'green colleges'

Nov. 14, 2023 - How UArizona experts 'literally wrote the book' on Native nation building

Nov. 8, 2023 - 'The people's house': A support network for Native American students living on campus

Nov. 7, 2023 - UArizona hosts USDA as the department looks to boost the success of agriculture workers

Nov. 6, 2023 - The kids aren't alright: Saplings show how changing climate may undermine forests

Nov. 3, 2023 - 'Nature's historians': What clues from coral reefs' past tell us about the future

Nov. 3, 2023 - UArizona announces $118.65M in gifts toward $3B fundraising campaign

Nov. 3, 2023 - Indigenous Resilience Center receives $2 million grant from Waverley Street Foundation

Nov. 3, 2023 - $35.5M awarded to UArizona College of Engineering for tech center expansion

Nov. 3, 2023 - Anonymous $4M gift establishes postdoctoral research prize to address climate and resilience challenges

Nov. 1, 2023 - Partnership with TheDream.US will provide scholarships to undocumented students at UArizona

Oct. 31, 2023 - OSIRIS-REx flies on as OSIRIS-APEX to explore a second asteroid

Oct. 31, 2023 - UArizona earns seventh top 10 global ranking in water resources

Oct. 31, 2023 - Researchers examine the relationship between loneliness and being alone

Oct. 30, 2023 - UArizona named a Fulbright HSI Leader for a third year in a row

Oct. 30, 2023 - Media Advisory: University of Arizona announces Fuel Wonder fundraising campaign

Oct. 26, 2023 - Researchers find first proof of menopause in wild chimpanzees

Oct. 26, 2023 - UArizona proposes streamlining undergraduate and graduate tuition and fees for 2024-25

Oct. 25, 2023 - Digital terrain models zero in on Martian surface

Oct. 25, 2023 - An 'electrifying experience': Second TEDxUArizona will present talks related to the 'Spirit of Wonder'

Oct. 25, 2023 - Tracking the Bennu sample capsule's separation from OSIRIS-REx

Oct. 24, 2023 - UArizona preparing the next generation of special education professionals

Oct. 24, 2023 - Experience the 'Spirit of Wonder' at Homecoming 2023

Oct. 23, 2023 - Researchers probe how a piece of the moon became a near-Earth asteroid

Oct. 18, 2023 - UArizona political scientist on how the Latino vote may impact 2024

Oct. 17, 2023 - UArizona launches Arizona Astrobiology Center to unlock the mysteries of life in the universe

Oct. 17, 2023 - From the skies to your roof, what does a raindrop pick up along the way?

Oct. 11, 2023 - UArizona professor reflects on legacy and impact of 'The Laramie Project'

Oct. 11, 2023 - Statement from President Robbins on campus demonstrations

Oct. 11, 2023 - First look at Bennu sample reveals carbon, water

Oct. 10, 2023 - Mining Arizona's hidden treasure

Oct. 10, 2023 - UArizona's Justin Dutram receives government of Mexico's Ohtli award

Oct. 10, 2023 - UArizona alumnus remembers aerospace and mechanical engineering with $2.8M bequest

Oct. 10, 2023 - UArizona researchers are part of NASA's next astrophysics mission

Oct. 9, 2023 - Statement from President Robbins on the emerging conflict in Israel

Oct. 9, 2023 - NASA to host telecon following Oct. 11 sample science reveal; UArizona experts available for reaction

Oct. 9, 2023 - UArizona professor Manuel Muñoz awarded MacArthur Fellowship

Oct. 9, 2023 - Arizona Esports expands with launch of Esports Academy

Oct. 5, 2023 - Media Advisory: First-year UArizona engineering students to test their designs at Solar Oven Throw Down

Oct. 3, 2023 - Satellite brightness threatens ground-based astronomy, research shows

Oct. 2, 2023 - A cultural and linguistic home for Spanish

Oct. 2, 2023 - UArizona's Sorooshian receives American Geophysical Union medal and fellowship

Oct. 2, 2023 - Student-faculty team of inventors devises tools to address orthopedic challenges

Oct. 2, 2023 - How the brain handles grief: A Q&A with Mary-Frances O'Connor

Sept. 29, 2023 - The last required piece of the world's largest telescope takes shape at UArizona

Sept. 29, 2023 - Times Higher Ed: UArizona a top 25 public university

Sept. 29, 2023 - UArizona will help establish new center to study housing equity and sustainability with $3M federal grant

Sept. 27, 2023 - Insights: Vaccines, variants and COVID-19 trends

Sept. 27, 2023 - Tree rings reveal a new kind of earthquake threat to the Pacific Northwest

Sept. 27, 2023 - New UArizona program looks to diversify STEM engagement among local youth

Sept. 26, 2023 - Native FORGE welcomes newest cohort of entrepreneurs from Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe

Sept. 26, 2023 - This year's Tucson Humanities Festival will spotlight style

Sept. 25, 2023 - Media Advisory: Primary mirror for Giant Magellan Telescope nears completion: Seventh mirror about to be cast at UArizona

Sept. 24, 2023 - A gift from space: UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission delivers largest-ever asteroid sample to Earth

Sept. 24, 2023 - Bennu sample delivery marks the start of extended OSIRIS-APEX mission

Sept. 22, 2023 - Study: Family support vital to prevent teen substance use in border regions

Sept. 21, 2023 - Media Advisory: NASA to unveil sample of asteroid Bennu and discuss early analysis

Sept. 20, 2023 - Media advisory: Children's Museum Tucson to host activities to celebrate the OSIRIS-REx mission's asteroid sample delivery

Sept. 20, 2023 - OSIRIS-REx 101: Brush up on the basics before Bennu's sample touches down

Sept. 20, 2023 - Media advisory: How media can cover and follow the OSIRIS-REx sample capsule landing

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