News Releases

Nov. 4, 2020 - UArizona, Operation Hat Trick 'Gear Up' For Vets

Nov. 2, 2020 - UArizona Plans for Holidays, Spring Semester Amid National COVID-19 Spike

Nov. 2, 2020 - Physician-Scientist Leads Program to Tackle COVID-19 Health Disparities in Arizona

Nov. 2, 2020 - Reminder: RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Today (Nov. 2)

Nov. 2, 2020 - Arts and Humanities, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences Shine in Times Higher Education's Subject Rankings

Oct. 30, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Nov. 2

Oct. 30, 2020 - Asteroid's Scars Tell Stories of its Past

Oct. 29, 2020 - OSIRIS-REx Successfully Stows Sample of Asteroid Bennu

Oct. 29, 2020 - Scientists Expand PET Imaging Options Through Simpler Chemistry

Oct. 29, 2020 - Media Briefing Today on OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Stow

Oct. 29, 2020 - Lundin Family Giving $2M to UArizona Mining and Mineral Resources Programs with Challenge that Could Bring Millions More

Oct. 28, 2020 - Men and Women Will Likely Vote Differently in 2020. But by How Much?

Oct. 27, 2020 - Misinformation May Breed Political Cynics

Oct. 27, 2020 - Sessions with a Scientist! Program Brings Biosphere 2 to Classrooms Around the World

Oct. 27, 2020 - Swish, Gargle, Repeat: UArizona Researcher Explores Mouth Rinse Test as Alternative to COVID-19 Nasal Swab

Oct. 26, 2020 - Reminder: RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Today (Oct. 26)

Oct. 26, 2020 - As Holidays Near, UArizona President Urges Campus to 'Stay Focused' on Public Health

Oct. 26, 2020 - Media Advisory: 'Threats to American Democracy' – A Conversation with a Harvard Law Scholar and a Pulitzer Prize-Winning New York Times Reporter

Oct. 23, 2020 - UArizona Statement on NCAA Notice of Allegations

Oct. 23, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Oct. 26

Oct. 23, 2020 - OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Collects Significant Amount of Asteroid

Oct. 21, 2020 - Media Advisory: UArizona-Led OSIRIS-REx Mission to Release Post-Sampling Video and Images

Oct. 21, 2020 - UArizona Cancer Center Receives $8.5M Gift to Establish Ginny L. Clements Breast Cancer Research Institute

Oct. 21, 2020 - The Rise of Negative Partisanship and How it Drives Voters

Oct. 20, 2020 - UArizona Mission Members Celebrate OSIRIS-REx Success

Oct. 20, 2020 - OSIRIS-REx Successfully Touches Asteroid Bennu in Sample Grab

Oct. 20, 2020 - UArizona Excels in Space Science, Research Reputation in US News Best Global Universities Ranking

Oct. 19, 2020 - Tohono O'odham Nation Commits $1M to UArizona to Combat COVID-19

Oct. 19, 2020 - What Touching an Asteroid Can Teach Us

Oct. 19, 2020 - Reminder: RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Today (Oct. 19)

Oct. 19, 2020 - UArizona Increases In-Person Instruction, Cancels Spring Break

Oct. 16, 2020 - UArizona School of Theatre, Film & Television Named a Top 50 Film School by The Wrap

Oct. 16, 2020 - UArizona to Receive Contribution from Tohono O'odham Nation for COVID-19 Research

Oct. 16, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Oct. 19

Oct. 15, 2020 - Why Scooping a Sample from an Asteroid is Harder than it Looks

Oct. 15, 2020 - With Arabic Flagship Program, UArizona Attracts New Students and Provides Virtual Immersion Experiences

Oct. 15, 2020 - Packard Fellowship Will Help Cosmologist Probe What the Universe is Made Of

Oct. 14, 2020 - Media Availability and Livestream Information for OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Collection

Oct. 14, 2020 - Carbon Accounting Must Include City Greenery, Researchers Say

Oct. 14, 2020 - $1.8M to Advance Device for Detecting COVID-19, Cancer, Contaminants

Oct. 13, 2020 - Tech Launch Arizona Recognizes UArizona Inventors With Virtual Awards, Expo

Oct. 13, 2020 - Study Shows SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Provide Lasting Immunity

Oct. 13, 2020 - $3M Grant Establishes Program to Help Hispanic Students Prepare, Succeed in STEM

Oct. 13, 2020 - When Masculinity is Threatened, Men May Pull Away

Oct. 13, 2020 - Without the North American Monsoon, Reining in Wildfires Gets Harder

Oct. 12, 2020 - UArizona Welcomes More Students to Campus

Oct. 12, 2020 - Researchers Identify New Target for Developing Flavivirus Vaccines

Oct. 12, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Today (Oct. 12)

Oct. 12, 2020 - Rainforest at Biosphere 2 Offers Glimpse into Future of the Amazon

Oct. 9, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Oct. 12

Oct. 8, 2020 - Even if Presidential Candidates Aren't Civil, Here's How You Can Be

Oct. 8, 2020 - An Asteroid of a Different Color … and Other Secrets of Bennu Unlocked

Oct. 8, 2020 - UArizona Named Outstanding Member Institution by Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

Oct. 7, 2020 - Hispanic Heritage Month: UArizona Artist Explores 'Merging of Two Cultures'

Oct. 6, 2020 - The Testimony of Trees: How Volcanic Eruptions Shaped 2,000 Years of World History

Oct. 5, 2020 - Black and Hispanic People More Likely to Live in High-Risk Flood Zones, Study Finds

Oct. 5, 2020 - Reminder: RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Today (Oct. 5)

Oct. 5, 2020 - University Prepares to Offer More In-Person Classes

Oct. 2, 2020 - Pain Relief Caused by SARS-CoV-2 Infection May Help Explain COVID-19 Spread

Oct. 1, 2020 - UArizona Program Named 'Example of Excelencia' in Recognition of Service to Latino Students in STEM

Oct. 1, 2020 - Einstein's Description of Gravity Just Got Much Harder to Beat

Oct. 1, 2020 - The Dirt on Laundry and How to Reduce Your Risk of Getting Sick

Sept. 30, 2020 - Immune System Changes May Cause High Blood Pressure in Postmenopausal Women

Sept. 30, 2020 - How Hispanic and Asian Populations Influence US Food Culture

Sept. 29, 2020 - Media Advisory: 'Truth Telling in a Time of Turbulence' – Free Webinar Launches Journalism Scholarship to Promote Diversity

Sept. 28, 2020 - UArizona Releases Cultural Logos to Celebrate Diversity

Sept. 28, 2020 - Reminder: RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Today, Sept. 28

Sept. 28, 2020 - Startup Licenses UArizona Alternative Solar Energy System

Sept. 28, 2020 - Media Advisory: UArizona Engineers to Virtually Exhibit New Autonomous Robotic System

Sept. 28, 2020 - UArizona Sees Improvement in COVID-19 Numbers, Compliance

Sept. 25, 2020 - 25 Days of 'O-REx'

Sept. 25, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Sept. 28

Sept. 24, 2020 - UA Presents Reimagined With a New Name – Arizona Arts Live

Sept. 24, 2020 - Game On: University of Arizona Leaders Discuss Today's Pac-12 Vote

Sept. 24, 2020 - OSIRIS-REx Begins its Countdown to TAG

Sept. 23, 2020 - Tucson Humanities Festival to Focus on Justice

Sept. 22, 2020 - Media Advisory: NASA to Provide Update on Agency's First Asteroid Sample Collection Attempt

Sept. 22, 2020 - NASA to Provide Update on Agency's First Asteroid Sample Collection Attempt

Sept. 22, 2020 - UArizona Downtown Lecture Series Explores the Power of Women

Sept. 21, 2020 - University to Continue Holding Only 'Essential Courses' in Person Through Oct. 2

Sept. 21, 2020 - NASA's OSIRIS-REx to Asteroid Bennu: 'You've Got a Little Vesta on You...'

Sept. 21, 2020 - Reminder: RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Today, Sept. 21

Sept. 18, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Sept. 21

Sept. 17, 2020 - NSF Grant Accelerates Development for One of World's Most Powerful Telescopes; Test Bed Being Built at UArizona

Sept. 16, 2020 - Perfectionists May be More Prone to Helicopter Parenting, Study Finds

Sept. 16, 2020 - Just Add Water: Biodiversity Resurgence in Effluent-Fed Desert Riverbeds

Sept. 15, 2020 - Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union Tracks Virus Strains in State

Sept. 15, 2020 - UArizona Receives $4M in Federal Grants to Support Underrepresented Students

Sept. 14, 2020 - Reminder: RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Today

Sept. 14, 2020 - Green Light Therapy Shown to Reduce Migraine Frequency, Intensity

Sept. 14, 2020 - University, County Issue Shelter-in-Place Recommendation for Students

Sept. 13, 2020 - UArizona Makes Major Leap in US News & World Report Rankings

Sept. 11, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Sept. 14

Sept. 10, 2020 - How Coronavirus Took Hold in North America and Europe

Sept. 10, 2020 - COVID-19 Highlighted Long-Standing Problems in Nursing Homes, UArizona Expert Says

Sept. 10, 2020 - Jupiter's Moons Could be Warming Each Other

Sept. 9, 2020 - Baffert Claims Record-Tying Sixth Kentucky Derby Win

Sept. 9, 2020 - University, County Work Together at 'Critical Time' for COVID-19 Mitigation

Sept. 9, 2020 - Where Rocks Come Alive: OSIRIS-REx Observes an Asteroid in Action

Sept. 9, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Sept. 9

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BOILERPLATE

The University of Arizona, the state's flagship university, is a land-grant institution with two independently accredited medical schools and ranks among the nation's top institutions, according to U.S. News & World Report. Established in 1885, it is a research powerhouse widely acknowledged for its commitment to student access, diversity and success. Led by President Suresh Garimella, the university is a designated Hispanic-Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education and is recognized by the Military Times as one of the nation's best universities for service members. As a leading Research 1 institution, the U of A ranks in the top 20 among all public universities, with $955 million in total research activity for fiscal year 2023 according to the National Science Foundation. The U of A advances the frontiers of interdisciplinary scholarship and entrepreneurial partnerships as a member of the Association of American Universities, which is composed of the 71 leading public and private research universities in the U.S. and Canada.

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