News Releases

Sept. 8, 2020 - UArizona Expands Global Microcampus Network Through Partnership With WeWork

Sept. 8, 2020 - They're Big, but They're Not Murder Hornets

Sept. 6, 2020 - COVID-19 Retest Shows Some Student-Athletes, Others Had False Positives

Sept. 4, 2020 - Community Partnership Hands Out Free Masks on Tumamoc Hill

Sept. 3, 2020 - Nathan Levi Esquerra Named UArizona's First SVP for Native American Advancement

Sept. 3, 2020 - New Arizona Institutes for Resilience Will Tackle Environmental Challenges

Sept. 3, 2020 - UArizona to Ramp Up COVID-19 Testing

Sept. 2, 2020 - UArizona Collaborates on $115M Effort to Build Quantum Computer

Sept. 2, 2020 - Do Big Tadpoles Turn into Big Frogs? It's Complicated, Study Finds

Sept. 2, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Sept. 3

Sept. 2, 2020 - FDA Authorizes Use of UArizona COVID-19 Antibody Test; Statewide Antibody Testing Expanded to Anyone in Arizona Age 18 and Older

Sept. 1, 2020 - As Rural Western Towns Grow, So Do Their Planning Challenges

Sept. 1, 2020 - UArizona Steele Children's Research Center Announces $5M in Gifts Honoring Dr. Fayez K. Ghishan

Sept. 1, 2020 - UArizona Partners With Community on COVID-19 Efforts

Sept. 1, 2020 - Media Availability Today on UArizona-Community Partnerships to Mitigate COVID-19 Risk

Aug. 31, 2020 - Planned Gift Creates $4.6M Scholarship Endowment for Flowing Wells High School Graduates

Aug. 31, 2020 - Wildcats RISE Provides Peer Support to UArizona Students in Distress

Aug. 28, 2020 - RSVP for Announcement of Major Gift Establishing Full Scholarships for Flowing Wells High School Graduates

Aug. 27, 2020 - UArizona President Urges Continued Diligence to Control COVID-19 Spread

Aug. 27, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Aug. 27

Aug. 27, 2020 - Princeton Review Names UArizona a 'Best College'

Aug. 27, 2020 - University of Arizona Mourns the Passing of Hall of Fame Coach Lute Olson

Aug. 27, 2020 - Media Advisory: President Robert C. Robbins and Ian Pepper Discuss COVID-19 Wastewater-Based Epidemiology

Aug. 26, 2020 - How Cold Was the Ice Age? Researchers Now Know

Aug. 26, 2020 - UArizona Scientists to Build What Einstein Wrote off as Science Fiction

Aug. 25, 2020 - Media Availability with Gov. Ducey and UArizona President Robbins on Center for Quantum Networks

Aug. 24, 2020 - UArizona Welcomes its Most Diverse Class in History

Aug. 21, 2020 - Student EMTs Find New Home in Rowhouse Designed and Built by Architecture Students

Aug. 19, 2020 - UArizona and Covid Watch Launch COVID-19 Exposure Notification App

Aug. 19, 2020 - Sneeze Guards, Shade Tents and Testing All Part of Campus Reentry Preparations

Aug. 19, 2020 - Media Advisory: UArizona and Covid Watch Launch COVID-19 Exposure Notification App

Aug. 18, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Aug. 19

Aug. 18, 2020 - Virtual Speaker Series Looks 'Into the Future With Wildcats Engineers'

Aug. 18, 2020 - Researchers Work to Ensure Accurate Decoding in Fragile Quantum States

Aug. 13, 2020 - To Understand the Machinery of Life, a UArizona Scientist Breaks it on Purpose

Aug. 13, 2020 - UArizona Prepares to Test Thousands for COVID-19

Aug. 12, 2020 - Researchers Unlock Secrets of the Past with New International Carbon Dating Standard

Aug. 12, 2020 - Does a VP Pick Change the Race? Probably Not, UArizona Expert Says

Aug. 12, 2020 - Successful Second Rehearsal Puts OSIRIS-REx on Path to Asteroid Sample Collection

Aug. 12, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Aug. 13

Aug. 11, 2020 - Researchers Propose Climate-Smart Desert Food Production Model for Land and Human Health

Aug. 11, 2020 - Study Predicts Millions of Unsellable Homes Could Upend Market

Aug. 10, 2020 - Tumamoc Hill to Remain Open, Masks Still Mandatory

Aug. 10, 2020 - Pandemic Fuels Rise in Drug-Related Deaths

Aug. 10, 2020 - How Boundaries Become Bridges in Evolution

Aug. 7, 2020 - Researcher Studies Statins for Stroke Therapy

Aug. 6, 2020 - Data Will Determine On-Ramp to In-Person Classes at UArizona

Aug. 6, 2020 - OSIRIS-REx is One Rehearsal Away from Touching Asteroid Bennu

Aug. 6, 2020 - No-Clog Toilet Paper, Weight-Loss Pet Food Among Award-Winning Student Innovations

Aug. 5, 2020 - Harnessing the Sun to Purify Concentrated Waste Streams

Aug. 5, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference Aug. 6

Aug. 4, 2020 - University of Arizona Awarded $26M to Architect the Quantum Internet

Aug. 3, 2020 - Media Availability on New University of Arizona Global Campus

Aug. 3, 2020 - Evidence Mounts that Brains Diverged from One Ancestral Arrangement

Aug. 3, 2020 - University of Arizona Announces Expanded Access through University of Arizona Global Campus

Aug. 3, 2020 - Biosphere 2 Will Welcome Back Visitors with Nighttime Driving Tour

July 30, 2020 - UArizona Announces On Ramp to In-Person Classes Beginning Aug. 24

July 29, 2020 - UArizona Reports Record Number of Startups for Fiscal Year 2020

July 29, 2020 - Constitution Has Answers for Balancing Health and Liberties Amid COVID-19, Experts Say

July 28, 2020 - Report Predicts Increased Homelessness in Arizona During COVID-19 Crisis

July 28, 2020 - Researchers Detangle Protein Interaction Implicated in Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's

July 27, 2020 - Optical Scientist Develops Trifocal Lens Technology

July 27, 2020 - UArizona Aims to Provide Rapid Tests for Exposure to Biothreats, Including COVID-19

July 23, 2020 - UArizona President Outlines Fall Return to Campus

July 23, 2020 - Tumamoc Hill Faces Another Possible Closure: Face Coverings Are Mandatory

July 22, 2020 - UArizona, State of Arizona Expand Eligibility for COVID-19 Antibody Testing in Concert with $7.7M Study to Better Understand Immunity

July 22, 2020 - Virtual Lecture Series Examines Transformation During COVID-19

July 22, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference July 23

July 21, 2020 - One Small Molecule, Potential Giant Step to Improve Cognitive Function

July 21, 2020 - Pediatrics in a Pandemic: Q&A with Dr. Gary Kirkilas

July 20, 2020 - Returning to Farming's Roots in the Battle Against the 'Billion-Dollar Beetle'

July 20, 2020 - Bighorn Fire Webinars Aug. 5, 12 and 19

July 16, 2020 - UArizona Plans on Four Class Formats for Fall

July 16, 2020 - Yogic Breathing Improves Students' Response to Stress

July 16, 2020 - How COVID-19 is Impacting Politics in the US

July 15, 2020 - Arizona Universities Join Research Computing Fight Against COVID-19

July 15, 2020 - RSVP for Virtual Campus Reentry News Conference July 16

July 15, 2020 - Mapping the Solar System: From the Moon to Bennu

July 14, 2020 - University of Arizona Shifts to Digital Format for Entertainment Industry Event 'I Dream in Widescreen'

July 14, 2020 - UArizona Chapter of Beta Theta Pi Closed for Conduct Violations

July 14, 2020 - Statement from President Robert C. Robbins on Rescinding of ICE Guidelines

July 13, 2020 - UArizona Joins Coalition of 20 Universities in Lawsuit Challenging ICE's Recent Order on International Students

July 13, 2020 - Got Pandemic Fatigue? COVID-19 is Taking a Toll on Mental Health, Psychologist Says

July 8, 2020 - Multi-University Center Aims to Minimize Mine Tailings Risk

July 7, 2020 - New Comet NEOWISE Graces the Skies

July 7, 2020 - Early Childhood Education Centers Can Boost Parents' Engagement at Home

July 6, 2020 - Shanghai Rankings: UArizona Has Top Water Resources Program in US

July 6, 2020 - The Best (and Worst) Materials for Masks

June 30, 2020 - Superfund Research Center Receives $10.6M to Study Mining Waste, Arsenic-Diabetes Link

June 29, 2020 - Older Adults Share Fewer Memories as They Age

June 29, 2020 - The Price of Taking a Stance: How Corporate Sociopolitical Activism Impacts Bottom Line

June 25, 2020 - Astronomers Discover 'Monster' Quasar from Early Universe

June 24, 2020 - Weekly Press Conference on Campus Reentry Plan - June 24

June 24, 2020 - Warming Will Reduce Ability of Trees to Slow Climate Change

June 24, 2020 - Pandemic Provides Unique Learning Experience for Journalism Students

June 23, 2020 - Are You a Hugger? It Might Be Hereditary

June 23, 2020 - Anonymous Gift Means More Time on GMT for UArizona Astronomers

June 18, 2020 - UArizona Testing App to Alert Students, Employees Exposed to COVID-19

June 18, 2020 - UArizona Offers Free and Discounted Programs to Meet Needs of New Learners

June 18, 2020 - Braccia Family Donates $1.5M to Support UArizona COVID-19 Priorities

MEDIA CONTACTS

Office of University Communications
The University of Arizona
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Telephone: 520-621-1877
Fax: 520-626-4121

UNIVERSITY SPOKESPERSON
SENIOR DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
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916-612-0979
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DIRECTOR, NEWS CONTENT AND COMMUNICATIONS
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520-626-4386
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DIRECTOR, MEDIA RELATIONS
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520-621-2194
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GENERAL MEDIA INQUIRIES
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ADDITIONAL MEDIA CONTACTS

University of Arizona Health Sciences Office of Public Affairs
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A radio studio with an ISDN phone line allows for broadcast-quality radio interviews.

Access to these facilities is available for a fee, schedule permitting. For more information, call Arizona Public Media at 520-621-5828.

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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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