News Releases

Feb. 25, 2022 - Aegis Consortium leaders envision a pandemic-free future

Feb. 25, 2022 - UArizona-founded consortium gets Helios Foundation award to advance Hispanic student success

Feb. 23, 2022 - UArizona will increase support for Hispanic and low-income STEM students with $5M grant

Feb. 22, 2022 - Diversity efforts evolve at UArizona Health Sciences colleges

Feb. 21, 2022 - UArizona president 'cautiously optimistic' on declining COVID cases, urges testing before and after spring break

Feb. 21, 2022 - The evolution of Black representation on television

Feb. 21, 2022 - Reminder: RSVP for Virtual University Status Update today (Feb. 21)

Feb. 18, 2022 - RSVP for Virtual University Status Update Feb. 21

Feb. 17, 2022 - UArizona researchers develop AI-driven method for diagnosing lung disease

Feb. 15, 2022 - UArizona students confirm errant rocket's Chinese origin, track lunar collision course

Feb. 15, 2022 - 'Chipping away' at the iceberg of health disparities

Feb. 15, 2022 - UArizona center awarded $1.5M for borderlands research and education

Feb. 14, 2022 - $7.5M effort seeks to prevent lunar traffic jams

Feb. 11, 2022 - With UArizona camera, Webb Telescope sees its first star – 18 times

Feb. 11, 2022 - Undernourished infants at risk for lung restriction, weaker health as adults

Feb. 10, 2022 - Media Advisory: UArizona astronomer to participate in NASA Webb Telescope teleconference on mirror alignment and early imagery

Feb. 9, 2022 - Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument creates largest 3D map of the cosmos

Feb. 9, 2022 - Researchers identify brain region associated with feeling full after eating

Feb. 8, 2022 - UArizona Gem & Mineral Museum is open and ready for gem show crowd

Feb. 7, 2022 - RSVP for Virtual University Status Update today (Feb. 7)

Feb. 7, 2022 - UArizona sees decline in COVID cases, will keep safety measures in place

Feb. 7, 2022 - Colleges of Medicine lead initiatives focused on anti-racism in medicine

Feb. 4, 2022 - Study finds large new source of greenhouse gas emissions

Feb. 4, 2022 - RSVP for Virtual University Status Update Feb. 7

Feb. 2, 2022 - UArizona to expand internship support for students

Feb. 1, 2022 - Black History Month to be celebrated through discussion, performance and film

Feb. 1, 2022 - It takes a special kind of planet to make a moon

Jan. 31, 2022 - The two types of climate coping and what they mean for your health

Jan. 31, 2022 - Power on! Webb Telescope's instruments are on, and UArizona's NIRCam will soon see starlight

Jan. 27, 2022 - Media Advisory: New art installation on Tumamoc Hill invites people to pen proverbs

Jan. 26, 2022 - Future forests will have smaller trees and soak up less carbon, study suggests

Jan. 26, 2022 - Three UArizona faculty named AAAS Fellows

Jan. 25, 2022 - UArizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences raises $28M for endowed chairs

Jan. 25, 2022 - Arizona Online ranked No. 7 in nation, No. 4 for vets by US News & World Report

Jan. 24, 2022 - RSVP for Virtual University Status Update today (Jan. 24)

Jan. 21, 2022 - RSVP for Virtual University Status Update Jan. 24

Jan. 19, 2022 - OSIRIS-REx mission team wins 2022 Swigert Award for Space Exploration

Jan. 19, 2022 - Cholesterol buildup in brain presents new target to reduce dementia risk from stroke

Jan. 18, 2022 - Researchers pilot 'itty bitty' device for earlier ovarian cancer detection

Jan. 13, 2022 - $10M elevates UArizona hypersonics facilities to national prominence

Jan. 13, 2022 - Rivers speeding up Arctic ice melt at alarming rate, experts say

Jan. 11, 2022 - New treasure trove of globular clusters holds clues about galaxy evolution

Jan. 11, 2022 - RSVP for Virtual University Status Update Jan. 10

Jan. 10, 2022 - California's 'climate whiplash' has been worsening for 50 years and will continue

Jan. 10, 2022 - Reminder: RSVP for Virtual University Status Update Today

Jan. 10, 2022 - UArizona returns in person, requires surgical-grade masks or higher

Jan. 5, 2022 - Major Health Diagnostics Provider Quidel Makes $2M Investment in UArizona

Dec. 28, 2021 - UArizona research again ranks among nation's top public universities

Dec. 28, 2021 - News release: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Successfully Begins its Journey to Space

Dec. 25, 2021 - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Successfully Begins its Journey to Space

Dec. 21, 2021 - First Cases of Omicron Identified at UArizona

Dec. 20, 2021 - Astronomers Detect Signature of Magnetic Field on an Exoplanet

Dec. 17, 2021 - UArizona Alumnus Established $2.3M Endowment for the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy

Dec. 16, 2021 - Diverse Plant Water-Use Strategies Make Forests More Resilient to Extreme Drought

Dec. 16, 2021 - UArizona Health Sciences Researchers to Study Long COVID as Part of National Collaborative

Dec. 16, 2021 - Meet the Husband-and-Wife Team that Helped Get Infrared Astronomy off the Ground

Dec. 16, 2021 - Student-Led Initiative Will Launch Satellites as 'Ambassadors for World Peace'

Dec. 15, 2021 - UANow Will Return Jan. 13

Dec. 15, 2021 - Engaging Vaccine-Hesitant Loved Ones With Empathy

Dec. 15, 2021 - A Woman's Dying Wish Leads to Returning a Piece of History

Dec. 14, 2021 - UArizona Continuing and Professional Education Launches Cannabis Certificate Programs

Dec. 14, 2021 - Respiratory Tract Bacterial Extracts Could Prevent COVID-19

Dec. 13, 2021 - Here's How to See Comet Leonard, According to the UArizona Researcher Who Discovered It

Dec. 10, 2021 - Researchers to Study Why COVID-19 Strikes Asthma Sufferers Less Severely Than Others

Dec. 10, 2021 - Study Shows Air Pollution Reduces Benefits of Exercise on the Brain

Dec. 9, 2021 - Vaccines, Asteroids and Puppies: The Top UArizona Stories of 2021

Dec. 8, 2021 - Scouting Ancient Supermassive Black Holes

Dec. 8, 2021 - Climate-Only Models Likely Underestimate Species Extinction, Study Finds

Dec. 7, 2021 - Three UArizona Faculty Members Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Dec. 6, 2021 - Algorithms are Making Many of Your Decisions – and You Might be OK With That

Dec. 3, 2021 - Gov. Ducey Says Investment in Hypersonic Flight is Ticket to the Future

Dec. 1, 2021 - $1.5M Advances Hypersonics Research and Technology

Nov. 30, 2021 - Media Advisory: UArizona Hockey to Play at New Iceplex in 2024

Nov. 29, 2021 - RSVP for Virtual University Status Update Today (Nov. 29)

Nov. 29, 2021 - RSVP for Virtual University Status Update Nov. 29

Nov. 29, 2021 - UArizona President Urges Caution as Omicron Variant Causes New Concern

Nov. 23, 2021 - UArizona Team Creates Instrument to Study Invisible Clouds that Warm Earth

Nov. 23, 2021 - UArizona Postdoc's 50-Mile Run for Indigenous Scientists Featured in Patagonia Film

Nov. 22, 2021 - UArizona Sets Record for International Student Enrollment

Nov. 19, 2021 - Age of Empires IV Players Eligible for UArizona Credit Through History Department Collaboration

Nov. 19, 2021 - Ruffing It: UArizona Researcher Talks Dogs With Actor Jeff Goldblum

Nov. 18, 2021 - Researchers Develop Ultra-Thin 'Computer on the Bone'

Nov. 18, 2021 - Evidence Points to Animal Market, Not Lab, as Epicenter of Pandemic

Nov. 17, 2021 - 'Back to the Rez': Students Write and Star in Navajo-Language Play

Nov. 17, 2021 - Delivery Robots are Ready to Take Your Order

Nov. 16, 2021 - Newsweek Ranks UArizona Among America's Best for Online Learning

Nov. 16, 2021 - Media Advisory: UArizona Astronomer to Participate in Webb Telescope Media Briefing

Nov. 16, 2021 - New Center Will Address Native American Disability Challenges

Nov. 16, 2021 - Ever Been Lost in the Grocery Store? Researchers are Closer to Knowing Why it Happens

Nov. 15, 2021 - Reminder: RSVP for Virtual University Status Update Today (Nov. 15)

Nov. 15, 2021 - UArizona Leaders Stress Vaccination, Testing and Mental Health Care Ahead of Holidays

Nov. 15, 2021 - Compound Developed at UArizona Health Sciences Provides Innovative Pain Relief

Nov. 12, 2021 - RSVP for Virtual University Status Update Nov. 15

Nov. 12, 2021 - Study Identifies Breast Cancer Treatment Disparities Among Indigenous Women

Nov. 11, 2021 - Near-Earth Asteroid Might be a Lost Fragment of the Moon

Nov. 10, 2021 - Global Temperatures Over Last 24,000 Years Show Today's Warming 'Unprecedented'

Nov. 9, 2021 - Media Advisory: Thermal Vacuum Chamber Delivery to Applied Research Building Site

Nov. 8, 2021 - Helping Women Overcome Discrimination in STEM

Nov. 5, 2021 - UArizona Alumnus R. Ken Coit Commits $50M to Advance College of Pharmacy

Nov. 3, 2021 - School of Theatre, Film & Television Ranked No. 7 Among Public Universities in The Wrap's Top 50 Film Schools

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The University of Arizona, a land-grant university with two independently accredited medical schools, is one of the nation's top public universities, according to U.S. News & World Report. Established in 1885, the university is widely recognized as a student-centric university and has been designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education. The university ranked in the top 20 in 2021 in research expenditures among all public universities, according to the National Science Foundation, and is a leading Research 1 institution with $824 million in annual research expenditures. The university advances the frontiers of interdisciplinary scholarship and entrepreneurial partnerships as a member of the Association of American Universities, the 71 leading public and private research universities in the U.S. and Canada. It benefits the state with an estimated economic impact of $4.1 billion annually.

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