Sept. 20, 2022 UArizona bilingual journalism program is preparing students for a new era of global media School of Journalism director Jessica Retis talks about the creation of the bilingual journalism master's degree program and how UArizona is uniquely positioned to train bilingual journalists in an evolving media industry.
Sept. 7, 2022 UArizona receives $5.9M for international programs, including new National Resource Center for East Asian studies The university will establish a new Center for East Asian Studies that will join three other longstanding centers on campus. The centers will receive the funding over the next four years.
Sept. 2, 2022 UArizona remembers prolific university supporter Helen S. Schaefer Beyond being the namesake of the UArizona Poetry Center building, Schaefer made decades of contributions to arts and cultural programs that were felt across Southern Arizona.
Aug. 31, 2022 Legal and computer science experts join forces to make writing wills easier Attorneys' fees and other barriers keep many people from setting up wills. A team of researchers from three colleges hopes artificial intelligence can automate parts of that process and make wills more accessible.
July 14, 2022 Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute supports UArizona graduate students and faculty with $2.5M The charitable grant will fund graduate student fellowships in Persian and Iranian studies and a professorship in Iranian linguistics, whose first holder will be linguistics professor Simin Karimi.
June 22, 2022 The smell of desert rain may be good for your health Desert dwellers know it well: the smell of rain and the feeling of joy that comes with it. The familiar fragrance, which is the result of oils and chemicals released by desert plants, may offer stress-reducing health benefits, University of Arizona research suggests.
June 1, 2022 University Libraries partners with Arizona Queer Archives to preserve LGBTQI+ stories and history The Arizona Queer Archives, the first archive in Arizona to capture the histories and stories of LGBTQI+ communities, has a new home in the University Libraries Special Collections.
April 7, 2022 ABOR votes to confirm 5 new UArizona Regents Professors The Arizona Board of Regents confirmed the appointments of Sama Alshaibi, Jean-Luc Brédas, Dr. Juanita Merchant, David Pietz and Dr. Donata Vercelli as Regents Professors.
March 30, 2022 Age of Empires IV players can now earn college credit with UArizona-created content Faculty members in the Department of History developed new educational content for the video game Age of Empires IV. Current and future students can earn credit toward their degrees when they interact with the material.
March 21, 2022 Women in climate change: Beth Tellman Floods affect more people than any other type of natural disaster and are expected to increase as the climate changes. Beth Tellman uses satellite data to better understand where floods occur and to develop applications for emergency response and recovery.
