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.
March 9, 2022 The Tucson Festival of Books is back! Here's what to expect This weekend, the festival will be held in person for the first time since 2019. The event will feature nearly 300 authors, more than 200 exhibitors and about 30 venues with talks, exhibits, interactive activities and more.
Feb. 21, 2022 The evolution of Black representation on television Television has served as "a primary source of America's racial education," says UArizona scholar Stephanie Troutman Robbins, co-editor of "Race in American Television: Voices and Visions that Shaped a Nation."
Jan. 26, 2022 Three UArizona faculty named AAAS Fellows A. Elizabeth "Betsy" Arnold, Carol Gregorio and Cecile McKee are the newest fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Dec. 15, 2021 A Woman's Dying Wish Leads to Returning a Piece of History An intriguing voicemail left for a UArizona archaeologist led to the repatriation of artifacts to the African country of Mauritania – and became the first step toward a new partnership.
Nov. 19, 2021 Age of Empires IV Players Eligible for UArizona Credit Through History Department Collaboration UArizona history faculty members developed educational content for the popular strategy game. Engaging with the content can earn current and future UArizona students one hour of academic credit.
Nov. 1, 2021 Study Casts Doubt on Theory That Women Aren't as Competitive as Men Women enter competitions at the same rate as men – when they have the option to share their winnings with their peers, new research finds. The study casts doubt on the theory that America's gender wage gap is due to women being less competitive than men.
Nov. 1, 2021 Presidential Nominee, UArizona Alumna Sees Storytelling as Way of Life Shelly Lowe was nominated by President Joe Biden to chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She would be the first Native American and second woman to lead the NEH.