Feb. 28, 2022 Doctoral student uses digital, gaming platforms to share Black history Doctoral student Amber Coleman is working on two passion projects as a student developer with the Center for Digital Humanities – an interactive history of the Dunbar School and a video game exploring the history of the Buffalo Soldiers.
Feb. 25, 2022 Aegis Consortium leaders envision a pandemic-free future A new initiative seeks to unite global experts from universities, government agencies, nonprofits and industry to develop solutions to future pandemics.
Feb. 25, 2022 UArizona-founded consortium gets Helios Foundation award to advance Hispanic student success The Arizona HSI Consortium was awarded $100,000 to establish an action plan and priorities, to produce recommendations for Arizona leaders, and to launch an inaugural summit, among other things.
Feb. 23, 2022 UArizona will increase support for Hispanic and low-income STEM students with $5M grant A grant from the Department of Education will allow students to get earlier access to hands-on research and learning communities, and will provide support for faculty to redesign courses.
Feb. 15, 2022 UArizona center awarded $1.5M for borderlands research and education The grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry will go toward activities that bolster the stories and experiences of underrepresented groups in the borderlands.
Feb. 14, 2022 $7.5M effort seeks to prevent lunar traffic jams With $7.5 million from the Air Force Research Laboratory, UArizona researchers are developing ways to detect, characterize and track objects in cislunar space, or the space between Earth and the moon.
Feb. 8, 2022 UArizona Gem & Mineral Museum is open and ready for gem show crowd After four years of renovations, the Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum has officially opened in its new space in the Pima County Historic Courthouse – complete with a world-class collection that includes Tucson's "own little Hope Diamond" and other rare items.
Feb. 2, 2022 UArizona to expand internship support for students A $250,000 grant will help the university expand three internship-related programs focused especially on students of color, first-generation college students and students with financial need.
Jan. 5, 2022 Major Health Diagnostics Provider Quidel Makes $2M Investment in UArizona The grant will be split equally between Health Sciences scholarships and the UArizona BIO5 Institute's KEYS Internship Program.
