Aug. 4, 2020 University of Arizona Awarded $26M to Architect the Quantum Internet The University of Arizona will lead a new National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center, called the Center for Quantum Networks, with core partners Harvard, MIT and Yale.
July 6, 2020 Shanghai Rankings: UArizona Has Top Water Resources Program in US The University of Arizona is ranked No. 1 in the U.S. and No. 2 globally in the area of water resources in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities.
June 23, 2020 Anonymous Gift Means More Time on GMT for UArizona Astronomers The Giant Magellan Telescope promises to deliver breakthrough discoveries.
June 15, 2020 Shining a Light on COVID-19 Detection The startup that licensed a UArizona-invented ultraviolet spectrometer has been awarded a $1.5 million Air Force contract to build devices that can quickly detect COVID-19 in virus test samples.
June 11, 2020 UArizona Climbs to 39 in Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents Tech Launch Arizona has helped the university community report more than 1,600 inventions, file more than 1,800 patents, execute upward of 600 licenses and launch 82 startups.
May 18, 2020 UArizona Health Sciences Awarded $1.35M in COVID-19 Relief for Rural Hospitals The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded $1.35 million to the UArizona Center for Rural Health to support 16 hospitals in rural Arizona.
May 15, 2020 UArizona, State of Arizona to Expand COVID-19 Antibody Testing Statewide Overall, there will be 31 antibody testing sites across the state, with additional sites becoming available as needed.
May 5, 2020 Researchers Identify Potential Pathway to Make Opioids Safer, More Effective Researchers found that inhibiting heat shock protein 90 in the spinal cord enhanced effectiveness of opioid therapy and could decrease its side effects. The findings suggest doctors may be able to prescribe less of drug, but patients would get the same level of pain relief with reduced side effects.
April 28, 2020 Diana Liverman Elected to National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences UArizona Regents Professor Diana Liverman has been elected to two prestigious honoraries for her work on climate change and society.
April 28, 2020 UArizona Researchers Pivot to Tackle COVID-19 Thirteen research teams will address various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic with financial support from a rapid-turnaround seed grants supplied through the BIO5 Institute and state funding. The grants amount to more than $500,000.
