Aug. 23, 2022 Aerospace videos inspire incoming student to soar to new heights Emily Aguilar was already working on a certificate in aircraft mechanics when her high school counselor showed her some aerospace engineering videos that helped her choose an academic direction.
Aug. 18, 2022 UArizona welcomes largest, most diverse class The University of Arizona has enrolled its largest, most diverse and most academically prepared incoming class in history, with approximately 8,900 first-year students starting classes this fall.
Aug. 16, 2022 New UArizona center to support Native American entrepreneurs The university has received a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to establish Native FORGE, a new center to support economic growth in tribal communities in Arizona.
Aug. 12, 2022 Tribal Area Health Education Center will address tribal health care needs, train workforce The Arizona Area Health Education Center Program is partnering with the Arizona Advisory Council on Indian Health Care to develop the new center.
Aug. 10, 2022 The soundtrack of our lives: Researchers collect musical memories Humans across cultures and generations have a propensity for recalling music and connecting it with memories. Lifetimes of Listening: The Arizona Musical Memory Archive aims to collect, record and analyze musical memories from people from all walks of life to see what can be learned.
July 19, 2022 UArizona selected by Amazon as Career Choice Program education partner Amazon hourly employees will be eligible for tuition discounts through University of Arizona Online.
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 27, 2022 UArizona to ensure tuition coverage for Native American undergraduates in Arizona The new Arizona Native Scholars Grant program, the first of its kind in the state, will cover tuition and fees for full-time, in-state undergraduate students from Arizona's 22 federally recognized tribes.
June 22, 2022 Title IX turns 50 – a Q&A with law professor Tammi Walker Title IX, the landmark legislation designed to eliminate sex discrimination in education, marks its 50th anniversary this year. Tammi Walker, an associate professor of law, talks about the legislation's impact and evolution.
June 22, 2022 Beyond Juneteenth: A yearlong celebration of Black history, culture and contributions In addition to observing Juneteenth as a paid holiday for the first time in 2023, the university is developing a yearlong campaign to tell the story of Juneteenth and Black people in the Southwest.