July 22, 2019 College Spending Habits May Predict When 'Adulting' Starts How well you manage your money in college may determine when you'll ultimately achieve "adult identity," according to a new study led by the UA.
July 17, 2019 $3M in NASA Funding to Help Students Build CubeSats Thanks to $3 million in NASA funding, underrepresented students will have the opportunity to build miniature satellites to help scientists study the surface of asteroids.
July 9, 2019 Citizen Scientists Investigate Environmental Hazards in the Home Students at Hopi High School explored their homes in search of toxic environmental exposures with the help of researchers and students from the University of Arizona's Center for Indigenous Environmental Health Research.
July 2, 2019 Chemist Creates Program to Support Vets in STEM Assistant professor Michael Marty is developing a program to support veteran students who are pursuing STEM degrees and bring their skills to research labs at the University of Arizona.
June 28, 2019 UA Retains No. 1 Global Ranking in Water Resources The Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities also ranked the University of Arizona in the top 20 for library and information sciences, communication, and ecology.
June 26, 2019 People with ALS May Benefit From More Glucose A new study led by scientists at the UA has uncovered a potential new way to treat patients with ALS, a debilitating neurodegenerative disease.
June 25, 2019 These Neurons Affect How Much You Do, or Don't, Want to Eat UA researchers have identified a network of neurons that coordinate with other brain regions to influence eating behaviors, which could help with appetite loss or overeating.
June 25, 2019 Mining Safety, Health Focus of $1.7M Grant Researchers at the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health will study alternatives to diesel fuel, commonly used to power equipment in underground mines, to reduce cancer and respiratory disease in miners.
June 19, 2019 Groundwater Pumping Has Significantly Reduced US Stream Flows A new study led by a UA hydrologist is the first to examine the impact of large-scale groundwater pumping that began in the U.S. in the 1950s on surface waters.
June 18, 2019 Ion Beams and Atom Smashers: Secrets of Moon Rocks Thanks to new technological tools, moon samples collected by the Apollo astronauts a half-century ago hold answers to questions that weren't even on scientists' minds at the time.