Aug. 23, 2019 New Wildcats Most Academically Prepared Ever Preliminary enrollment figures indicate more than 10,000 freshmen and transfer students will join the Wildcat family when classes start on Aug. 26.
Aug. 21, 2019 Students Can Learn Mindfulness in New Online Course A new online course, The Mindful Semester, will explore the research behind mindfulness and provide students with tools to manage stress and study more effectively.
Aug. 20, 2019 State Poetry Champ to Attend UA in Fall As the 2019 Arizona Poetry Out Loud champion, Edgardo Aguilar competed on the national stage in Washington, D.C. Poetry Out Loud challenges high school students to memorize and recite their favorite poems.
Aug. 19, 2019 Finding a Place to Belong Through Agricultural Education Early in her high school career, Shelby Humbarger made the decision to join her school's Future Farmers of America chapter, a move that changed the course of her life.
Aug. 16, 2019 Q&A: The Value of Sports Psychologists on College Campuses Student-athletes face unique pressures, and sports psychologists can help them navigate their identities as students, athletes and emerging adults.
Aug. 16, 2019 UA Climbs 139 Spots in Latest 'Money' Rankings An increase in graduation rates, alongside a decrease in the net price of a degree, catapulted the University of Arizona up Money Magazine's Best Colleges for your Money list.
Aug. 14, 2019 Today’s Students are Tomorrow’s Space Explorers Ten students from Japan and Arizona gathered for the first official Space Camp Biosphere 2, where they designed Biosphere 3 to sustain human life on Mars.
July 31, 2019 Future Doctors Receive First White Coats at UA New medical students received and donned their first white coats, a ceremonial symbol of their acceptance into medical school at the University of Arizona, at events in Tucson and Phoenix.
July 29, 2019 Students Spend Transformative Summer on the U.S.-Mexico Border The FRONTERA summer program pairs UA students with mentors, giving them hands-on border-health research experience while building stronger applicants to medical school and graduate health sciences programs.
July 24, 2019 UA Researchers Aid in Andean Bear Conservation Efforts UA Ph.D. student Ivan Mauricio Vela-Vargas led an effort to collar an Andean bear nicknamed Xué. The bear's movements will help scientists learn more about the vulnerable species.