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.
June 11, 2020 UArizona Earns Strong Marks in Two International Rankings The University of Arizona was named one of the top 30 public universities in the U.S. by the Center for World University Rankings and QS.
June 11, 2020 Ingredients for Life Appear in Stellar Nurseries Long Before Stars are Born Astronomers probed a vast, cosmic cloud of gas and dust for traces of organic molecules that form building blocks for life. They found that such molecules appear hundreds of thousands of years before stars start to form.
June 10, 2020 Balancing Individual Rights, Public Health During a Pandemic While stay-at-home orders are lifting nationwide, quarantine and isolation orders can still be issued due to emergency declarations that remain in effect, says Leila Barraza, who teaches public health law and ethics.
June 10, 2020 From Social Distancing to Disinformation, COVID-19 Shows How History Repeats Three scholars in the UArizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences see several parallels between today's pandemic and ones from centuries past.
June 9, 2020 NASA's OSIRIS-REx Discovers Sunlight Can Crack Rocks on Asteroid Bennu Scientists with the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission found that rocks on asteroid Bennu appear to be cracking as sunlight heats them up during the day and they cool down at night.
June 8, 2020 Underrepresented STEM Students Explore New Frontiers of Sound The New Frontiers of Sound Research Experience and Mentorship program provides mentors and research opportunities for underrepresented students interested in graduate school and careers in engineering.
June 8, 2020 UArizona Joins Network Dedicated to Improving STEM Graduate Education The university is one of six new institutions to join the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning, which is dedicated to improving how graduate students are prepared for STEM faculty positions.
June 8, 2020 Trading Pipets for Keyboards: KEYS Internship Goes Virtual The BIO5 KEYS Research Internship Program will take a new form this summer as 49 students engage in computational projects from the safety of their homes.
June 8, 2020 Should You Buy or Sell a House During the Pandemic? Gary Pivo, a university expert on real estate development, discusses COVID-19's impact on the housing market and what it could mean for prospective buyers or sellers.
