Feb. 6, 2019 FIRE Recognizes UA for Commitment to Free Speech The UA is one of 45 institutions to receive a green light from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which rates more than 400 of the nation’s top colleges and universities.
Feb. 6, 2019 When Perusing Online Reviews, Shoppers Value Quantity Over Quality Consumers are more likely to purchase products that have lower ratings but more reviews than products with higher ratings but few reviews, researchers found.
Feb. 6, 2019 UA Scores 'Most-Improved' Win in Zero-Waste Challenge A campuswide sustainability effort diverted more than 45 percent of waste from landfills during the Wildcats' "Zero-Waste" football game, more than doubling the UA's amount of waste diversion in 2017.
Feb. 5, 2019 New UA-affiliated Corporation Targets Defense Research The University of Arizona Applied Research Corp. will focus the UA's research strengths in several diverse areas on solving national security issues.
Feb. 1, 2019 Why Women? Studying the Role of Gender in Alzheimer’s Disease Roberta Diaz Brinton received a $5.9 million grant to study the role of gender in Alzheimer’s disease and develop precision medicine interventions to prevent — and potentially reverse — the course of the disease in both women and men.
Jan. 30, 2019 UA Named a 'Best Value' by Princeton Review The UA is among 200 colleges and universities featured in the 2019 edition of The Princeton Review's "The Best Value Colleges."
Jan. 30, 2019 Do Bigger Brains Equal Smarter Dogs? New Study Offers Answers Larger dogs have better short-term memory and self-control than smaller breeds, according to research led by UA anthropology graduate student Daniel Horschler with the UA's Arizona Canine Cognition Center.
Jan. 28, 2019 Four Questions: Andrew Coan on Special Prosecutors and the Law A professor from the UA James E. Rogers College of Law focused his research on special prosecutors and their role in the U.S. government, and along the way uncovered some fascinating stories about the history of the position.
Jan. 28, 2019 UA Benefits From Astronomy Superstar's 'Failed Retirement' The awards keep coming for Robert C. Kennicutt Jr., who was recently honored by both the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Astronomical Society.
Jan. 28, 2019 Greenland’s Southwest Ice Sheet Particularly Sensitive to Warming The ice fields of southwest Greenland are becoming sensitive to the North Atlantic Oscillation and will become a major contributor to sea level rise as global warming progresses.
