Aug. 16, 2021 Udall Scholar Already Making Big Change in Tribal Communities From a young age, Nadira Mitchell's mom encouraged her to explore outdoors and taught her about her Navajo culture. Mitchell now hopes to turn her lifelong love of nature into a career as a tribal liaison for wildlife conservation.
Aug. 13, 2021 $1M Gift Will Support Arizona Student-Athletes Through Scholarships and Improved Facilities Cody and Patsy Ritchie have pledged $1 million, earmarking half for the Wildcat Scholarship Fund.
Aug. 12, 2021 UArizona Researchers Develop Regenerative, Safe Therapeutic for Alzheimer's Disease UArizona researchers have developed a new therapy for Alzheimer’s disease designed to restore cognitive function in early-stage patients. The therapy has been licensed to startup NeuTherapeutics Inc.
Aug. 11, 2021 OSIRIS-REx Improves Understanding of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids NASA and UArizona scientists were able to significantly reduce uncertainties about asteroid Bennu's orbit and determine the likelihood of the asteroid impacting Earth between now and the year 2300.
Aug. 11, 2021 Inaugural Charles Schwab Scholarship Recipient Looks Forward to Giving Back Gamaliel Jimenez, a senior studying personal and family financial planning, wants to make a career out of helping others plan for their financial futures.
Aug. 9, 2021 As Fall Semester Nears, UArizona Urges Vaccinations and Masks as Part of 'Layered Approach' to COVID-19 Mitigation With classes starting on Aug. 23, President Robert C. Robbins says vaccines are still our "best hope" against COVID-19.
Aug. 9, 2021 UArizona Paleoclimatologist Weighs in on 'Hot Drought' as a Lead Author on IPCC Climate Report UArizona again contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, with researcher Jessica Tierney helping pen much of the section on drought and aridity.
Aug. 5, 2021 Many With Mild COVID-19 Infections Experience Long-Term Symptoms Data shows that 67% of people with mild or moderate COVID-19 infection develop long COVID, with symptoms that last more than 30 days after a positive test.
Aug. 4, 2021 Agreement Formalizes UArizona's Commitment to Pascua Yaqui Tribe A new agreement between the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and UArizona affirms the university's commitment to helping the tribe's members reach their higher education-related goals.
Aug. 4, 2021 Satellite Data Reveals Increasing Proportion of Population Exposed to Floods Worldwide The proportion of the population exposed to floods has grown by 24% globally since the turn of the century, new research finds. That's 10 times more than scientists previously thought.
