Oct. 23, 2020 OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Collects Significant Amount of Asteroid The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully collected a large sample from the asteroid Bennu. But because some large pieces of rock are keeping the sample head from fully closing, the team has decided to expedite the stowing process.
Oct. 21, 2020 UArizona Cancer Center Receives $8.5M Gift to Establish Ginny L. Clements Breast Cancer Research Institute The gift from breast cancer survivor and longtime UArizona supporter Ginny Clements will strengthen patient care and research programs.
Oct. 21, 2020 The Rise of Negative Partisanship and How it Drives Voters The tendency to support a political party or candidate primarily based on dislike for the opposition is becoming more common, says a UArizona political scientist.
Oct. 20, 2020 UArizona Mission Members Celebrate OSIRIS-REx Success Members of the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission gathered at the university's Michael J. Drake Building to watch NASA's broadcast of the mission's Touch-and-Go sampling event.
Oct. 20, 2020 UArizona Excels in Space Science, Research Reputation in US News Best Global Universities Ranking UArizona ranked No. 97 out of 1,500 higher education institutions across 86 countries in the 2021 Best Global Universities rankings. The university ranked No. 11 in space science.
Oct. 20, 2020 OSIRIS-REx Successfully Touches Asteroid Bennu in Sample Grab Ten years after NASA selected UArizona to lead the OSIRIS-REx mission, the spacecraft successfully completed its most treacherous and rewarding task: sample collection.
Oct. 19, 2020 Tohono O'odham Nation Commits $1M to UArizona to Combat COVID-19 The contribution will allow UArizona researchers to continue developing better, more efficient and effective COVID-19 tests for people across the state.
Oct. 19, 2020 UArizona Increases In-Person Instruction, Cancels Spring Break The university also will conduct a travel survey and testing blitz prior to the Thanksgiving holiday in an effort to reduce travel-related spread of COVID-19.
Oct. 19, 2020 What Touching an Asteroid Can Teach Us NASA will make history on Oct. 20 by attempting to grab a sample from an asteroid. UArizona professor Dante Lauretta, principal investigator for the OSIRIS-REx mission, discusses the significance.
Oct. 16, 2020 UArizona School of Theatre, Film & Television Named a Top 50 Film School by The Wrap For the fourth time, the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television is ranked among The Wrap's Top 50 Film Schools in the U.S.
