Oct. 19, 2018 UA, USDA Recognize Milestone in Pink Bollworm Research UA scientists have been studying the pink bollworm for decades, with their research playing an integral role in the eradication of one of the world's most devastating crop pests.
Oct. 18, 2018 Helping Minority Students Overcome Barriers to Graduate Education A $1.075 million grant from the National Science Foundation allows the UA to continue helping underrepresented students through the Bridge to the Doctorate Program.
Oct. 17, 2018 Wildcats to Reunite at 104th UA Homecoming More than 50,000 Wildcats are expected to attend a wide range of Homecoming events including the Lighting of "A" Mountain 5K Fun Run and GLOW celebration for young alumni.
Oct. 17, 2018 UA and Microsoft Create Cloud Infrastructure Partnership to Train Tomorrow's Leaders The new Cloud Infrastructure Renewal Center will focus on developing sustainable data centers and educating students to engineer, operate and manage them.
Oct. 16, 2018 Data on Demand: Creating a Search Engine for Microbiome Sciences The Hurwitz Lab corrals big data sets into a more searchable form to help scientists study microorganisms and how they relate to each other, their hosts and the environment.
Oct. 15, 2018 Tracking the Movement of the Tropics 800 Years into the Past A UA-led research team used tree rings to trace the north-south shifts of the tropics back 800 years. They found that periods of tropical expansion coincided with severe droughts.
Oct. 11, 2018 'Vampire Burial' Reveals Efforts to Prevent Child's Return from Grave Archaeologists found the remains of a 10-year-old child with a stone inserted into his or her mouth at a fifth-century Italian cemetery. They think the stone was meant to keep the child from rising from the dead and spreading malaria to the living.
Oct. 10, 2018 Drier, Less Predictable Environment May Have Spurred Human Evolution Sediment cores provide evidence of a variable but progressively drying climate coincides with a major shift in stone-tool-making abilities and the appearance of modern Homo sapiens.
Oct. 9, 2018 One UA Graduate's Journey From 4-H to Freshly CEO "My parents really valued putting us in situations where we were surrounded by great people," said Michael Wystrach, who was an Arizona 4-H kid long before he was a Wildcat.
Oct. 8, 2018 Tucson Meet Yourself Draws on Academic Research, Practice The popular folklife festival Tucson Meet Yourself has a long history with the University of Arizona and is rooted in the rigorous study and practice of folklore.
