Jan. 22, 2020 Grant to Help Local Fight Against Opioid Addiction Routing people with opioid use disorders toward treatment instead of jail is the goal of a program involving the University of Arizona and several community partners.
Jan. 16, 2020 Blue Light Can Help Heal Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Psychiatry professor William "Scott" Killgore used blue light to reset sleep patterns in adults recovering from mild traumatic brain injury to facilitate recovery of brain structure, connectivity and cognitive performance.
Jan. 14, 2020 Arizona Online Continues its Rapid Ascent in US News Rankings With an 18-spot jump from last year and a 70-spot increase from the university's inaugural appearance in 2017, Arizona Online is one of the nation's fastest-rising universities in the rankings.
Jan. 9, 2020 From Big Data to Precision Treatments for Alzheimer's The Center for Innovation in Brain Science leverages big data in an effort to close the gap on cognitive health span, thanks to a $1.6 million grant from the National Institute on Aging.
Jan. 1, 2020 UA to Lead Multi-University Study on Sexual Assault Prevention A sexual assault training program that started in Canada teaches female freshmen how to better recognize risky situations, defend themselves, and communicate what they do and don't want.
Dec. 12, 2019 Seeking New Ways to Understand Human Aging A prestigious $4.5 million MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health will allow a University of Arizona immunologist to pursue a new, more promising way to study human aging.
Dec. 2, 2019 Benefits of Active Learning Are All About Activity Researchers monitored students' heart rates during medical school lectures to test the long-standing theory that active learning provides an attention reset.
Nov. 25, 2019 Preventing Chronic Disease in Arizona Border Region The Arizona Prevention Research Center will continue its mission to prevent chronic disease among underserved populations in the Arizona border region thanks to a $7.5 million grant from the CDC.
Nov. 22, 2019 UArizona Colleges of Medicine to Provide Free Tuition for Primary Care Medical Students With a portion of $8 million in annual funding appropriated by the Arizona Legislature, nearly 100 students could receive free tuition at UArizona's two medical schools.
Nov. 19, 2019 Startup Sees Future for Heart Imaging Technology ElectroSonix has licensed the UArizona patents for acoustoelectric imaging, a technology that has the potential to improve the accuracy of cardiac ablation in treating cardiac arrhythmias.
