Jan. 8, 2024 UArizona-led asteroid sampling mission's new journey: OSIRIS-APEX Under the leadership of the University of Arizona's Dani Mendoza DellaGiustina, the former OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sets off on a journey to study asteroid Apophis and take advantage of the asteroid's 2029 flyby of Earth.
Jan. 8, 2024 Looking through the lens of time with the Millennium Camera With a new installation on Tumamoc Hill, a University of Arizona experimental philosopher wants to encourage people to imagine 1,000 years into the future – and plan accordingly.
Jan. 8, 2024 How marketing and business educators can help combat climate change A new University of Arizona study suggests that marketing educators are uniquely positioned to help address climate change, which is largely fueled by human consumption.
Jan. 4, 2024 $1M gift to Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund will help fuel UArizona ventures An anonymous donor's transformational contribution will support impactful innovation and startups that result from the work of university faculty, staff and students.
Jan. 4, 2024 New project helps UArizona boost access to hearing health care A new partnership among the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing and the three state universities provides free hearing health care for eligible people age 21 or older who do not have insurance.
Dec. 20, 2023 UANow will return Jan. 11 We look forward to telling the University of Arizona's stories in 2024! Until then, revisit the best ones from this year.
Dec. 20, 2023 Sweating the small stuff: UArizona scientists have begun to study samples from asteroid Bennu At the university's Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis, a suite of instruments allows researchers to study the particles collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission the down to the atomic scale.
Dec. 19, 2023 Housing crisis unveiled: The impact of expired federal funding on Tucson's vulnerable communities Insights from University of Arizona students, presented last week at the annual Poverty in Tucson Field Workshop, illuminate the struggles of low-income households and propel policy changes for a better future.
Dec. 18, 2023 Recent volcanism on Mars reveals a planet more active than previously thought The findings from the University of Arizona-led study have implications for research into whether Mars could have harbored life at some point in its history.
Dec. 18, 2023 Scientists might be using a flawed strategy to predict how species will fare under climate change A new study involving University of Arizona researchers suggests change is happening faster than trees can adapt. The finding offers "a word of caution" for future researchers.