March 12, 2024 School of Dance student shines on 'So You Think You Can Dance' Sophomore Avery Gay impressed with her ballet performance in Monday night's episode of the Fox dance competition show. She will appear next in the March 25 episode.
March 11, 2024 Arizona Athletics generates millions for local and state economies Athletics events generated approximately $265 million in economic output for the state during 2023 fiscal year. Men's basketball led the Pac-12 Conference in attendance in 2023-24 for a 40th consecutive season and ended their final regular season in the Pac-12 as conference champions.
March 6, 2024 A pebble scooped from an asteroid is now on display at UArizona museum The Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum is now one of only three places in the world where the public can see a piece of the asteroid Bennu, collected during NASA's University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission.
March 6, 2024 2024 Tucson Festival of Books to draw national headliners More than 100,000 people are expected to visit campus as the popular annual event makes its return. Comedians Sarah Cooper and Kevin Nealon are among the authors participating.
March 5, 2024 James Webb Space Telescope captures the end of planet formation How much time do planets have to form from a swirling disk of gas and dust around a star? A new University of Arizona-led study gives scientists a better idea of how our own solar system came to be.
Feb. 29, 2024 NIH funding increases lead to impressive performance in Blue Ridge rankings Five colleges increased their National Institutes of Health research funding in 2022-2023, leading to higher rankings for some by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
Feb. 28, 2024 Nearly $4M in federal grants will help UArizona institute expand resources for LGBTQ+ youth Two federal grants will help the university's Southwest Institute for Research on Women expand mental health services and sex education designed to serve LGBTQ+ youth.
Feb. 26, 2024 Arizona lawmakers confident in Robbins' leadership during UArizona financial challenges State senators say University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins is the right man to lead the institution.
Feb. 24, 2024 Steward Observatory balloon mission breaks NASA record 22 miles above Antarctica Seeking clues about the life cycle of stars, the GUSTO balloon mission, led by university astronomer Chris Walker, breaks the record as NASA's longest-flying heavy-lift balloon mission.
Feb. 23, 2024 National leaders gather at UArizona to map the future of semiconductors Advances in semiconductor technology are indispensable to today's standard of living. Industry leaders met to strategize ways to shore up the domestic semiconductor industry.