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.
Oct. 7, 2018 IPCC Global Warming Report Co-Authored by UA Professor UA Regents' Professor Diana Liverman is one of eight U.S. authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's new report on global warming.
Oct. 2, 2018 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer Named UA Presidential Scholar Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and photojournalist David Hume Kennerly has been given an honorary appointment as the first UA Presidential Scholar.
Oct. 2, 2018 Facebook Status: Sick. How People Use the Internet to Cope with Illness In a new book, UA communication professor Stephen Rains explores how people diagnosed with serious illnesses turn to social media, online health forums and other digital resources for help coping.
Sept. 27, 2018 The Butterfly Effect and the Future of Teaching Biology In a cross-country collaborative class, a UA professor and a data science specialist help arm students for biology’s big data revolution by incorporating coding into the scientific method.
Sept. 27, 2018 UA Donors Break Giving Records A dramatic increase in endowed giving contributed to making fiscal year 2018 the most philanthropic in the history of the UA, with $317 million in gifts, pledges and realized bequests.
Sept. 27, 2018 Startup Licenses UA-invented Aquatic Animal Growth Assay How can farmers of aquatic animals quickly and efficiently select the top producing stocks for breeding? Benjamin Renquist has invented a new assay that answers this question, offering an easy-to-use assay that has been licensed to startup GenetiRate.
Sept. 26, 2018 Celebrating Women in Medicine Month with Felicia Goodrum Felicia Goodrum has been awarded more than $13 million in grants within the last year to fund her research on CMV, a virus that affects more than half of the population above the age of 40.
