Today Yuma agriculture generates $4.4B in state economic activity, new U of A study finds Yuma's agriculture and agribusiness contributed $4.4 billion in economic activity to the state of Arizona and $3.9 billion to Yuma County in 2022.
Today From service to school: How the U of A supports military-connected students The Veterans Education and Transition Services program provides comprehensive support for military-connected students, including help with benefits, academic guidance and peer-to-peer mentoring.
Feb. 6, 2025 Seed fund to help early-stage university startups enters investment phase The Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund is ready to begin accepting applications and making its first investments to help launch startups from the innovations of faculty, staff, students and alumni.
Feb. 6, 2025 U of A to help develop national standards for sustainability in higher ed Because of its "extraordinary commitment to advancing sustainability," the U of A and 20 other U.S. institutions will help the Carnegie Foundation develop a new higher education designation recognizing sustainability and climate action.
Feb. 5, 2025 See yourself as a scientist at Flandrau's newest exhibit "Universe of Science" is an interactive exhibit that explores everything from microscopic worlds to monsoon storms to the farthest reaches of deep space.
Feb. 3, 2025 U of A faculty and staff nationally recognized with presidential honors Five U of A faculty and staff were recognized with Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Mentoring and Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.
Feb. 3, 2025 Do women talk more than men? It might depend on their age Researchers set out to answer the age-old question: Are women really much more talkative than men? They found that women between the ages of 25 and 64 – the life stages of early and middle adulthood – speak on average 3,000 more words per day than their male counterparts.
Feb. 3, 2025 Bryce Wilson wins prestigious Churchill Scholarship Each year, only 18 student across the U.S. are awarded Churchill Scholarships, which support undergraduate students who wish to pursue a year of master's degree study at Cambridge University.
Jan. 29, 2025 Asteroid Bennu comes from a long-lost salty world with ingredients for life Two research publications by the OSIRIS-REx sample analysis team suggest that conditions for the emergence of life were widespread across the early solar system.
Jan. 24, 2025 Astronomers unlock the atmospheric secrets of a 'new class of planet' Some of the most common types of planets in the Milky Way may be very different than astronomers imagined, according to researchers probing the atmosphere of planet GJ 1214 b.