April 29, 2022 Dante Lauretta, leader of NASA's history-making OSIRIS-REx mission, will address graduates at Commencement Lauretta is principal investigator of the UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission, NASA's premier mission to visit a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid and bring back a sample.
April 28, 2022 Experts predict this hurricane season will only be slightly above average For the seventh year in a row, UArizona hurricane forecasters predict an above-average hurricane season, beginning June 1. Their forecast shows 14 named storms and seven hurricanes developing over the Atlantic Ocean.
April 28, 2022 Understanding Black grief To understand the unique experience of Black grief, it's necessary to consider the collective grief Black Americans have suffered as the result of America's long history of racialization and racist violence, UArizona experts say.
April 27, 2022 $5M gift to revolutionize retail, establish virtual reality learning lab at UArizona The contribution from UArizona alumnus Terry J. Lundgren and his wife, Tina, will fund collaborative research and education opportunities to provide innovative solutions to the retail challenges of the future.
April 26, 2022 From connected cars to oil pipelines: Engineering innovators aim to protect 'Internet of Things' Through UArizona startup BG Networks, engineering researchers are working to make cybersecurity for the "Internet of Things" more accessible for companies and organizations.
April 25, 2022 NASA gives green light for OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to visit another asteroid The extended UArizona-led mission, dubbed OSIRIS-APEX, will study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, which is expected to have a close encounter with Earth in 2029.
April 25, 2022 UArizona ranked among top 0.47% of world universities by Center for World University Rankings The University of Arizona is ranked No. 93 overall, No. 49 among U.S. institutions and No. 27 among public colleges and universities in the annual Center for World University Rankings, released Monday.
April 21, 2022 Freshwater habitats are fragile pockets of exceptional biodiversity, study finds Ponds, lakes, rivers and streams cover only a tiny fraction of Earth's surface, yet they are home to a comparatively large number of different species, finds a study led by UArizona ecologists.
April 21, 2022 Optical sciences researcher dishes up new method for measuring radio antennas A UArizona doctoral student has developed a new way to precisely measure radio antennas used in astronomy and satellite communications. The technology has been licensed to startup Fringe Metrology.
April 20, 2022 UArizona paleoclimatologist to receive NSF's highest early-career honor Jessica Tierney will be the first climatologist to win the National Science Foundation's Alan T. Waterman Award since Congress established it in 1975. She is also the first from UArizona to ever receive the honor.
