Strategic Imperatives

The university opens the 2025-26 academic year on solid financial footing, and with a campuswide focus on student success, research that shapes the future, and engagement with communities.

Three new papers reveal yet more secrets from samples collected by the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission from asteroid Bennu.

From vinyl albums to digital badges to experiences, new research out of the Eller College of Management suggests we collect to create order during turbulent times.

Four students spent a month in Poland this summer carefully excavating a B-17G "Flying Fortress" bomber that crashed in the final months of World War II.

With support from the Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella and Senior Vice President for Research and Partnerships Tomás Díaz de la Rubia are positioning the U of A to play a central role in advancing commercial fusion.

The university reported more inventions in fiscal year 2025 than ever before, making this its most inventive year for the second year in a row.

The $3 million gift establishes the Czarina and Humberto Lopez Cardiovascular Research Endowment at the U of A Sarver Heart Center.

A graduate student is creating AI models to analyze smartphone data and detect behavioral changes that could lead to timely intervention and treatment.

Finely preserved brain features in a tiny marine arthropod fossil suggest that arachnids – spiders and their close kin – may have first evolved in the ocean rather than on land, challenging conventional wisdom.

A University of Arizona study finds buying political merchandise may satisfy someone's urge to show support – but may make them less likely to take more meaningful action like volunteering or even voting.