March 14, 2022 Masks may become optional at UArizona next week If COVID-19 transmission rates remain in line with the rest of the county, masks will become recommended but not required in indoor spaces on the Tucson campus beginning March 21.
March 14, 2022 Fast-melting alpine permafrost may contribute to rising global temperatures Alpine permafrost, which is found closer to the equator at high elevations, is expected to melt at a faster rate than arctic permafrost under current global warming conditions, according to new research.
March 11, 2022 UArizona proposes 2% increase for resident tuition, 5.6% increase for nonresident tuition for 2022-2023 More than 99% of current students will see no increase because their tuition and fees previously were frozen under the Guaranteed Tuition Program.
March 9, 2022 UArizona engineer leads $1M project to fight vision loss Biomedical engineering and optical sciences professor Dongkyun "DK" Kang is developing a way to diagnose and treat corneal ulcers that's eight times cheaper and 20 times faster than today's gold standard.
March 9, 2022 The Tucson Festival of Books is back! Here's what to expect This weekend, the festival will be held in person for the first time since 2019. The event will feature nearly 300 authors, more than 200 exhibitors and about 30 venues with talks, exhibits, interactive activities and more.
March 8, 2022 Tommy Lloyd, Bennedict Mathurin earn top honors in Pac-12 year-end awards The Arizona men's basketball team won five out of six on the Pac-12's major year-end awards, with sophomore Bennedict Mathurin named conference Player of the Year and Tommy Lloyd named Pac-12 Coach the Year.
March 7, 2022 'Wonder House' makes its debut at SXSW The university's "Wonder House" will make its long-awaited debut this week at SXSW in Austin, offering three days of speakers, musicians and immersive experiences. Highlights will be shared via social media using #UArizonaSXSW.
March 4, 2022 UArizona Health Sciences colleges climb in Blue Ridge rankings of NIH funding The R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, College of Nursing and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health posted significant gains in research funding, according to rankings compiled by the nonprofit Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
March 2, 2022 UArizona climate adaptation experts contribute to latest IPCC climate report The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this week released a new report focused on climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Two UArizona experts contributed.
March 2, 2022 UArizona to help NASA understand solar wind and plasma with HelioSwarm mission Plasma is rare on Earth, but it fills the sky. To more deeply understand this state of matter that makes up 99% of the visible universe, NASA's HelioSwarm mission will deploy a "swarm" of spacecraft to gather data. UArizona assistant professor Kristopher Klein will serve as the mission's deputy principal investigator.
