University of Arizona in the News

University of Arizona professor of linguistics Cecile McKee explains what speech errors – from word substitutions to blended synonyms – can tell us about the human mind.

The oldest individual tree in the world – nicknamed "Methuselah" after the longest-lived person in the Bible – has been alive for more than 4,800 years old (4,854 years as of 2022). Founded by Edmund Schulman in 1957, the core samples were examined and verified by Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at University of Arizona.

The Washington Post invited readers to submit photos and videos of their companion animals doing funny, wacky or inexplicable things, and then asked for commentary from animal behavior experts such as Evan MacLean, director of the Arizona Canine Cognition Center at the University of Arizona.

"The Art of Food" is from the collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and has more than 100 food-related works by over 30 artists, including Andy Warhol, Lorna Simpson, Enrique Chagoya and Hung Liu. It originated last fall at the University of Arizona Museum of Art

Entrepreneurs from Arizona's tribal nations can develop their small businesses with help from the University of Arizona Native FORGE program, which seeks to support and develop Indigenous entrepreneurship.

The University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography will host the North American premiere of "The Linda McCartney Retrospective" from Feb. 24 to Aug. 5. The exhibition celebrates McCartney's 30-year, barrier-breaking career, as well as her connection to Tucson.

The Indigenous Food Energy Water Security Sovereignty Training Program, or Indige-FEWSS, is a U.S. National Science Foundation Research Traineeship initiative grounded in the Diné/Navajo concept of "hózhó," which speaks to striving for balance and harmony in all things. Karletta Chief, University Distinguished Outreach Professor of environmental science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is interviewed.

Dave Heeke, vice president and director of athletics at the University of Arizona, is profiled.

A viral Reddit post has claimed that one of the Easter Island Moai statues was carved, but was never erected, and would have been 72 feet tall. "There are about 400 statues in the quarry in various stages of completion, and they were never transported," said Terry L. Hunt, a professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona.

The University of Arizona's Daniella "Dani" DellaGiustina shot for the stars and has already landed among them. Today, the planetary scientist was named one of Popular Science's Brilliant 10 – an annual list of early-career scientists and engineers who are developing innovative approaches to problems across a range of disciplines.