University of Arizona in the News

If the United States switched completely to cleaner energy vehicles and power plants, it would not only benefit the environment, but also save an estimated 110,000 lives and $1.2 trillion in health costs over the next 30 years, the American Lung Association says in a new report. The report finds that additional health benefits include avoiding nearly 3 million asthma attacks nationwide.

The number of Latino students enrolling in college in Arizona had been steadily increasing in recent years, considered key to overall efforts to significantly boost Arizona's college-educated population, which lags behind other states. An analysis of enrollment data by The Arizona Republic found that the pandemic disrupted the college plans of thousands of Latino students in Arizona, leading to sharp decreases in Latino enrollment at local community colleges and at Northern Arizona University.

The National Association of Basketball Coaches named Tommy Lloyd its national coach of the year Tuesday after he led the Wildcats to a 33-4 record, Pac-12 regular-season and tournament titles, and a No. 1 NCAA Tournament seed.

This video examines the importance of groundwater and explains what University of Arizona researchers efforts to better understand how to protect and maintain the resource.

This story offers advice to astronomy hobbyists. It cites an interview given by Gregory Leonard, a research scientist at the University of Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey to the New York Times, in which Leonard suggests daily observations using a telescope equipped with a camera to take photos of a single patch of sky, then look for objects that appear to be in motion.

This survey of documentary films shown at the South by Southwest festival includes a brief review of "The Thief Collector," which recounts the 1985 theft of Willem de Kooning's "Woman-Ochre" from the University of Arizona Museum of Art. The filmmakers took part in a panel at the University of Arizona's Wonder House.

Every 10 years, astronomers and astrophysicists outline priorities for the hardware they need in the decadal survey on astronomy and astrophysics. Chris Impey, a University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy at the University of Arizona, writes that the most recent wish list is full of fascinating projects, and it will be exciting to see which get funded and what research will come from them.

A team of astronomers, led by University of Arizona research professor Kate Su of the Steward Observatory, used the Spitzer Space Telescope to spot the first-ever example of a debris cloud orbiting another star caused by the collision of so-called planetesimals, enormous rocky bodies that may eventually form planets.

From East Africa to Mongolia, fences are going up rapidly as livestock farming and border barriers increase. The most famous fence in the United States is the expanded border wall pushed by former President Donald Trump. Intended to prevent illegal immigration, the barrier also keeps wildlife from moving between the United States and Mexico. "The main threat of the border wall is not the localized area of habitat loss and habitat degradation," said Aaron Flesch, a wildlife biologist at the University of Arizona who has studied the wall's impacts.

Federal officials are contemplating ending a seasonal change in our clocks – but evidence suggests moving onto permanent Daylight Saving Time may not be all that beneficial. This story reports on the potential negative effects on people's health. It quotes University of Arizona professor of psychiatry and psychology Michael Grandner, a sleep and health researcher, and member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine: "These clock shifts are relatively minor for most people, but they can actually produce negative consequences, especially in people that are vulnerable.