University of Arizona in the News

Ian Pepper, director of the WEST Center and a BIO5 Institute member, is leading a study that uses municipal wastewater to monitor the incidence of the virus in communities across the United States.

A University of Arizona-led team has nailed down the temperature of the last ice age – the Last Glacial Maximum of 20,000 years ago – to about 46 degrees Fahrenheit.

The effort to keep students safe at the University of Arizona continues by offering contact-free, pick-up lockers placed in the Student Union Memorial Center.

Mark Kear, a geographer at the University of Arizona, stressed that mortality figures from this year are still being tabulated. "(T)he number of heat death cases under investigation in Maricopa is concerning."

The University of Arizona has launched a new health and wellness initiative that provides free peer-to-peer support for students as they manage the emotional and mental toll of current stressors, including academic demands, financial pressures, and issues related to COVID-19 and racial injustice.

In honor of Dr. Fayez K. Ghishan's 25th anniversary as director of the Steele Children's Research Center at the University of Arizona, members of the Phoenix Women's Board of the Steele Children's Research Center have contributed $5 million to establish an endowment in his name.

Five alumni of Flowing Wells High School are beginning the academic year with full scholarships to the University of Arizona, thanks to the Sandra, Pamela, and Polly Aley Scholarship Endowment.

The presidents of Arizona's public universities gave an update on their response to the COVID-19 pandemic at a virtual conference of the League of Arizona Cities and Towns on Monday.

An announcement from the White House could expand rapid COVID-19 testing significantly as President Donald Trump boasts about U.S. testing capacity. Ian Pepper, director of the WEST Center at the University of Arizona, is interviewed.

With $26 million in federal funding, the University of Arizona is charged with developing the internet of the future, ruled by quantum mechanical properties instead of conventional 0s and 1s.