University of Arizona in the News

In 2021, a team of University of Arizona astronomers suggested that a recently discovered near-Earth asteroid, Kamo'oalewa, could be a chunk of the moon. Two years after the striking discovery, another research group at the university has found that a rare pathway could have enabled this to happen.

Arizona Republic columnist Phil Boas writes that after Hamas attacked Israel, University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins "became the voice that higher education needed."

University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins discusses economic trends in Southern Arizona and the ways in which the university contributes to the area's economic development.

For the third consecutive year, the U.S. Department of State recognized the University of Arizona as one of 46 Hispanic-Serving Institutions that are leaders in the development of Fulbright scholars.

The University of Arizona Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum in the historic Pima County Courthouse will be one of three sites where the public can view samples from Bennu – a carbon-rich, near-Earth asteroid – brought back to Earth by the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission.

Aaron M. Lien, an assistant professor of rangeland ecology and adaptive management in the University of Arizona School of Natural and Environmental Resources, writes about the benefits of a universal taxonomic system that reflects the best science, includes dispute-resolution processes and remains independent of outside influence.

The popular medications Ozempic and Wegovy cause dramatic weight loss. Both contain a compound, semaglutide, that squelches hunger by mimicking a hormone called GLP-1 that our bodies naturally make when we eat. People can increase their production of GLP-1 b according to University of Arizona assistant professor of gastrointestinal microbiology Frank Duca, a member of the BIO5 Institute who studies metabolic diseases, by increasing their consumption of fiber. "Whenever my family finds out that I'm studying obesity or diabetes, they say, 'Oh, what's the wonder drug?

Comet 12/P Pons-Brooks, nicknamed the "devil comet" for its distinct pair of "horns" made from gas and ice, will speed through the inner solar system this spring and may be visible to the naked eye when it reaches its closest point to Earth. Eliot Herman, an amateur astronomer and retired professor in the University of Arizona School of Plant Sciences, captured stunning images of the celestial display using two remote telescopes in Utah. Herman postulated that the comet's structure shapes how its comae appear from Earth.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack took part in a forum at the University of Arizona to discuss climate-focused solutions to help revitalize the farming industry.

Johann Rafelski, professor of physics at the University of Arizona, writes that heavy elements are difficult to make in the lab, physicists have been looking for them elements everywhere, even beyond the Earth.