University of Arizona in the News

Experts say pandemic survivor guilt may be pervasive, but it is hard to detect, leaving many struggling in silence. About 10-20% of people who live through a traumatic event like a serious accident or illness have persisting mental health issues, which can include survivor guilt, said Mary-Frances O’Connor, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Arizona who studies loss and bereavement. She expects those rates to be similar for the pandemic, although "it's still early days," she said. "We don't have a lot of data yet."

Images of Mars from the past decade have shown amazing craters, dust storms and colorful mineral deposits. The photos come from the most powerful camera ever sent to a planet – the University of Arizona-operated High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE. It is helping scientists understand the planet where NASA has sent rovers and where it may send humans.

Surveys have found that 47% of Americans aged 18 to 34 feel that stress related to climate change impacts their daily lives. That number is even higher for teens, at 57%. Climate anxiety is increasingly being seen as a public health issue, especially for young people and children. University of Arizona researcher Sabrina Helm has made this phenomenon a priority in her research. In a study published in 2017, she found that some people experience high levels of stress, and even depression, based on their perception of the threat of global climate change.

Underneath the stands of Arizona Stadium, a spinning furnace has fired up to cast the sixth mirror for the Giant Magellan Telescope. Once it becomes fully operational, the telescope's viewing power will be 10 times greater than the Hubble Space Telescope.