Jan. 9, 2023 African American Museum of Southern Arizona to open on campus The museum, which will open on Saturday in the Student Union Memorial Center, was co-founded by Beverely and Bob Elliott – local business owners, volunteers and philanthropists with deep ties to the Tucson and university communities.
Dec. 21, 2022 Cancer Center gets $1.1M gift for holistic cancer care A gift, from the estate of Tom and Catherine Culley, will support the development of a University of Arizona Cancer Center program that integrates traditional medicine and therapies with Western cancer treatments.
Dec. 20, 2022 What it would take to discover life on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus The mystery of whether microbial alien life might inhabit Enceladus, one of Saturn's 83 moons, could be solved by an orbiting space probe, according to a UArizona-led study.
Dec. 20, 2022 USDA awards over $4.7M to support 'climate-smart' food production The Arizona Partnership for Climate-Smart Food Crops will promote climate-smart food production practices and help farmers reduce water consumption and carbon emissions.
Dec. 19, 2022 NSF: UArizona again ranks among top 20 public research universities, No. 1 in astronomy and astrophysics The university had $770 million in total research activity in fiscal year 2021 and retained its No. 1 ranking in astronomy and astrophysics expenditures at more than $113 million.
Dec. 16, 2022 Students' poverty project sheds light on needs of Pima County's housing-insecure residents Sociology students who surveyed nearly 300 people struggling with housing insecurity found that rising housing costs and grocery bills were among their top concerns.
Dec. 14, 2022 $10.8M initiative unites engineering and health researchers to improve cancer treatments With funding from the state's New Economy Initiative, researchers are working to develop precision cancer treatments using 3D-printed environments that mimic human tissue.
Dec. 14, 2022 Machine learning reveals how black holes grow Black holes are surrounded by an invisible layer that swallows every bit of evidence about their past. Researchers are now using machine learning and supercomputers to reconstruct the growth histories of black holes.
Dec. 14, 2022 UANow will return Jan. 12 UANow is going on hiatus for the holidays. There will be no newsletter on Dec. 22, Dec. 29 or Jan. 5. Publication will resume on Jan. 12. We wish all of our readers a safe and happy holiday season!
Dec. 13, 2022 Community members invited to turn the page with Big Read Tucson The literary event series runs from Jan. 14 to early March, and will explore the theme of water. It centers on two books: "Postcolonial Love Poem" and "We are Water Protectors."
