March 6, 2019 High-calorie Desserts Could Promote Healthier Eating New research suggests that selecting an indulgent dessert at the start of a meal could lead diners to choose lower-calorie meal options.
March 6, 2019 Four Questions: What 'Tidying Up' Means for Sustainability Sabrina Helm says the decluttering trend can be good for the environment - as long as people aren't clearing space to make way for new purchases.
March 4, 2019 Wildfire Risk in California No Longer Coupled to Winter Precipitation Fuel buildup from decades of fire suppression plus rising temperatures from climate change means any year may have large fires, a UA tree-ring researcher and her co-authors report.
Feb. 28, 2019 Shanghai Rankings: UA Water Resources Program No. 1 Globally The UA has been recognized by the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities as the world's No. 1 program in water resources. The UA also placed in the top 50 for library sciences, communications, earth sciences, ecology and public administration.
Feb. 28, 2019 A Step Toward Better Treatments for Fibrosis UA researchers have developed a technology that could improve therapeutic strategies for fibrotic disorders, a leading cause of death in the U.S., and licensed it to startup Fibronox.
Feb. 27, 2019 Two Young UA Astronomers Join $242M NASA Mission The SPHEREx mission will help astronomers, including the UA’s Elisabeth Krause and Tim Eifler, understand how the universe evolved and probe our galaxy for the ingredients of life.
Feb. 27, 2019 Savoring … It's Not Just for Dinner Just as we can savor a decadent dessert, so, too, can we savor a meaningful conversation. And the latter may be better for us, according to UA researcher Maggie Pitts.
Feb. 26, 2019 Tucson Festival of Books to Transform UA Campus into Literary Wonderland The 11th annual Tucson Festival of Books, believed to be the third-largest celebration of literature in the U.S., takes place March 2-3 on the UA campus in Tucson.
Feb. 26, 2019 Mellon Foundation Grant to Support Efforts to Bolster UA as Borderlands Leader "Fronteridades: Nurturing Collaborative Intersections in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands" is part of the UA's aim to become the leading institution for borderlands scholarship, referred to as the Border Lab Initiative.
Feb. 26, 2019 Four Questions: Tackling the Problem of Incivility Keith Allred, the new director of the UA’s National Institute for Civil Discourse, discusses how the institute plans to stem a rising tide of incivility that strains interpersonal relationships and paralyzes effective governing.
