Feb. 23, 2022 UArizona will increase support for Hispanic and low-income STEM students with $5M grant A grant from the Department of Education will allow students to get earlier access to hands-on research and learning communities, and will provide support for faculty to redesign courses.
Feb. 22, 2022 Diversity efforts evolve at UArizona Health Sciences colleges Diversity, equity and inclusion efforts have spread beyond the Colleges of Medicine as the other Health Sciences colleges address racism in health care.
Feb. 21, 2022 UArizona president 'cautiously optimistic' on declining COVID cases, urges testing before and after spring break Anyone traveling for spring break should get tested before and after the trip, President Robert C. Robbins says.
Feb. 21, 2022 The evolution of Black representation on television Television has served as "a primary source of America's racial education," says UArizona scholar Stephanie Troutman Robbins, co-editor of "Race in American Television: Voices and Visions that Shaped a Nation."
Feb. 17, 2022 UArizona researchers develop AI-driven method for diagnosing lung disease Researchers at the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson have developed a new way to provide earlier diagnosis of lung disease. The technology has been licensed to startup MetFora.
Feb. 15, 2022 UArizona students confirm errant rocket's Chinese origin, track lunar collision course For weeks, UArizona students have been gathering data on a high-profile piece of space junk on a collision course with the moon. They've confirmed it's not a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster as previously believed.
Feb. 15, 2022 UArizona center awarded $1.5M for borderlands research and education The grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry will go toward activities that bolster the stories and experiences of underrepresented groups in the borderlands.
Feb. 15, 2022 'Chipping away' at the iceberg of health disparities As a researcher studying diseases that disproportionately affect Black women, UArizona alumna and public health faculty member Kelly Palmer says her work is a team effort – and incredibly personal.
Feb. 14, 2022 $7.5M effort seeks to prevent lunar traffic jams With $7.5 million from the Air Force Research Laboratory, UArizona researchers are developing ways to detect, characterize and track objects in cislunar space, or the space between Earth and the moon.
Feb. 11, 2022 With UArizona camera, Webb Telescope sees its first star – 18 times Engineering photos captured by UArizona's Near-Infrared Camera mark an important milestone for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. They confirm that the telescope is functioning and mirror alignment can begin. The public can expect to see the first scientific images from Webb in the summer.
