May 30, 2018 UA Research Shines in International Ranking In the Center for World University Rankings, the UA finished in the top 0.2 percent among more than 18,000 higher-education institutions worldwide. Its global ranking of No. 52 represented a 23-spot increase over last year. The UA's overall score placed it 34th among U.S. universities.
May 14, 2018 New Haury Grant Centers on Habitat Restoration The winning La Siembra project involves the community in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of an urban farm on the vacant site of the former Julia Keen Elementary School.
May 12, 2018 UA Grads Urged to 'Do Something Special' Although Commencement keynote speaker Ray Mabus drew heavily from his military background, he told the Class of 2018 that "quiet acts of heroism" are practiced daily by the likes of teachers, nurses and neighbors. With UANews 360 video.
May 9, 2018 UA to Confer Nearly 6,000 Degrees The keynote address at Friday's Commencement will be delivered by Ray Mabus, former secretary of the Navy, governor of Mississippi and U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia. UA alumni Gilbert G. Aguirre (Class of 1957) and Mohammed Sharaf (Class of 1985) will receive honorary degrees.
May 7, 2018 Endowed Dean's Chair Announced for CALS The Charles-Sander Dean's Chair will serve as a perpetual fund to attract and retain outstanding deans and was made possible by a gift from alumnus Robert F. Charles Jr. and his wife.
April 23, 2018 UA Alumna Shares Arizona Republic's Pulitzer Prize Hannah Gaber, a former Arizona Republic multimedia journalist and 2016 UA alumna, contributed to the Pulitzer Prize-winning report "The Wall: Unknown stories, Unintended consequences." Three other people with ties to the UA shared in the award.
April 18, 2018 Take a 360-Degree View of the UA's Spring Fling Courtesy of UANews videographer Bob Demers and a 360-degree camera, here's a fresh angle on a UA tradition that is one of the largest student-run carnivals in the country.
April 13, 2018 Five UA Faculty Members Named Regents' Professors The new class of Regents' Professors has these UA faculty members: David Breshears, Dr. Allan Hamilton, Barbara Mills, Steven Schwartz and Robert A. Williams Jr.
April 12, 2018 Ray Mabus to Serve as UA Commencement Speaker The former governor of Mississippi also served as secretary of the Navy in the Obama administration, establishing aggressive energy goals for the Navy and Marine Corps.
April 12, 2018 Michael D. Dake Appointed Senior VP for Health Sciences Currently a professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Stanford University, Dake made medical history in 1992 with the implantation of the world's first thoracic stent-graft at Stanford.
