April 2, 2019 How the Brain Finds Meaning in Metaphor Whether you bend a rod or bend the rules, the brain processes the word "bend" similarly, with the sensory motor region playing a key role, according to new UA research.
April 1, 2019 Exploring Copper's Potential as Antibiotic Pharmaceutical companies are making fewer and fewer new antibiotics, a trend UA immunobiologist Michael Johnson says is in urgent need of reversal. He believes copper might be the key.
April 1, 2019 Startup Licenses UA Libraries E-learning Platform Inventors at the UA Libraries developed a new e-learning platform for creating easy-to-build tutorials. Now, startup Sidecar Learning is taking it to the world.
March 28, 2019 Four Questions: Finding an Alternative to Pesticides UA entomologist Patricia Stock is working on developing a safer alternative to the chemical pesticides commonly used to combat plant pathogens.
March 27, 2019 New Patient Tower to Open at Banner – UMC Tucson Banner – University Medical Center Tucson's new nine-story hospital tower opens to patients April 22, with a community preview planned for April 7.
March 27, 2019 CAPLA Builds for a Changing Urban World In "Building a Changing World," the UA College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture's studies of the built environment include how future urban design and planning projects must work hand in hand with surrounding natural environments.
March 26, 2019 With $1.5M Gift, UA Launches Consortium on Gender-Based Violence The Chris and Carrie Shumway Foundation's gift will support a center that seeks to model and inspire a radical shift in the way people think about and address gender-based violence.
March 25, 2019 Wagers Winter Plants Make to Survive In a recently published study, UA ecologists analyzed data spanning more than 30 years to identify the bets that the most successful desert annual plants place with water resources.
March 22, 2019 UA Proposes 2% Tuition Increase for Incoming Resident Students, 1% for Nonresidents The majority of current UA students will not see an increase in tuition or fees under the 2019-2020 proposal.
March 22, 2019 Four Questions: UA's Role in Nation's Longest-Running Mexican Film Festival Tucson Cine Mexico features free screenings of Spanish-language films, with English subtitles, and discussions with Mexican filmmakers.
