March 8, 2018 Hockstad Named New Leader of Tech Launch Arizona The current assistant vice president of TLA will succeed David Allen, who is retiring effective April 28 after a six-year tenure of reinvigorating the UA's research commercialization.
March 7, 2018 Researcher Looks at 'Digital Traces' to Help Students Sudha Ram's research tracks students' social interactions and daily routines via their CatCard usage — and leverages that information to make predictions about freshman retention. Fast Forward, a UANews series, is examining the convergence of the digital, physical and biological worlds.
March 7, 2018 UA Writing Program Recognized for Teaching Excellence A national award reflects the UA’s investments in the program — including smaller class sizes — that are designed to enhance student academic and career success.
March 7, 2018 New Susan Karant-Nunn Chair to Kick Off 'Miseries of War' The UA Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies is marking the 400th anniversary of the start of the Thirty Years' War with a series of events on "The Miseries of War."
March 7, 2018 Frequent 'I-Talk' May Signal Proneness to Emotional Distress People who talk a lot about themselves are not narcissists as one might expect, but may be prone to depression, anxiety and other negative emotions, UA researchers found.
March 6, 2018 Tucson Festival of Books to Celebrate 10th Anniversary Attendance for the event on the UA campus, which benefits literacy programs, now exceeds 100,000, and the presenters are a who's who from literature, science and pop culture.
March 5, 2018 Laser Technology Takes Maya Archaeologists to New Places A team of archaeologists, using LiDAR and led by UA professor Takeshi Inomata, is exploring the history and spread of settlement at the ancient Maya site of Ceibal in Guatemala.
March 1, 2018 Statements on Men's Basketball From UA, Coach Miller President Robert C. Robbins and Director of Athletics Dave Heeke issue a joint statement concerning the head coach for men's basketball.
March 1, 2018 Bok to the Future: Sounding the Depths of a Dying Star A small, aging telescope — the Bok Telescope on Kitt Peak — can still do mighty science, even helping astrophysicists undertake a virtual journey to the center of a dead star.
Feb. 28, 2018 In Their Own Words: An Oral History Preserved Archive Tucson offers an opportunity to keep learning about black history by listening to oral histories of key African-American figures from the city's past.