Nov. 8, 2023 'The people's house': A support network for Native American students living on campus With O'odham Ki:, a Living Learning Community in the Yavapai dorm, Native students find a "home away from home" and a shared sense of identity.
Nov. 3, 2023 $35.5M awarded to UArizona College of Engineering for tech center expansion The funding from the Arizona Commerce Authority includes workforce development to boost the ability to produce more computer chips domestically.
Nov. 3, 2023 UArizona announces $118.65M in gifts toward $3B fundraising campaign The Fuel Wonder campaign, which began counting contributions on Jan. 1, 2017, and was officially launched on Friday, has so far raised more than $2 billion.
Nov. 3, 2023 Indigenous Resilience Center receives $2 million grant from Waverley Street Foundation The funding will expand existing programs and support Indigenous experts, scholars and outreach specialists in developing local solutions to climate issues tribal communities are facing.
Nov. 1, 2023 Partnership with TheDream.US will provide scholarships to undocumented students at UArizona The scholarships will provide up to $33,000 toward a bachelor's degree, filling the gap between the total cost of tuition and fees and any scholarships and financial aid the student has already received.
Oct. 31, 2023 Researchers examine the relationship between loneliness and being alone A new study by University of Arizona psychologists finds that solitary time does not closely correlate with feelings of loneliness – unless a person spends 75% of their time alone.
Oct. 31, 2023 OSIRIS-REx flies on as OSIRIS-APEX to explore a second asteroid NASA extended the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission, which has since been renamed OSIRIS-APEX. The spacecraft will study another potentially hazardous, near-Earth asteroid named Apophis.
Oct. 24, 2023 UArizona preparing the next generation of special education professionals With $5 million in separate grants, the Department of Disabilities and Psychoeducational Studies will train early intervention specialists and advance research.
Oct. 17, 2023 UArizona launches Arizona Astrobiology Center to unlock the mysteries of life in the universe The center will bring together students and faculty from across campus to unravel the enigma of life's beginnings and our place in the cosmos.
Oct. 17, 2023 From the skies to your roof, what does a raindrop pick up along the way? The university's Project Harvest trained community members to collect rainwater to be tested for contaminants. The findings were published in bilingual interactive visualizations.
