July 19, 2022 UArizona selected by Amazon as Career Choice Program education partner Amazon hourly employees will be eligible for tuition discounts through University of Arizona Online.
July 14, 2022 Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute supports UArizona graduate students and faculty with $2.5M The charitable grant will fund graduate student fellowships in Persian and Iranian studies and a professorship in Iranian linguistics, whose first holder will be linguistics professor Simin Karimi.
July 12, 2022 Webb Telescope's stunning first images made possible by UArizona instruments and expertise After decades of development, a nail-biting launch and months of space travel and commissioning, NASA has released the first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The images hint at the beginning of years of space science, made possible in part by the 21 UArizona researchers who have played a role in developing and managing Webb's onboard instruments.
June 30, 2022 Engineers design motorless sailplane for Mars exploration A concept developed by UArizona aerospace experts and a NASA planetary scientist takes inspiration from albatross flight to learn more about the Red Planet's atmosphere and geology.
June 29, 2022 Solving renewable energy challenges with a new kind of nontoxic battery With a startup called CarbeniumTec, researchers in the College of Science and the College of Medicine – Tucson aim to bring to market new technology that reimagines how electricity is stored.
June 27, 2022 UArizona to ensure tuition coverage for Native American undergraduates in Arizona The new Arizona Native Scholars Grant program, the first of its kind in the state, will cover tuition and fees for full-time, in-state undergraduate students from Arizona's 22 federally recognized tribes.
June 23, 2022 Study solves long-standing mystery of what may have triggered ice age Combining advanced climate model simulations with marine sediment analyses, a new study reveals what may have triggered massive ice sheets to form in Scandinavia, ringing in the last glacial period some 100,000 years ago.
June 22, 2022 Beyond Juneteenth: A yearlong celebration of Black history, culture and contributions In addition to observing Juneteenth as a paid holiday for the first time in 2023, the university is developing a yearlong campaign to tell the story of Juneteenth and Black people in the Southwest.
June 22, 2022 Title IX turns 50 – a Q&A with law professor Tammi Walker Title IX, the landmark legislation designed to eliminate sex discrimination in education, marks its 50th anniversary this year. Tammi Walker, an associate professor of law, talks about the legislation's impact and evolution.
June 22, 2022 The smell of desert rain may be good for your health Desert dwellers know it well: the smell of rain and the feeling of joy that comes with it. The familiar fragrance, which is the result of oils and chemicals released by desert plants, may offer stress-reducing health benefits, University of Arizona research suggests.
