March 20, 2026 Bob and Sue Vaughan establish endowed chair at the W.A. Franke Honors College A $2 million gift from Bob and Sue Vaughan will create the SueBob Vaughan Leaders Endowed Chair at the University of Arizona W.A. Franke Honors College.
March 18, 2026 Cancer Center endowment honors clinical science delivered with empathy A generous $1 million gift from John and Valli Duval will provide enduring support for cancer research and clinical innovation at the University of Arizona Comprehensive Cancer Center.
March 17, 2026 Let the 'Madness' begin: Wildcats begin title pursuit in San Diego The U of A men's basketball team opens the NCAA Tournament against the Long Island University Sharks. The game tips off Friday at 10:35 a.m. on TNT or streaming on HBO Max.
March 17, 2026 Asteroid Bennu's rugged surface baffled NASA. We finally know why In one of the biggest surprises of the OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged world covered in large boulders.
March 16, 2026 Large craters offer clues to the origin of asteroid 16 Psyche Using computer simulations, researchers at the University of Arizona model the formation of giant impact basins, or craters, on 16 Psyche in preparation for the arrival of NASA's Psyche mission in 2029.
March 16, 2026 Holistic, human-centered approach to AI puts U of A in class of its own By prioritizing ethics, personal responsibility and societal impact over just technical speed, the U of A is building an ecosystem where integrity and human creativity remain the primary drivers of progress.
March 16, 2026 A galaxy next door is transforming, and astronomers can see it happening A new U of A study raise questions about how scientists use the Small Magellanic Cloud, our neighboring galaxy, as a reference point for understanding galaxies across the history of the universe.
March 13, 2026 Bear Down 100: Reading time in wood Inside every tree trunk is a record of every year it lived. For nearly a century, the University of Arizona has been the world's leading institution for reading that record.
March 13, 2026 New U of A study expands pesticide risk window to before pregnancy A new U of A study links exposures to agricultural pesticides to poorer health in newborns, raising questions about how farming chemicals affect the next generation.
March 12, 2026 U of A named a top producer of Gilman Scholars The university ranked No. 4 among institutions with more than 15,000 students. Since the Gilman Scholarship was founded in 2001, more than 600 Wildcats have earned $2.2 million to study abroad.
