July 9, 2018 Giving Students the KEYS to STEM Success "KEYS is one of the reasons that I can’t wait to find my role in using science to make the world a better place," incoming UA freshman Kyle Kline said of his BIO5 KEYS Research Internship.
July 5, 2018 Virus May Boost — Not Weaken — Our Immune Systems Lifelong cytomegalovirus infection may be beneficial, boosting the immune system in old age, when we need it most, according to a study led by UA researchers.
July 2, 2018 Reimagining the Humanities for a Changing Future "There is no such thing as a starving humanist. These people are employed in all kinds of jobs in all kinds of fields," Alain-Philippe Durand says of the UA's focus on the humanities.
June 29, 2018 UA College of Medicine – Tucson Names Interim Executive Dean Dr. Irving L. Kron joins the University of Arizona Health Sciences senior leadership team from the University of Virginia, where he was chairman of the department of surgery.
June 26, 2018 UA-Related Firms Receive First Local Venture Capital Investments Tucson's newest early-stage capital fund, UA Venture Capital Fund LLC, has announced that its first three investments will include UA-connected companies Codelucida and Regulonix.
June 25, 2018 'Lung on a Leaf' Model to Study Pulmonary Diseases UA College of Medicine – Phoenix scientists, including "organ on a chip" pioneer Frederic Zenhausern, are using plant biology, medicine and engineering to create a novel platform.
June 14, 2018 Planet-Forming Disks May Resemble Solar System 5 Billion Years Ago A team of scientists led by the UA has imaged a cluster of about 110 protoplanetary disks in the Orion Nebula, and the findings may provide insights into the birth of our solar system.
June 13, 2018 UA Encourages Visually Impaired Teens in STEM Visually impaired teens attended the Sky School on Mount Lemmon as part of the UA's Project POEM, a National Science Foundation initiative aimed at motivating students with visual impairments toward STEM careers. It's a special cause for principal investigator Sunggye Hong. With UANews video.
June 12, 2018 Startup Licenses UA-Invented Disruptive Biopsy Device Inventors at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center Tucson are working with Tech Launch Arizona on a next-generation instrument.
June 6, 2018 What it Takes to Discover Small Rocks in Space The asteroid that blew up in the sky on June 2 was discovered by the UA-led Catalina Sky Survey using a telescope that helped discover about half of all known near-Earth objects.
