April 9, 2026 Endowed professorship established to honor U of A cardiothoracic surgeon Gulshan Sethi The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson will establish the Gulshan Sethi, MD Endowed Professorship in Cardiothoracic Surgery through $1 million in gifts and commitments.
April 7, 2026 U of A earns several top marks in latest US News ranking for grad programs Several U of A graduate programs across many fields of study have once again been recognized as among the best in the United States in U.S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools rankings.
April 3, 2026 U of A, Banner Health perform Tucson's first robotic kidney donation surgery For the first time in Tucson, and across the Banner Health system, a living donor kidney removal has been performed using robotic surgery.
March 26, 2026 Three U of A faculty elected AAAS fellows Faculty members across disciplines have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, bringing the U of A's total number of elected fellows to 30.
March 23, 2026 U of A's future doctors find out where they will spend their residencies On Match Day, fourth-year medical students at the U of A College of Medicine – Tucson and College of Medicine – Phoenix found out where they will do their residencies in their chosen specialties.
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 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 10, 2026 Evergreen fund fueled by philanthropic gifts invests in startups commercializing U of A innovations The Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund has made its first investments in three venture-ready companies: CarbeniumTec, LifeSpan Digital Health and UGenome AI.
Jan. 26, 2026 ARPA-H award will fund creation of portable lymphatic imaging scanner A University of Arizona team will research and develop a super-resolution lymphatic imaging system.
Jan. 22, 2026 'Trojan horse' may deliver toxic dose of copper to bacterial colonies, including drug-resistant MRSA infections A team led by Michael D. L. Johnson is developing a compound that can smuggle an antimicrobial drug through bacteria's defensive shields.
