Most higher-education institutions offer a small sampling of courses that focus on sustainability, but the UA has introduced an award-winning curriculum devoted to training students in sustainable design.
At the UA's Biosphere 2, scientists are observing each step of landscape evolution, from purely mineral and abiotic to living landscapes that will support microbial communities and vascular plants.
More than three-quarters of undergraduate students at the University will see no increase in what they pay to attend, according to the tuition proposal sent to the Arizona Board of Regents.
College of Medicine students in Phoenix and Tucson have received their residency assignments, and Doctor of Medicine degrees will be conferred at the UA's Commencement in May.