May 31, 2018 UA Undergraduate to Japan for Space Mission Work Goldwater Scholarship winner Adriana Mitchell of the UA will assist the Japanese on the Hayabusa2 project, an asteroid sample return mission similar to the OSIRIS-REx mission.
May 30, 2018 Elite Designation for Cyber Ops Program From NSA The UA program, begun less than two years ago, becomes one of only 20 to be recognized by the National Security Agency for teaching specialized technologies and techniques.
June 4, 2018 UA Scientists Selected as Authors for International Climate Report Continuing the UA’s tradition of leadership on climate, three scientists have been selected to help craft the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
May 31, 2018 Startup Licenses Invention to Enhance Skin Cancer Prevention Melanin represents the body's natural defense against cancer-causing UV rays. The UA has licensed two melanin-producing peptides to startup MCR Therapeutics.
May 24, 2018 Dusty Rainfall Records Reveal New Understanding of Climate The Earth's glacial/interglacial cycles depend on how much the sun warms the middle of the planet, not the northernmost region, according to new UA-led research.
May 23, 2018 Students Glad That They Engineered Transfers to UA The welcoming culture has been recognized by Phi Theta Kappa, an honors society for community college students, which named the University to its 2018 Transfer Honor Roll.
May 14, 2018 New Haury Grant Centers on Habitat Restoration The winning La Siembra project involves the community in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of an urban farm on the vacant site of the former Julia Keen Elementary School.
May 15, 2018 Enzyme's Movement May Be Key to New Cancer Drugs Moving correctly is crucial for a kinase enzyme, a UA-led research team discovered. The finding may present new avenues for developing drugs for cancer and other diseases.
May 16, 2018 Humanizing the Future in a Digital World The UA College of Humanities is exploring the intersection of technology and the humanities, focusing on the vital role of human context and perspective in guiding digital innovations.
May 8, 2018 Researcher Uses 'Shotgun Sequencing' to Study Microorganisms With her love of genomics and computer programming, researcher Bonnie Hurwitz works in metagenomics, or the sequencing of the whole communities of microorganisms within a sample.