May 8, 2019 UA to Confer About 6,700 Degrees About 4,500 graduates and 40,000 guests are expected to attend Commencement. Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first woman of color to travel into outer space, will be the keynote speaker.
May 8, 2019 Truman Scholar Sees Bigger Questions to Be Answered UA junior Abhijay Murugesan was among 62 recently named Truman Scholars. Murugesan is chief of UA Emergency Medical Services and plans to attend medical school after completing his undergraduate degree.
May 6, 2019 Journalism Students Develop Accessibility App, Health Site for Local Newspaper Four students partnered with the Arizona Daily Star to create a two news apps: one for people with physical disabilities and a bilingual mobile website with resources for Latinx families.
May 13, 2019 UA Partners with Alpi Cozie Natural Parks in Rangeland Management Research Range management specialists at the UA will work closely with staff members at the Alpi Cozie Natural Parks, which will also be the site of a study abroad program for students this summer.
May 1, 2019 $36,250 in Prizes Awarded at Engineering Design Day The top team won the $5,000 grand prize for designing a system to help lost hikers find their way home using a mesh network of solar-powered beacons and a cellphone app.
May 1, 2019 UA Students Earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in STEM disciplines.
May 1, 2019 UA Sophomore Named Student Regent Anthony Rusk, a double major studying neuroscience and philosophy, politics, economics and law, has been appointed as a student regent to the Arizona Board of Regents.
April 25, 2019 Tolbert Receives Poetry Fellowship T.C. Tolbert, a UA alumnus and lecturer in the Department of English, has been named a fellow of the Academy of American Poets Laureate.
April 24, 2019 Creating Cultural Understanding, One Word at a Time After working to mend U.S.-Afghan relations through language and compassion, UA student Felisa Hervey had a stroke that inhibited her ability to speak before finishing her dissertation.
April 17, 2019 Peace Corps Prep Program Leads to Service for Two UA Seniors Gina Aniano and Ruth Byrnes took advantage of a new undergraduate program and were rewarded with invitations to serve in the Peace Corps.