March 15, 2024 UArizona partners with Make-A-Wish Arizona for 'veterinarian for a day' experience Seventeen-year-old Dayson Judd – an aspiring veterinarian since he was a kid – toured the College of Veterinary Medicine, met faculty and students and shadowed a local veterinarian.
Feb. 22, 2024 Camp Cooper celebrates 60 years teaching Tucson's youth about the Sonoran Desert The Cooper Center for Environmental Learning, which the College of Education operates with the Tucson Unified School District, is celebrating the milestone with the center's first renovations since it opened.
May 30, 2023 Take a trip under the sea at new, interactive Flandrau exhibit Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium's newest exhibit, "Undersea Discovery," takes visitors on a journey from the ocean shore to its rarely seen depths, providing a look at the colorful animals and plants that make up the vast waters of the world.
May 16, 2023 Astronomers want your help hunting for asteroids Scientists at the UArizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory have created an online portal that allows members of the public to help discover asteroids hurtling through our solar system.
April 11, 2023 UArizona researchers to help track deadly fungus in Arizona wastewater Wastewater-based epidemiology's potential was brought to bear during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it could help public health officials get ahead of the drug-resistant fungus Candida auris.
Jan. 9, 2023 African American Museum of Southern Arizona to open on campus The museum, which will open on Saturday in the Student Union Memorial Center, was co-founded by Beverely and Bob Elliott – local business owners, volunteers and philanthropists with deep ties to the Tucson and university communities.
Sept. 27, 2022 Stolen painting returns home to UArizona Willem de Kooning's "Woman-Ochre" was stolen from the University of Arizona Museum of Art 37 years ago. The painting is now back, and will go on exhibit at the museum this weekend.
Sept. 7, 2022 UArizona opens its first tribal microcampus to serve the Pascua Yaqui Tribe The microcampus's initial curriculum will include the Indigenous Governance Program courses jointly offered by the James E. Rogers College of Law and Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management and Policy. Courses will begin in October, and leaders plan to expand course offerings in the future.
Aug. 10, 2022 The soundtrack of our lives: Researchers collect musical memories Humans across cultures and generations have a propensity for recalling music and connecting it with memories. Lifetimes of Listening: The Arizona Musical Memory Archive aims to collect, record and analyze musical memories from people from all walks of life to see what can be learned.
June 27, 2022 UArizona to ensure tuition coverage for Native American undergraduates in Arizona The new Arizona Native Scholars Grant program, the first of its kind in the state, will cover tuition and fees for full-time, in-state undergraduate students from Arizona's 22 federally recognized tribes.