Becoming a multiplanetary species: Crew completes first mission in pressurized habitat at Biosphere 2 May 5, 2023 A four-person crew sealed themselves in an air-tight pressurized habitat, called the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars, for six days to practice what it might be like to live on the surface of another celestial body. Read more at UArizona News Image
Mel and Enid Zuckerman Center for Health and Medical Careers breaks ground at The Bridges May 4, 2023 The Pima Joint Technical Education District's new center, which is expected to open next year, will offer local high school students education and experience to prepare them for careers in health care and medicine. Read more at UArizona News Image
UArizona will recognize seven outstanding graduating seniors at Commencement May 4, 2023 Nominated by faculty and peers, this year's seven student award winners were selected based on their determination, notable achievements and positive contributions to their families and communities. Read more at UArizona News Image
Wildcat Writers program celebrates two decades of community building through a love of writing May 2, 2023 The Wildcat Writers program brings together teachers and students from UArizona and local high schools to work on shared writing projects. The community-based education program recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. Read more at UArizona News Image
UArizona students awarded over $1M in graduate fellowships May 2, 2023 More than two dozen UArizona students have been offered prestigious graduate fellowships totaling nearly $1.2 million. The awards come from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, NASA, National Institutes of Health and other organizations. Read more at UArizona News Image
Michael Tubbs, once the youngest mayor of a major American city, to address UArizona graduates at Commencement April 27, 2023 Michael Tubbs was 26 years old when he was elected mayor of Stockton, California, in 2016, making him the youngest mayor of a major American city and Stockton's first African American mayor. Tubbs will give the keynote address at the university's Commencement ceremony on May 12. Read more at UArizona News Image
UArizona ranks 29 among top 100 universities granted US utility patents in 2022 April 26, 2023 UArizona inventors were issued 92 patents in 2022 for innovations that included a technique for imaging cancer cells, a wearable 3D augmented reality display and an antioxidant sunscreen. Read more at UArizona News Image
Very active hurricane season expected for 2023, UArizona experts say April 26, 2023 UArizona researchers are forecasting nine hurricanes this year, five of which are expected to be major. Since 2014, hurricane activity has been accurately predicted by a model created by UArizona professor Xubin Zeng and his former graduate student Kyle Davis. Read more at UArizona News Image
MIS, Earth sciences at UArizona ranked among nation's best by US News & World Report April 25, 2023 U.S. News & World Report once again ranked the University of Arizona's management information systems program No. 1 among public universities in its 2023 Best Graduate Schools list. Read more at UArizona News Image
Arizona Board of Regents confirms five new UArizona Regents Professors April 21, 2023 Price Fishback, Takeshi Inomata, Chris Segrin, Kathy Short and Todd Vanderah are UArizona's newest Regents Professors. The university's highest faculty rank honors exceptional achievements that merit national and international recognition. Read more at UArizona News Image