Image UArizona receives $1.18M for borderlands research and archive project May 25, 2022 The Ford Foundation has awarded UArizona $1.18 million to to create a community-led archive that offers a more comprehensive portrayal of the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more
Image Teaching Ethical and Legal Frameworks to Support Healthy Aging May 17, 2022 An Innovations in Healthy Aging graduate program through the College of Law helps students better understand and advocate for older adults. Read more
Image UArizona will develop and test balloon-borne payloads at new Mission Integration Lab May 17, 2022 Construction has begun on a tall, hangar-like "high bay" facility, where researchers can build and test hardware for experiments and missions designed to fly at extremely high altitudes sometimes referred to as the "edge of space." Read more
Image NASA deputy administrator: UArizona a 'crown jewel' for the US May 6, 2022 During a visit to campus, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy discussed some of the space agency's most ambitious and impactful space missions with the UArizona early-career scientists who pursue them. Read more
Image Planetary science decadal survey prioritizes UArizona-led planetary defense mission May 3, 2022 A new decadal survey from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends NASA fully support NEO Surveyor, a space-based survey designed to discover and measure asteroids and comets that could pose an impact hazard to Earth. Amy Mainzer, a professor of planetary sciences, leads the effort. Read more
Image University of Arizona, Oklahoma State University Announce Transformative Addiction Research Partnership April 29, 2022 The partnership will advance pain and addiction research and accelerate positive health outcomes in Arizona, Oklahoma and across the country. Read more
Image Health Professions Programs to Expand, Diversify Workforce April 28, 2022 Three new student programs aim to train the next generation of health care professionals and increase access to care across Arizona’s diverse communities. Read more
Image UArizona ranked among top 0.47% of world universities by Center for World University Rankings April 25, 2022 The University of Arizona is ranked No. 93 overall, No. 49 among U.S. institutions and No. 27 among public colleges and universities in the annual Center for World University Rankings, released Monday. Read more
Image Finding Better Paths to Treat Pain and Prevent Addiction April 21, 2022 Throughout his career spent studying opioids, Todd Vanderah, PhD, has been determined to find a way to manage pain without increasing the risk of addiction. Read more
Image UArizona paleoclimatologist to receive NSF's highest early-career honor April 20, 2022 Jessica Tierney will be the first climatologist to win the National Science Foundation's Alan T. Waterman Award since Congress established it in 1975. She is also the first from UArizona to ever receive the honor. Read more