Three UArizona faculty named AAAS Fellows Jan. 26, 2022 A. Elizabeth "Betsy" Arnold, Carol Gregorio and Cecile McKee are the newest fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Read more Image
Future forests will have smaller trees and soak up less carbon, study suggests Jan. 26, 2022 By combining tree-ring data with U.S. Forest Service data, UArizona researchers have captured a more complete picture of what will drive future tree growth amid climate change. They predict individual tree growth will decline by as much as 91%. Read more Image
Arizona Online ranked No. 7 in nation, No. 4 for vets by US News & World Report Jan. 25, 2022 In its seventh year of operation, Arizona Online earned top-10 rankings in several categories in U.S. News & World Report's 2022 Best Online Bachelor's Programs rankings. Read more Image
UArizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences raises $28M for endowed chairs Jan. 25, 2022 The James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences has completed one of the most ambitious fundraising endowed chair campaigns for a single college in the university's history. Read more Image
Cholesterol buildup in brain presents new target to reduce dementia risk from stroke Jan. 19, 2022 University of Arizona researchers suggest the risk of developing dementia after a stroke might be reduced by a drug that could help immune cells process the cholesterol-rich debris generated by a stroke. Read more Image
OSIRIS-REx mission team wins 2022 Swigert Award for Space Exploration Jan. 19, 2022 The award recognizes the team behind the mission's successful collection of a pristine asteroid sample for laying "the groundwork for forging the next generation of scientists, astronomers, geologists and more." Read more Image
Researchers pilot 'itty bitty' device for earlier ovarian cancer detection Jan. 18, 2022 Jennifer Barton has spent nearly a decade developing a falloposcope to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages. Dr. John Heusinkveld has now successfully used the device to capture images of study participants' fallopian tubes. Read more Image
Rivers speeding up Arctic ice melt at alarming rate, experts say Jan. 13, 2022 Irina Panyushkina grew up in Siberia, hearing stories of explorers trudging through seas of ice to reach the North Pole. She is now a climate scientist trying to understand how a warming world is transforming the place she called home. Read more Image
$10M elevates UArizona hypersonics facilities to national prominence Jan. 13, 2022 The funding will allow for upgrades to the College of Engineering's wind tunnels, strengthening the University of Arizona's position as an academic leader in hypersonics research. Read more Image
New treasure trove of globular clusters holds clues about galaxy evolution Jan. 11, 2022 Using observations of the nearby elliptical galaxy Centaurus A, a team of astronomers found an unprecedented number of possible globular clusters – old, dense groups of thousands of stars that all formed at the same time. Read more Image