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The polishing process of a mirror for the Giant Magellan telescope.

UA astronomers capture details of young planets using an advanced adaptive optics instrument

Danielle Hartshorn
April 21, 2025
The Trump Administration aims to slash Medicaid funding, claiming the stabilizing program provisioning health insurance to millions of people across the country is committing waste, fraud and abuse. The proposed budget cut will shift costs to states who simply can not absorb the shortfall, resulting in forced withdrawal of the Medicaid expansion risking the loss of insurance among hundreds of thousands of Arizonans.

Medicaid funding at risk: How will Arizonans be affected?

Kanishka Chinnaraj
April 18, 2025
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, enclosed in a payload fairing, is lifted at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The spacecraft will pass by the Earth on Sept. 22 before heading to Bennu to collect asteroid samples.

The creation of life: Asteroid Bennu samples bring new insight into the age-old question

Danielle Hartshorn
March 18, 2025
On the evening of March 13, people can catch a glimpse of the rare total lunar eclipse as the moon turns red.

Seeing red: Rare blood moon set to arrive late March 13

Lilia Carl, Arizona Sonoran News
March 6, 2025
The entrance to the Universe of Science exhibit welcomes visitors to explore the different fields of science.

Flandrau Science Center opens new interactive exhibit: Universe of Science

Jack Reser, Arizona Sonoran News
February 17, 2025
As conversations about artificial intelligence usage spark ethical debates in the classroom, another important conversation is also happening: the effect of our AI usage on the environment.

How your AI outlines may be affecting the environment

Sam Parker and Kanishka Chinnaraj
February 16, 2025
University of Arizona student of physiology and medical sciences Karthik S. Srinivas pauses to smile for a picture after practicing some memory and language-enriching activities with 92-year old George Wolfson.

Memories in motion: UA scientist retiree and undergraduate students provide care to elders with dementia

Natasha Cortinovis
February 12, 2025
The College of Veterinary Medicine students work with smaller animals.

UA’s fledgling vet school gains national prominence

Riley Giles, Arizona Sonoran News
December 9, 2024
The CHaSE program at the University of Arizona offers a offers a single-day spacesuit training program and is working to make space travel and spacesuits more accessible.

The CHaSE program reaches for the stars in new space exploration developments

Emma LaPointe
December 4, 2024
Glenda Perez draws up a COVID-19 vaccine at the University of Arizona vaccination clinic on Monday, Sept. 19. (Photo by Hannah Cree from El Inde Arizona)

Preparing for the respiratory illness season: Key insights on RSV, flu and COVID-19

Andres F. Diaz
November 25, 2024
A woman enters the College of Engineering building on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The UA College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture has collaborated with the UA College of Engineering Civil Engineering department to create a new architectural enginerring degree program.

UA receives $2.5M funding to foster engineering students’ success

Danielle Hartshorn
November 25, 2024
Bo Yang, lead researcher, explains the irrigation system of a sapling in the tree lot at the UA Campus Agricultural Center.

UA tree watering research addresses heat and water crises in Arizona

Ruby Wray
November 21, 2024
The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health on Martin Avenue and Helen Street on Feb. 23. The Center for Rural Health was recently awarded a $1.5 million grant that will be used to provide assistance in rural hospitals across Arizona for the next three years.

Infertility and inequity: UA researcher investigates health outcomes in Mexican women

Ruhi Painaik
November 14, 2024
Lili Steffen / The Daily Wildcat Leslie Tolbert, a neuroscience professor, looks at fruit flies in her lab with fourth year graduate Neuroscience GIDP Sarah MacNamee on Nov. 15 at the Gould-Simpson Building.

A neural breakthrough: Inside the complete map of the fruit fly brain

Andres F. Diaz
October 16, 2024
The Campus Sustainability Fund committee members from Spring 2024 pose for a group photo. (Photo courtesy Campus Sustainability Fund)

University of Arizona’s Campus Sustainability Fund: Empowering a greener future amid budget realities

Lizzy Sorensen, Arizona Sonoran News
October 14, 2024
Science is Fun members attend an event at the Flandrau Space Center. (Photo courtesy Kaylee Ferreira)

UA club seeks to break barriers in science, one experiment at a time

Nandini Manepalli
September 15, 2024
"Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies" is written by Seth M. Holmes. It was awarded the Margaret Mead Award in 2014.

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies’ by Dr. Seth Holmes

Andres F. Diaz
July 22, 2024
The Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium is located on the University of Arizona campus. Flandrau will host various events for the campus community to commemorate Monday's solar eclipse.

Here’s why Monday’s solar eclipse is a big deal

Kiara Adams, Arizona Sonoran News
April 5, 2024
Climate change bigger than public efforts: Push for Federal action

Climate change bigger than public efforts: Push for Federal action

Kanishka Chinnaraj
March 27, 2024
Wildcats forward Maya Nnaji is comforted by coaching staff after a leg injury during the women's basketball game against UC San Diego in McKale Center on Dec. 7. The play continued for some time after her injury before stopping until she could get off the court.

The 2024 NCAA realignment’s impact on student-athletes’ mental health

Madison Farwell
March 25, 2024
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