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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 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
University of Arizona's Administration building towering over the campus on Sept. 9. Students can come here to seek advise for any administrative questions.

UA administrators navigate new federal policies from the Trump Administration

Sophia Hammer
February 19, 2025
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
Biosphere 2, at 32540 S. Biosphere Road in Oracle, Arizona, is open every day (except Thanksgiving and Christmas) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, go to biosphere2.org.

Bridging the gap: Biosphere 2 offers unparalleled environmental replication, unique scientific research

Sam Parker
October 8, 2023
Topological acoustics researchers investigate the science of sound, and its use in areas including telecommunications, sensing, computing and materials characterization techniques such as laser ultrasonic testing. (Courtesy of University of Arizona College of Engineering)

UA awarded $30M for sound science research

Sam Parker
September 10, 2023
The Steward Observatory has been serving the University of Arizona for over 100 years.

The UA Space Act Agreement opens up opportunities for researchers in human space flight

Samuel Ellis
August 27, 2023
A UA researcher trains two staff members how to measure stress heat. This type of training is similar to projects the WEST EJ Center may work on and fund in the future in order to provide support to overburdened communities. (Photo courtesy Nathan Lothrop)

UA receives $10 million from EPA to fund new justice center, plans to involve and assist overburdened communities

Sam Parker
August 6, 2023
A drone flies from tables set up on Bear Down Field.

The second annual UA Drone Day unites experts in different fields of drone technology

Samuel Ellis
May 8, 2023
 A house stands on the corner in Barrio Viejo, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Tucson.

Barrio barriers: How ZIP codes determine the level of access to basic social determinants of health

Kanishka Chinnaraj
April 24, 2023
Evan Laughlin, president of the Psychedelic Radar student newsletter at the University of Arizona. (Courtesy of Evan Laughlin)

Student newsletter seeks to reshape stigma around medicinal psychedelic use

Vic Verbalaitis from El Inde Arizona
April 20, 2023
The brightest ever Gamma-Ray Burst illuminates the sky on October 9, 2022, captured an hour later in this image, showcasing the X-ray scattered rings formed by dust layers in our galaxy. (Image Credit: NASA, Swift, A. Beardmore - University of Leicester)

UA astronomers discuss historic gamma-ray burst and scientists’ next steps

Jason Dayee
April 14, 2023
No, you can't catch up on lost sleep, but that doesn't mean UA students won't try, including these students lounging on a Monday morning on the grass near the Student Union Memorial Center during the spring 2023 semester. (Photo by Skylar Zannini, El Inde Arizona)

All you need is love … and sleep, according to UA researchers

Skylar Zannini from El Inde Arizona
March 30, 2023
Students dealing with trauma may often feel isolated or alone, but there are plenty of resources offered both on campus and within the community that can help students find the support they need.

The impact of trauma on campus: How students are affected, what they can do to begin to heal

Danielle Hartshorn
March 14, 2023
The EAAA program is a multi-university study being conducted at the UA to change the narrative around sexual assault. Currently, the program is open to freshman women on campus. (Courtesy Cameron Yanez)

UA researchers lead study on sexual assault prevention and sexual empowerment training program

Sam Parker
March 3, 2023
The transmission electron microscope is one of many high-quality machines that researchers at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory use. The recent grant the LPL received from NASA will help to support the cost of machines like the TEM, which allows scientists to see individual atoms.

Planetary sciences: Upcoming plans for the UA’s OSIRIS-REx mission

Kanishka Chinnaraj
February 21, 2023
University of Arizona College of Medicine front entrance.

UA alumnus attends school in Caribbean, shares premed journey and current medical school experience

Vivek Aking
February 20, 2023
A recent study by University of Arizona medical students and affiliates revealed a correlation between sleep patterns and suicidal thoughts and attempts.

Save your life, get a good night’s sleep

Annabel Lecky
February 9, 2023
Daniel Laubitz, Ph.D. and director of the PANDA Core at the Steele Children's Research Center, with the new NovaSeq 6000.

New genome sequencer at UA Steele Children’s Center to help researchers improve patient outcomes

Cole Fields
February 4, 2023
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