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 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 UArizona returns in person, requires surgical-grade masks or higher Jan. 10, 2022 In response to the omicron variant of COVID-19, the university has revised its face coverings policy and is continuing to urge testing and vaccination as the spring semester gets underway. Read more
Image California's 'climate whiplash' has been worsening for 50 years and will continue Jan. 10, 2022 Most scientists researching California's extreme weather have focused their investigations on the last decade. But new UArizona research finds that an increasing trend in extreme weather began half a century ago. Read more
Image Major Health Diagnostics Provider Quidel Makes $2M Investment in UArizona Jan. 5, 2022 The grant will be split equally between Health Sciences scholarships and the UArizona BIO5 Institute's KEYS Internship Program. Read more
Image UArizona research again ranks among nation's top public universities Dec. 28, 2021 The University of Arizona's research and development expenditures rank in the top 4% of all U.S. universities and No. 1 in astronomy and astrophysics, according to fiscal year 2020 data from the National Science Foundation. Read more
Image NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Successfully Begins its Journey to Space Dec. 25, 2021 University of Arizona astronomers will help NASA's James Webb Space Telescope peer deeper into the universe than any telescope in history. Webb successfully launched on Christmas Day. Read more
Image Astronomers Detect Signature of Magnetic Field on an Exoplanet Dec. 20, 2021 Researchers have identified the first signature of a magnetic field surrounding a planet outside of our solar system. Earth's magnetic field acts as a shield against energetic particles from the sun known as the solar wind. Magnetic fields could play similar roles on other planets. Read more
Image UArizona Alumnus Established $2.3M Endowment for the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy Dec. 17, 2021 The late John A. "Andy" Ware, who credited his pharmacy education for his success, bequeathed a significant gift to his alma mater. Read more
Image UArizona Health Sciences Researchers to Study Long COVID as Part of National Collaborative Dec. 16, 2021 The NIH RECOVER Initiative aims to identify risks contributing to long COVID, and approaches for treatment and prevention. Read more