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Earth fills most of the image, a moody blue globe mostly covered with tiny blueish white clouds like carpet pile or sheep’s wool. In the foreground, the instrument panel is dark enough to be nearly in silhouette, like a city skyline. A tall thin rectangle juts up from the left side of the panel, like a tall building, which is part of the SamCam. In the center, a shorter, squatter polygon shape is the OLA instrument. A slightly lighter colored Y shape lays on its side in front of the OLA.

OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft takes selfie with Earth during flyby

The spacecraft of the U of A-led OSIRIS-APEX mission performed a "slingshot" maneuver around Earth as part of its journey to catch up with its mission target, asteroid Apophis.

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Boojum trees grow in a desert landscape, with the blue waters of the Gulf of California in the background.

Ecological winners: Why some species dominate the planet

Analyzing plant dispersion data from across the globe, researchers at the University of Arizona found that the most abundant species have adapted to tolerate a wide range of climates. Their findings could inform future conservation efforts.

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A portrait of Chris Augustine and Joe Harting

U of A startup breaks decades-long vendor lock-in with new mobile credentialing platform

New platform rethinks the student services ecosystem, allowing universities increased freedom to choose commercial ID card providers

A woman places her hand near a scar on her back shoulder

A type of immune cell could hold a key to preventing scar tissue buildup in wounds

Researchers in the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Surgery are uncovering new insights into how mechanical strain on cells affects healing.

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Takeshi Inomata

Regents Professor Takeshi Inomata Awarded Prestigious NEH Grant for Maya Civilization Research Project Set to Become a Book

Jan. 30

In this microscope image of a Bennu sample, needles of hydrated sodium carbonate — one of the salts left behind by evaporating brine — are highlighted in purple false color

Asteroid Bennu comes from a long-lost salty world with ingredients for life

Jan. 29

A U of A student uses Freeport-McMoRan’s haul truck simulator at a university event

University-led mining consortium vying for NSF grant up to $160M

Jan. 27

Artist’s impression of planet GJ 1214 b passing in front of its host star

Astronomers unlock the atmospheric secrets of a 'new class of planet'

Jan. 24

Image of teen using a combustible nicotine product

U of A sociologist received $2.8M grant to research nicotine product use among adolescents in the US and Mexico

Jan. 23

the sonoran desert at sunset

New research examines impact of Disney's 'The Living Desert'

Jan. 21

a group of graduates, mostly in purple caps and gowns, posing for a group photo at Tohono O'odham Community College

Partnership with Tohono O'odham Community College gives students path to public health degree

Jan. 21

US News Best Online Programs 2025

Arizona Online earns several strong placements in latest ranking from US News & World Report

Jan. 21

An image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1086 obtained by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT)

U of A astronomers capture unprecedented view of supermassive black hole in action

Jan. 17

Melanie McKay-Cody signing a modernized sign for the term "Indigenous"

U of A expert working to preserve Native American sign languages

Jan. 16

a picture of NGC 300 is a small galaxy located about 6 million light-years from Earth

Large and small galaxies may grow in ways more similar than expected

Jan. 16

An artist's concept of the Pandora mission, seen here without the thermal blanketing that will protect the spacecraft, observing a star and its transiting exoplanet.

NASA's Pandora mission one step closer to probing alien atmospheres, with mission operations based at U of A

Jan. 16

Sculptor A, one of three newly discovered dwarf galaxies - and unrelated to the well-known Sculptor spiral galaxy - is visible here as a faint accumulation of stars beyond several bright stars in the foreground.

'Ghost towns' of the universe: Ultra-faint, rare dwarf galaxies offer clues to the early cosmos

Jan. 15

A group of four individuals stands in front of a large poster titled "What Drives Employment Success?" The poster includes charts and bullet points about education, income, and job stress. The group smiles at the camera, wearing business casual attire, with a green and gray wall in the background.

Bridging the divide: How U of A students are shaping Tucson's anti-poverty solutions

Jan. 7

Graphic, provided by Nature Medicine, shows total count of flood events by cause between 2001-2018.

Floods Linked to Rise in U.S. Deaths from Several Major Causes

Jan. 6

The galaxy Abell 370 appears twice in this image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope: as a normal galaxy and a drawn-out smear of light due to gravitational lensing.

Beyond the 'Dragon Arc,' a treasure trove of unseen stars

Jan. 6

Pluto and Charon

Newly discovered 'kiss and capture' mechanism explains the formation of Pluto and its largest moon

Jan. 6

Uncontrollable movement of the hand.

Brain study challenges long-held views about Parkinson's movement disorders

Jan. 2

Michael Abecassis, Tom Rogers, Ginny L. Clements, Hesham Sadek

Sarver Heart Center receives $2M in gifts toward founding of cardiovascular research institute

Dec. 20, 2024

A man wearing sunglasses and a navy blue polo shirtkneels next to a medium-sized yellow dog wearing a "Service Dog" vest.

New leadership, interstellar discoveries, dogs to the rescue: Top 10 U of A stories of 2024

Dec. 18, 2024

A Mountain at sunset

U of A projects research expenditures surpassed $1B for FY 2024, joining a select group of US research institutions

Dec. 17, 2024

image of a doctor screening a patient for domestic violence

U of A epidemiologist works to improve domestic violence screening for pregnant women

Dec. 17, 2024

Marcelino A. Perez III

At just 17 years old, U of A graduate hopes to get a jump-start on giving back

Dec. 16, 2024

Overhead view of a man and woman sitting on a sofa, reviewing financial documents. The man is writing on a piece of paper in a binder while the woman uses a calculator, both appearing focused on their task.

How millennials are thinking about retirement in the face of climate stress

Dec. 16, 2024