UArizona Impact in Action
Featured stories and events to connect you with UArizona's exciting research and discovery, meaningful innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, and societal impact.
Newsletter Archive
- NSF and NobleReach Emerge select Cyverse, USA NPN for pilot program
- University researchers use JWST to study faraway potential water world
- Every day is Earth Day at Biosphere 2
- AI bot developed on campus could revolutionize medical training
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University expertise in mining and minerals shines in Washington, D.C.
- NASA will take UArizona science when it returns to the moon
- Safety first: civil engineer researches inequities in traffic safety
- UArizona sociologist receives NSF CAREER award to study the “science of science”
- SCORCH focuses on collaborative approach to climate change health threats, solutions
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Four UACI startups selected for exclusive entrepreneurship program
April 2, 2024
- Women of Impact program expands, nominations now open
- OSIRIS-REx teams win prestigious aviation award
- USDA names Yuma senior a Future Leader in Agriculture
- University investment in quantum will stimulate economic prosperity across state
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University of Arizona scientists pinpoint neurological origins of anorexia
March 19, 2024
- Sample from asteroid Bennu lands at UArizona museum
- JDRF funds clinical testing of bioartificial pancreas at College of Medicine - Tucson
- New lab uses state-of-the-art imaging to understand roots, agricultural success
- U.S. Fleet Forces Command Tours Applied Research Building
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Holocaust survivor to share her story at free event co-hosted by Freedom Center
March 5, 2024
- Steward Observatory's GUSTO mission breaks NASA record
- FuseNano 2024 brings leaders and experts from across the country to UArizona
- International society names director of the BIO5 Institute as its new president
- Five UArizona innovators named to the National Academy of Inventors
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Venture Valley Tournament draws enthusiastic crowd in Yuma
February 20, 2024
- National recognition highlights UArizona's commitment to regional prosperity
- UArizona among top universities worlwide granted U.S. utility patents
- Collaboration to advance Indigenous geosciences in the Grand Canyon
- UArizona museum receives major donation of micromounts and endowment
December 12, 2023
- USDA grant to build next generation of agriculture workers at UArizona Yuma
- Delegation represents UArizona at United Nations climate change conference
- College of Medicine professor improves method for studying Parkinson's disease.
- Growing together: Conservator marks 26 years at Arizona State Museum
- University of Arizona Tech Park welcomes cutting-edge sensor company
November 28, 2023
- African American Museum of Southern Arizona receives grant to fund swim lessons for Black children in Tucson
- Tucson helps rebuild Ukraine
- UArizona experts 'literally wrote the book' on Native nation building
- UArizona named one of the nation's top 'green colleges'
- Tracking an errant space rocket to a mysterious crater on the moon
November 9, 2023
- Anonymous $4M gift establishes UArizona postdoctoral research prize to address climate and resilience challenges
- UArizona student-led sustainability initiative is driving innovation with aquaponics
- $35.5M awarded to UArizona College of Engineering for tech center expansion
- UArizona research and facilities take center stage during USDA meetings, campus visit
- Fuel Wonder campaign to raise $1B for grand total of $3B
October 26, 2023
- Student researcher ensures historical documents are safe for future generations
- UArizona astronomers investigate asteroid believed to be part of the moon
- UArizona startup to begin clinical trial studying natural approach to hot flashes
- Local high school students honored at annual UArizona Women of Impact celebration
- UArizona English professor awarded MacArthur Fellowship
October 12, 2023
- Furnace lit as UArizona casts final mirror for Giant Magellan Telescope
- Streamlined surgery: UArizona startup aims to ease removal of hardware
- UArizona study to determine if COVID-19 link to IBS is more than a gut feeling
- UArizona researchers turn to tree rings for details of historic earthquake in Pacific Northwest
- ABOR grant unites universities in support of reusing copper tailings across Arizona
September 28, 2023
- Space is Wildcat Country: UArizona takes center stage for asteroid sample return mission
- UArizona ranks 22nd in nation for U.S. universities granted utility patents
- Native FORGE welcomes entrepreneurs from Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe
- Student-produced recruitment video answers, "What even is optics?"
- UArizona researcher partners with NOAA to promote best practices for mitigating extreme heat
September 14, 2023
- UArizona scientists investigate new frontiers of sound with $30M center
- New project will expand AZ HSI Consortium and support Hispanic students in STEM
- Regulating AI risk: Why we need to revamp the ‘AI Bill of Rights’
- Study finds the brain can help solve its own memory issues
- Take a stroll through the solar system – on the UArizona campus
August 31, 2023
- UArizona experts suggest solutions to boost food, water and economic security in changing climate
- UArizona researchers and community partners map history of housing injustices in Tucson
- Study finds the brain can help solve its own memory issues
- Tucson startups find support they need at UA Tech Parks
- Grant empowers educational equity and diversity in STEM on campus
August 16, 2023
- UArizona reports second-most inventive year on record
- Prestigious awards pave the way for twins in College of Engineering
- Virtual city prepares students for future of cybersecurity
- A common mold could help a bee species thrive
- Researchers look to improve worksite sleep health for Arizona firefighters
August 2, 2023
- How cities are battling extreme heat, and why record-breaking temps don’t tell the whole story
- New UArizona study links brain waves directly to memory
- Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center receives $7.8M NIH grant
- Solving water challenges is complex–learn how law, health, climate and Indigenous rights all intersect in developing solutions
- Separating lightning fact from fiction
July 19, 2023
- OSIRIS-REx team members practice recovering asteroid sample capsule bound for Earth
- UArizona and partners form consortium to address Southwest water concerns
- Creative people enjoy idle time more than others
- Tasting tomorrow: adapting heritage cuisine for a changing climate
- New, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb
July 5, 2023
- Space Act Agreement with NASA will advance UArizona engagement in human spaceflight
Improving skin cancer care through data - Professor completes first underwater camping trip at Biosphere 2
- UArizona astronomers identify the earliest strands of the cosmic web
- UArizona recognized for return on investment and research network
June 21, 2023
- UArizona to pilot new Department of Defense training program
- Ukrainian startups learn U.S. ropes at UArizona Center for Innovation | Arizona Daily Star
- State-of-the-art MRI machine to advance research on brain's inner workings
- Asteroid sample holds clues about how Earth got its water
June 7, 2023
- Is it time to categorize space assets as critical infrastructure?
- UArizona researchers tackling the growing concern about Valley fever
- Study provides deeper insight into long COVID
- Ponderosa forests struggle in the face of Southwest megadrought
May 24, 2023
- Astronomers want your help hunting for asteroids
- Scientists use AI to identify likely drug targets in search for Alzheimer's cure
- UArizona faculty members receive Peabody Award for 'Missing in Brooks County'
- Sky is the limit for research at new sleep center facility
- UArizona entomologist elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 9, 2023
- UArizona researchers lead a five-year project to turn desert shrub into rubber
- Becoming a multiplanetary species: Crew completes first mission in pressurized habitat at Biosphere 2
- Dozens of outstanding UArizona STEM graduate students awarded prestigious fellowships
- Nearby planetary system seen in breathtaking detail
- UArizona students shine at annual international agrivoltaics conference
April 25, 2023
- Icy moonquakes: Surface shaking could trigger landslides
- UArizona researchers to help track deadly fungus in Arizona wastewater
- CAPLA faculty collaborate with Salt River Project to understand Arizona's electrified transportation network needs
- UArizona kicks off plan to go carbon-neutral by 2040
- Arizona CoVHORT research study receives award to continue investigation of long COVID
April 11, 2023
- UArizona opens Applied Research Building
- Astronomers race to make sense of brightest gamma ray burst ever seen
- Symposium leads to launch of UArizona Cancer Engineering Initiative
- Protection for the ‘Internet of Things’ fueled by UArizona innovation
March 28, 2023
- Optical switching at record speeds opens door for ultrafast, light-based electronics and computers
- UArizona researchers launch the Great Arizona Tick Check
- 6 months to go until historic asteroid sample delivery
- UArizona expert among first to see Easter Island's recently discovered statue
- 3D radar scan provides clues about threats to iconic Alaskan glacierWant to better understand quantum computing?
March 14, 2023
- Student-built satellite uses 'beach ball' for an antenna
- Bridging academia and industry
- Hansel and Gretel's breadcrumb trick inspires robotic exploration of caves on Mars and beyond
- Before global warming, was Earth cooling down or heating up?
- UArizona COVID-19 treatment takes next step toward public impact via license to pharmaceutical company
- UArizona engineers lead $1.2M project to 3D-print parts for hypersonic vehicles
Feb 28, 2023
- UArizona researchers awarded $1.2M to explore farming at existing solar power sites
- Ukranian startups join UArizona Center for Innovation throught Department of State partnership
- UArizona program will invite students to piece together ‘puzzle’ of Black identity in the Southwest
- James Webb Telescope gives UArizona astronomers unprecedented glimpses into stellar nurseries
- Innovative UArizona faculty elected to the National Academny of Inventors
- Tomatoes, Wildfires and Rats: Three France-UArizona new international emerging action projects
- Lake Mead: Where Does It Get Its Water and Is It Filling Up?
Feb 13, 2023
- Economic impact of UArizona space sciences rivals that of Super Bowl
- UArizona project will provide broadband and technology access to underserved students and communities
- UArizona named No. 1 producer of Fulbright Scholars
- More lunar missions means more space junk around the moon - two scientists are building a catalog to track the trash
- Five UArizona researchers named AAAS Fellos
Jan 31, 2023
- UArizona ranks among top 20 public universities, No. 1 in astronomy and astrophysics
- NASA awarded nearly $3M to Kuiper Materials Imaging and Characterization Facility
- UArizona partners with regional universities in re-envisioned NSF I-Corps Hub program
- Cancer Center gets $1.1M gift for holistic cancer care
- JWST Heralds a New Dawn for Exoplanet Science
Jan 9, 2023
- $1M gift bolsters fund for early-stage UArizona startups
- Reconstructed lava flows reveal Mars' turbulent history
- Two UArizona faculty elected to the National Academy of Inventors
- Flawed strategy might be predicting how species will fare under climate change
- Expired federal funding hurts Tucson's vulnerable communities
Jan 23, 2023
- U.S. Department of Defense awards major equipment upgrades to UArizona labs
- Focus on critical minerals could curb U.S. reliance on foreign imports
- UArizona delegation returns from COP28 eager to share experience with campus
- Arizona FORGE welcomes new cohort of startups enrolled in residency program
- Cheers! Cooperative Extension helps Arizona vineyards through various threats
Feb 9, 2023
- USDA grant focuses on beekeeping to support underrepresented urban farmers
- Rare stibnite donated to Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum's permanent collection
- UArizona partners with NAU to bolster state's semiconductor industry
- New images from James Webb Space Telescope continue to inspire
- Arizona FORGE offers startup grants to innovative students