Image UArizona opens its first tribal microcampus to serve the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Sept. 7, 2022 The microcampus's initial curriculum will include the Indigenous Governance Program courses jointly offered by the James E. Rogers College of Law and Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management and Policy. Courses will begin in October, and leaders plan to expand course offerings in the future. Read more
Image UArizona ranks 28 among top 100 universities granted U.S. utility patents in 2021 Sept. 7, 2022 The university held this same position in the 2020 report, indicating continued productivity in driving impact from research and innovation. The university had 86 patents issued last year. Read more
Image Legal and computer science experts join forces to make writing wills easier Aug. 31, 2022 Attorneys' fees and other barriers keep many people from setting up wills. A team of researchers from three colleges hopes artificial intelligence can automate parts of that process and make wills more accessible. Read more
Image Business 'dreamer' hopes to use entrepreneurial spirit to help others Aug. 30, 2022 Diane Saali was drawn to the University of Arizona because of the care and support she felt in a summer program at the Eller College of Management. She hopes to pay it forward in her future business endeavors. Read more
Image $11M Energy Frontier Research Center to advance molecular-level solar science Aug. 29, 2022 Chemical and environmental engineering professor Erin Ratcliff will lead a national collaboration to create solar fuels and storage technologies that are more durable and sustainable, but less expensive. Read more
Image With Webb Space Telescope, UArizona astronomers help detect carbon dioxide in exoplanet atmosphere Aug. 25, 2022 After years of preparation and anticipation, exoplanet researchers are ecstatic about the first official scientific observation of an exoplanet by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The results are indicative of Webb's ability to spot key molecules like carbon dioxide in a wide variety of exoplanets. Read more
Image More than one asteroid could have spelled doom for the dinosaurs Aug. 17, 2022 A newly discovered impact crater below the seafloor hints at the possibility that more than one asteroid hit Earth during the time when dinosaurs went extinct. UArizona researcher Veronica Bray, who specializes in craters found throughout the solar system, is co-author of a new study about the discovery. Read more
Image $1.4M effort develops reusable sponges to soak up harmful chemicals from water Aug. 17, 2022 Researchers are developing specialized, reusable sponges to remove harmful chemicals known as PFAS from water. PFAS have been used for decades in products such as makeup, nonstick pans and firefighting foam. Read more
Image New UArizona center to support Native American entrepreneurs Aug. 16, 2022 The university has received a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to establish Native FORGE, a new center to support economic growth in tribal communities in Arizona. Read more
Image More than meets the eye: How patterns in nature arise Aug. 11, 2022 Nature is full of patterns. Among them are tiling patterns, like what you see on a giraffe's coat. But what makes these natural patterns form? A new UArizona study uses bacteria to help answer that question. Read more