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Two researchers wearing bunny suits are seen working on a lab bench with optical equipment

March 3, 2026

U of A to build instruments for new space telescope

A team at Steward Observatory was awarded a contract to develop a coronagraph and a wide-field camera for the Lazuli Space Telescope part of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System.

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U of A takes leading operations role in NASA mission

The University of Arizona is mission control for the Pandora mission, which will help scientists study exoplanets and their stars.

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Undergraduate research informs local African American historical exhibits

One U of A history course partnered with the African American Museum of Southern Arizona, allowing undergraduate research to directly shape museum exhibits focused on African American history, culture and community in the region.

Linda Bixby addresses audience at Arizona Photonics Days

Optics, industry and discovery converge at Arizona Photonics Days

More than 150 researchers, government representatives, community leaders and industry professionals working across the optics and photonics ecosystem traveled to Tucson from locations across the United States and around the world, including Germany, Taiwan, Quebec, Belgium and the United Kingdom for Arizona Photonics Days.

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Princeton Review names UArizona a 'Best Value College'

June 21, 2024

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Study challenges popular idea that Easter Islanders committed 'ecocide'

June 21, 2024

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Solving Alzheimer’s precision medicine questions with data

June 20, 2024

The Amazon rainforest

When in drought: Researchers map which parts of the Amazon are most vulnerable to climate change

June 19, 2024

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Arizona Athletics names Sofia Read to first fully endowed position in department history

June 18, 2024

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UArizona oceanographer shares expertise during National Ocean Month

June 18, 2024

A woman in a black, long sleeve shirt and paint covered overalls leans against a mural painted on a wall.

Poetry Center helps bring a splash of color to one of Tucson's busiest streets

June 18, 2024

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Arizona Astrobiology Center, NASA champion space education for middle school teachers, students in Southern Arizona

June 17, 2024

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Magic of the monsoon: A 'socially and ecologically' important phenomenon for the Southwest

June 14, 2024

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Native American representatives gather with UArizona leaders for third Tribal Leaders Summit

June 12, 2024

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Cybersecurity Clinic will protect businesses from online threats, develop students' career skills

June 12, 2024

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UArizona graduate student and team discover most distant supernovas ever found

June 11, 2024

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Peeking into the invisible world of the atmosphere

June 10, 2024

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Studying Arctic glaciers with airborne radar: UArizona project attracts $30M from NASA

June 10, 2024

An artist’s impression of a young star surrounded by a disk of gas and dust.

Webb Telescope finds plethora of carbon molecules around young star

June 6, 2024

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Squirreling it away: Unraveling food hoarding behavior to conserve endangered squirrels

June 4, 2024

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

Veterans with service dogs may have fewer PTSD symptoms, higher quality of life

June 4, 2024

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Arizona athletes post banner spring semester in classroom

May 31, 2024

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Webb Telescope spots the two most distant galaxies ever seen at cosmic dawn

May 30, 2024

The two primary mirrors are visible in this photo taken of the Large Binocular Telescope at dusk

Glimpses of a volcanic world: New telescope images of Jupiter's moon Io rival those from spacecraft

May 30, 2024

A man in a white shirt and grey sweat pants sits at the edge of a bed.

The mind after midnight: Study shows disrupted sleep increases risk for suicide and homicide

May 29, 2024

A periodical cicada of the genus Magicicada perched on a tulip tree stalk.

What's the buzz? 10 things you (probably) didn't know about cicadas

May 29, 2024

Artist’s impression of a high-redshift quasar as it would have appeared a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. Powered by a supermassive black hole at their center, such quasars can be 1000 times more luminous than the Milky Way galaxy.

'Mind-boggling' quasars and atmospheres of vaporized rock: UArizona astronomers explore cosmos with Webb Telescope

May 29, 2024

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Architecture students' award-winning designs will help Hopi Tribe expand solar-powered housing, education

May 28, 2024