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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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Staff members seated at desks look at space images on a large screen

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.

Image of Professor Katherine Morrissey and her History 102 class collaborating with the AAMSAZ.

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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Doctor and a patient

New AI coaching bot may enhance medical education, training

April 4, 2024

University of Arizona sociologist receives NSF CAREER award to study the “science of science”

April 4, 2024

University of Arizona researchers use JWST to study a faraway potential water world

April 3, 2024

Jekan Thanga, associate professor of AME, speaks to a class of students.

University of Arizona inaugurates U.S. Space Command webinar series

March 29, 2024

Alan Cruz, an agricultural systems management major at University of Arizona Yuma, stands in a field of leafy greens.

University of Arizona Yuma senior named a Future Leader in Agriculture by USDA

March 29, 2024

Artist's concept depicting a young star surrounded by a dusty protoplanetary disk.

Webb telescope takes its first images of forming planetary systems

March 27, 2024

glowing neurons

UArizona scientists pinpoint anorexia's neurologic origins

March 21, 2024

An illustration showing a bar graph rise and fall along the x-axis

UArizona investment in quantum innovation will stimulate economic prosperity across state

March 21, 2024

The 2023 Women of Impact and Young Women of Impact cohorts pose for a picture after the awards celebration.

Campuswide campaign recognizing accomplished women at University of Arizona expands with support from Commission on the Status of Women

March 18, 2024

A mosquito sucking blood.

Innovative chemical strategy targets mosquito larvae gut to combat spread of deadly diseases

March 15, 2024

a person sleeping in a bed with white sheets under a soft blue light

Poor sleep linked to migraine attacks in new UArizona Health Sciences study

March 13, 2024

Holocaust survivor Hannah Zack Miley poses for a photo.

UArizona Freedom Center & Arizona Center for Judaic Studies host Holocaust survivor Hanna Zack Miley

March 13, 2024

This artist's illustration shows the surroundings of a young star, with gas and dust forming a swirling circumstellar disk.

James Webb Space Telescope captures the end of planet formation

March 5, 2024

A graphic which shows the amount of funsing for each college in University of Arizona Health Sciences.

NIH funding increases lead to impressive performance in Blue Ridge rankings

Feb. 29, 2024

Tethered by a long cable, the high altitude balloon carrying the GUSTO telescope is being launched from McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica.

Steward Observatory balloon mission breaks NASA record 22 miles above Antarctica

Feb. 24, 2024

AZ Critical Minerals Symposium with global mining and metals company South32

Critical Minerals Symposium Highlights Path to Domestic Supply Chain Security and Economic Growth

Feb. 16, 2024

Kray Luxbacher and crowd at the San Xavier Underground Mining Laboratory

Congressional Western Caucus visits UArizona San Xavier Underground Mining Laboratory

Feb. 15, 2024

University of Arizona Researcher Reflects on Life of Improving Food Quality

Feb. 13, 2024

Collaborative Project with University of Arizona Advances Indigenous Geoscience Education in the Grand Canyon

Feb. 13, 2024

Joellen Russell presents in front of an image of the Franz Josef glacier in the Southern Alps of New Zealand

UArizona climatologist explains how mining can be part of a sustainable future

Feb. 4, 2024

VR testing

Applying VR and AI to find a faster way to test for TBI

Feb. 4, 2024

University of Arizona Maricopa County Cooperative Extension Receives USDA Grant for Urban Beekeeping Education

Jan. 25, 2024

UArizona researchers host panel after attending world’s largest climate conference in Dubai

Jan. 22, 2024

Roger Palmenberg: From Data to Double Dutch

Nov. 30, 2023