Image Scientists use AI to identify likely drug targets in search for Alzheimer's cure May 15, 2023 Researchers harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to identify causes of Alzheimer's disease and potential drug targets. They looked deep into the brain to map the changes healthy neurons undergo as the disease progresses. Read more at UArizona News
Image Center for World University Rankings places UArizona among top 0.5% of global universities May 15, 2023 UArizona is ranked No. 95 overall, No. 48 among U.S. institutions and No. 25 among public colleges and universities in the annual Center for World University Rankings. Read more at UArizona News
Image On 'mountaintop day,' Tubbs tells grads to learn to embrace 'valley experiences' May 12, 2023 Michael Tubbs, the former mayor of Stockton, California, told graduates and guests at Commencement that the most valuable lessons would come from periods of struggle. Graduates should learn, he said, to turn pain into purpose and use rejection as redirection, to make the world a better place 50 years from now. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona entomologist elected to National Academy of Sciences May 10, 2023 Bruce Tabashnik, a Regents Professor of Entomology whose discoveries helped eradicate the invasive pink bollworm from the United States and Mexico, is one of 120 new members elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona faculty members receive Peabody Award for 'Missing in Brooks County' May 9, 2023 The film, about migrants going missing in rural Texas, was co-directed by adjunct instructor Lisa Molomot and edited by associate professor Jacob Bricca. It won a Peabody Award in the documentary category. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona will confer about 8,000 degrees at Commencement May 8, 2023 President Robert C. Robbins will confer about 8,000 bachelor's, master's, doctoral and professional degrees at the university's 159th Commencement on May 12. The 90-minute ceremony will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Arizona Stadium and will be streamed live on YouTube. Read more at UArizona News
Image Nearby planetary system seen in breathtaking detail May 8, 2023 A new Webb Space Telescope image of the bright, nearby star Fomalhaut reveals its planetary system with details never seen before, including nested concentric rings of dust. These belts most likely are carved by the gravitational forces produced by embedded, unseen planets. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona engineers lead $70M project to turn desert shrub into rubber May 8, 2023 The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Bridgestone, focuses on growing and processing guayule (pronounced why-OO-lee), a hardy, perennial shrub that could be an alternative source of natural rubber. Read more at UArizona News
Image UArizona announces new mobile crisis team, University Safety website May 5, 2023 The University of Arizona announced the creation of a new mobile crisis team with the goal of deescalating tense situations and providing mental health services, an expanded keyless building entry program and campuswide safety exercises during President Robert C. Robbins virtual University Safety Briefing on Friday. Read more at UArizona News
Image Becoming a multiplanetary species: Crew completes first mission in pressurized habitat at Biosphere 2 May 5, 2023 A four-person crew sealed themselves in an air-tight pressurized habitat, called the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars, for six days to practice what it might be like to live on the surface of another celestial body. Read more at UArizona News