Image Fantasy forecasts turn monsoon madness into a community guessing game Wednesday Southwest Monsoon Fantasy Forecasts allows participants to estimate the amount of rainfall the monsoon will bring each month to a handful of cities throughout the Southwest. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image U of A astronomers celebrate first look at the universe from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Tuesday The first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory mark a proud milestone for the University of Arizona, whose Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab is the only facility in the world capable of crafting the telescope's unique mirror. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image U of A named a 'Best Value,' ranks among top 20 public universities for financial aid services Tuesday The University of Arizona is once again one of 209 colleges and universities featured in The Princeton Review's annual list of "Best Value Colleges." Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Creature culture: What animal behavior can teach us about saving nature Tuesday What can different the varied behaviors of wildlife reveal about the relationship between human civilization and the animal kingdom? Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Rooted in tradition, growing with science: Revitalizing Indigenous crops in the Southwest Monday Michael Kotutwa Johnson leads a project at the University of Arizona Campus Agricultural Center that involves low-cost irrigation trials, nutritional analysis of traditional crops and the development of databases to capture the science of Indigenous agricultural systems. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Giant Magellan Telescope advances to National Science Foundation final design phase Monday Built with mirrors manufactured by the University of Arizona, one of the world's largest optical telescopes clears key milestone toward U.S. federal construction support. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Predicting how plants will fare in the heat is not so easy June 18, 2025 According to researchers at the University of Arizona and The University of British Columbia, small-scale observations of how plants respond to heat don't always translate into an accurate prediction at a larger scale. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Earliest evidence of humans in the Americas confirmed in new U of A study June 18, 2025 A new paper agrees with findings that footprints discovered in New Mexico are between 21,000 and 23,000 years old – much older than the previously known earliest signs of human culture in the Americas. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image New U of A 3-year medical degree program receives ABOR approval June 18, 2025 The new program will allow graduating physicians from the U of A colleges of medicine to enter the workforce one year earlier than those who pursue the traditional four-year degree. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image U of A earns top marks in space science, geosciences, water resources in new US News global ranking June 17, 2025 The U of A earned its best ranking in the space science category, rising four spots to No. 4 globally and No. 2 among U.S. public universities. Read more at University of Arizona News