Spring 2024

University of Arizona scholars are collaborating with Indigenous communities to fortify endangered languages.

In March, University of Arizona School of Dance student, Avery Gay, took a tip-toed step forward in her quest for the title of “So You Think You Can Dance” champion — and a $100,000 prize.

The University of Arizona College of Nursing has been transforming nursing education, research and practice to help people build better futures for more than 65 years.

To address critical care needs, the University of Arizona Health Sciences launched a new college, the College of Health Sciences, approved by the Arizona Board of Regents in June 2023. Health professions programs will begin matriculating students as early as August 2026.

Since 1984, the Arizona Area Health Education Centers (AzAHEC) Program has served the state through health professions workforce training, recruitment and retention in rural and medically underserved communities.

Hsinchun Chen is a University of Arizona Regents Professor in the Department of Management Information Systems, which is ranked among the top five programs in the nation.

A new master’s program developed by UArizona Health Sciences International and offered through the UArizona Graduate College and Arizona Online aims to develop a workforce to address the challenges created by demographic shifts in Arizona and around the world.

The University of Arizona Health Sciences is combating this workforce shortage by developing a new generation of primary care doctors through the Primary Care Physician Scholarship program.

At the University of Arizona Health Sciences, leaders are preparing students to build and lead the future of health care. A series of transformative programs will ensure that the next generation of health care professionals is well prepared to improve health and human potential and to provide compassionate and culturally sensitive care to build healthier communities for all.

The Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center (ASTEC) is adapting to the changing health care landscape to train the next generation of providers.

University of Arizona researchers have, for the first time, shown that big data and advanced computing could unlock a way to treat and even prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The next step: human trials funded by the National Institutes of Health.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers is developing ways for non-expert clinicians to identify children at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which affects 1 in 54 children in the U.S.

Read more about some of the ways UArizona is harnessing the power of data and AI for the benefit of our students, our state and society at large.

The department, housed in the Eller College of Management, turns 50 this spring, and the success of the half-century behind it speaks well for the half-century ahead. It’s been ranked in the top five nationally by U.S. News & World Report for both graduate and undergraduate study every year since 1989 — when the rankings began — and leads the nation in external research funding among MIS programs in business schools.

Mohammed Hassan, associate professor in the College of Science, leads international research demonstrating a way to register the on/off switching of laser signals at speeds on the scale of attoseconds, or quintillionths of a second.

Data is key to modern medicine, and everyday wearables offer the promise of more comprehensive data for better health outcomes. Unfortunately, due to multiple points of failure — including device removal, jiggling, and loss of contact or loss of power — Fitbits and smartwatches still don’t come close to delivering clinical-grade data.

Adults in industrialized nations spend roughly 90% of their lives indoors. Those environments affect us as individuals — patient recoveries in hospitals, for example — and as societies, such as by impacting productivity and, by extension, economies.

UArizona’s gem and mineral museum receives a stibnite specimen.

College of Medicine – Phoenix dean Fredric Wondisford is positioning the college to become one of the nation’s top medical schools.

Grupo Folklórico Miztontli’s dancers promote cultural awareness while tapping into their heritage.

The Cooper Center for Environmental Learning, affectionately known as Camp Cooper, turns 60.

Volunteers returning from the Peace Corps chart their next steps.

Q&A: Brent Brennan, Arizona football head coach

Desireé Reed-Francois returns to the place that ‘extended a compassionate hand’ in a time of need.

One alumni couple gives to honor those who helped them and to create a brighter future for cancer patients.

Powerlifters set the bar high when facing physical and academic challenges.

Player-coach relationships define the first 25 years of UArizona wheelchair tennis.

A collection of recent news and updates at the University of Arizona.