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Arizona and Duke agree to basketball series for 2023 and 2024

Jul 18, 2022 Duke lost its only two previous visits to McKale.

UA basketball player Parker Jackson-Cartwright scores during a game against Stanford, January 2017.

Heeke named to NCAA committee

Jul 14, 2022 The UA Athletic Director takes the place of UCLA officials

Travel Route 66 with "The Great Muslim American Road Trip."

Jul 14, 2022 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Archive Tucson features Cesar Aguirre; the Longfin dace's return to the Santa Cruz river; and the fantastical story of a "Mythical Creature of the Southwest."

Where's the new money in the state budget going?

Jul 8, 2022 We look at a handful of areas that will see a notable increase in funds this fiscal year

In recent years the College of Medicine had zero or one Indigenous graduate per class, but in the spring of 2019, eight members of American Indian tribes became the latest doctors from the UA.

Indigenous students to get full University of Arizona tuition

Jun 27, 2022 University will pay tuition and fees for all who qualify.

The Sutter Telescope System installed at Winer Observatory near Tucson.

Asteroid hunters find a telescope testing center near Tucson

Jun 27, 2022 The company is tracking potentially valuable asteroids for future mining trips.

Artist's depiction of hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris.

University of Arizona astronomers study hypergiant stars

Jun 20, 2022 The massive objects are the largest of their kind in the galaxy.

The Contreras Fire burns in the Baboquivari Mountains. June 17, 2022

4 buildings at Kitt Peak lost in wildfire

Jun 18, 2022 Officials are still trying to assess damage.

James Webb Space Telescope undergoes pre-launch testing.

James Webb Space Telescope survives micrometeoroid impact

Jun 14, 2022 It is still on track to send its first scientific images of deep space next month.

Artwork depicting Apophis' close approach to Earth in 2029.

Asteroid Apophis serves as target practice for space rock hunters

Jun 6, 2022 The near-miss object will speed past Earth in 2029.

Program director Rudy McCormack (center) and staff at UA College Academy for Parents.

New state grants help point families to higher education goals

Jun 2, 2022 University of Arizona College Academy for Parents encourages parents to start quest for college early.

New University of Arizona building focuses on tech startups

May 27, 2022 Tech Launch Arizona helps new businesses get off the ground.

Title IX has helped power University of Arizona women's athletics to championship status.

Title IX continues its evolution at 50

May 17, 2022 The statute's five-decade anniversary this summer highlights successes and shortcomings.

Image of black hole in the Milky Way galaxy.

Scientists marvel at new black hole image

May 12, 2022 The University of Arizona-led Event Horizon telescope project captured the object in the center of the Milky Way.

The first images from the James Webb Space Telescope are designed to calibrate the spacecraft's optics.

Get ready for spectacular star show from the James Webb Space Telescope

May 10, 2022 Project engineers are fine tuning the instrument's optics for targeted images.

Still image from Oct. 20 video of the OSIRIS-REx sample collection event, with rocks flying around the arm of TAGSAM after it makes contact with the surface of asteroid Bennu.

NASA calls University of Arizona a "crown jewel"

May 8, 2022 University students and researchers work with NASA on a number of high-profile projects.

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