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OSIRIS-REx photograph shows material being ejected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu in January 2019.

OSIRIS-REx Photographs Unique Particles Blasted From Bennu

Mar 19, 2019 An unexpected discovery excites UA scientists leading the asteroid sampling mission.
Neuroimaging scanners are providing clues to who might develop Alzheimer's Disease or Lewy Body Dementia.

Neuroimaging Helping Predict Alzheimer's Cases

Mar 18, 2019 UA researchers are working to improve understanding of why some age better than others.
A closeup of Willem de Kooning's "Woman-Ochre."

'Woman-Ochre' Going on First Public Display Since it Was Stolen in 1985

Mar 15, 2019 The painting, found in a house in New Mexico in 2017, is later headed for restoration at the Getty Museum in LA.
University of Arizona students Nathon Smith and Estelle Brugere in front of a wall they constructed at a Habitat for Humanity site in Tucson over spring break

Students Opt to Care, Not Carouse, Over Spring Break

Mar 14, 2019 Honors Alternative Spring Break chooses community service over partying.
Harrison H. Schmitt stands next to a split lunar boulder on the Apollo 17 mission in this photo from Dec. 13, 1972.

UA Scientists Chosen to Examine Unopened Moon Samples

Mar 14, 2019 Rocks and soil were collected during Apollo missions almost 50 years ago.
Dr. Andrew Weil speaks at his press briefing at his University of Arizona Health Science Innovation Building on March 12, 2019.

Alternative-Medicine Advocate Weil Gives $15M to UA Center

Mar 13, 2019 The university is naming its integrative medicine center for its founder.
Pink bollworms emerging from a damaged cotton boll.

Genetically Engineered Cotton No Guarantee of Healthy Harvest

Mar 11, 2019 A UA scientist says certain insects are striking back against pest-control measures.
2019 UA College of Science Roundtable Discussion: (L-R) Feryal Ozel, Donata Vercelli, Joanna Masel, Joaquin Ruiz, Anna Dornhaus, Joellen Russell, Katalin Gothard.

Arizona Science Roundtable: The Search for Certainty

Mar 11, 2019 UA College of Science Dean Joaquin Ruiz leads a group conversation with presenters from the 2019 UA Science Lecture Series
A firefighter sets a back burn to contain the Poomacha Fire in San Diego County, California, 2007.

Tree-Ring Research Reveals Broken Connection Between Weather and Wildfires

Mar 8, 2019 UA professor Valerie Trouet co-authored a study showing jet stream moisture no longer predicts California wildfire severity.
University of Arizona football coach Kevin Sumlin sits down with Lorraine Rivera inside Arizona Stadium for an interview on February 22, 2019.

UA Football Coach Sumlin Sits Down with Arizona 360

Mar 1, 2019 Lorraine Rivera asks him about leading one of the state's most closely watched teams.
Neysha Aguilar showcases slicing tomatoes at the UA rooftop greenhouse in Tucson on Wednesday, Feb. 27.

UA Rooftop Greenhouse Celebrates Path to Production

Mar 1, 2019 The greenhouse supplies fresh produce to over 500 students.
Author Kwame Alexander has penned more than two dozen books for young readers.

Children's Book Author Bringing Love of Literature to Book Festival

Feb 28, 2019 Kwame Alexander says one key to connect kids to books is poetry.
Author, poet and regular NPR commentator Kwame Alexander.

Kwame Alexander's Love Affair with Words

Feb 27, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Charles J. Babbitt's new guide for birding in Arizona; and, what's happening to planet Earth's insects?
Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller speaks to the media, February 2018.

Reports: UA Coach Miller to be Subpoenaed in Federal Corruption Trial

Feb 26, 2019 The Wildcats basketball coach refused comment on the possible subpoena at a Tuesday media event.
Meinel Optical Sciences building at the University of Arizona

UA Optical Sciences to Take Name of Founding Dean Wyant

Feb 25, 2019 Dean-turned-philanthropist James Wyant recently pledged $20 million to support new faculty positions at the college.
Researchers view the collective behavior of ants to search for links to human behavior.

UA Scientist Looks At Significance of Small-Scale Social Life

Feb 22, 2019 Finding clues to human intelligence in behavior of bees and ants

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