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Dr. Mae Jemison speaking at TED2016.

Former Astronaut Mae Jemison to Speak at UA Commencement

Apr 8, 2019 The space exploration trailblazer will address the class of 2019 in May.

UA Women's basketball coach Adia Barnes celebrates with her team after winning the Women's National Invitation Tournament championship at McKale Center in Tucson, April 6, 2019.

After Championship Win, UA Women's Basketball Has 'Unfinished Business'

Apr 8, 2019 Now that they've won the WNIT, the Wildcats have their eyes on next year's NCAA tournament, which coach Barnes says was the goal all along.

University of Arizona Professor Carlos Alsua with his McGuire Mexico Scholars class.

Women Entrepreneurs Present Trade Show in Nogales, Sonora

Apr 5, 2019 The program focuses on empowering women with skills to become business leaders.

The ZL medical spa has been accepting CatCash for about two years, its owner says.

With CatCash, Students Pay for Food, Laundry and Botox

Apr 4, 2019 The UA student currency is meant to offer students convenience and flexibility in paying for day-to-day needs.

The University of Arizona women's basketball team in action against TCU in the 2019 National Invitation Tournament, April 3, 2019.

UA Women's Basketball On Its Way to WNIT Championship Game

Apr 4, 2019 The Wildcats beat Texas Christian and will face Northwestern in the final.

Model of the human brain.

Scientist Tries Different Approach to Understanding Brain and Blood Flow

Apr 3, 2019 The combination of math and physiology research could help people avoid stroke.

OSIRIS-REx captured pictures of particles around Bennu earlier this year.

Space Scientists Look For Answers in OSIRIS-REx Photos

Apr 1, 2019 Particles and boulders pose new questions for planetary researchers.

View of the University of Arizona campus.

UA Gender Violence Consortium Ramping Up Services for Victims

Mar 28, 2019 The center received a major grant to answer questions about gender-based violence.

Happy kids receive cheers at the finish line of the annual autism walk, hosted by The Autism Society of Southern Arizona.

Untold Stories of Autism

Mar 27, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Adiba Nelson points out a conversation more parents should have with their kids; and Vanessa Bell Calloway brings "Letters from Zora" to The Invisible Theatre.

The SPHEREx mission will use optical and near-infrared light to survey the sky.

SPHEREx Mission Will Look at the Universe With '3-D Glasses'

Mar 21, 2019 UA astronomers are participating in the new NASA mission to study the universe.

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.

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