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UA Asteroid Mission Aims for Clues to Solar System Origins

Aug 17, 2016 OSIRIS-REx launch window opens Sept. 8; flight scheduled for 7 years.

UA Health Sciences Head Rejects Allegations

Aug 17, 2016 'Skip' Garcia doesn't anticipate basis for investigation but would cooperate fully.
The NOAO Mayall 4-meter telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory.

UA Scientists to Make 3-D Map of Universe for Dark Energy Clues

Aug 17, 2016 Kitt Peak instrument will measure light of 35 million objects over 5 years.
The exterior of Banner University Medical Center.

UA's Hart Asks Regents for Health Sciences Investigation

Aug 16, 2016 Move comes following allegations of misuse of public funds and alteration of public documents.
A rendering of the University of Arizona C.A.T.S. Academic Center on Enke Drive. Photo courtesy of arizonawildcats.com.

New UA Building to be Academic Center for Athletes

Aug 16, 2016 'CATS' will provide space for study, academic support, official says.
Caris (second from left) at the dedication of the Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab.

Richard Caris, UA Mirror Lab Namesake, Dies at 81

Aug 15, 2016 Caris valued 'exciting projects and the people that were trying to do them.'
The exterior of Banner University Medical Center.

UA College of Medicine Officials Address Questions About Leadership, Financials, Future

Aug 12, 2016 Members of the Arizona Board of Regents held the second of two fact-finding meetings Friday.

'Warrior-Scholar' Program Helps Vets Become UA Students

Aug 10, 2016 Week-long 'boot camp' in its first summer on Tucson campus, draws dozen vets.

High Hopes for Tucson, UA Athletes at Rio Olympics

Aug 9, 2016 AZPM's Tony Perkins and sports columnist Greg Hansen discuss standouts.
An artist's conception of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft at the asteroid Bennu

OSIRIS-REx Mission Undergoing Finishing Touches for Launch

Aug 4, 2016 Scientists say spacecraft in good shape; scheduled launch is 34 days away.

Native American Superheroes Get a Chance to Fly

Aug 4, 2016 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Education funding changed by Prop 123; meet library writer-in-residence Adrienne Celt, former UA student goes for gold at the Olympics.
Arizona Public Media presents Beyond the Mirage: The Future of Water in the West, a film by Cody Sheehy and a production of the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Water Resources Research Center.

Beyond the Mirage: The Future of Water in the West to be distributed nationally through American Public Television

Aug 2, 2016 The documentary will be made available to Public Television stations who belong to APT Exchange
The University of Arizona's 28-acre College of Medicine campus in downtown Phoenix.

UA Phoenix Med School Under Regents' Scrutiny

Aug 2, 2016 Board will hold meetings to review medical community complaints.
Scarab or figeater beetles are common during the Sonoran desert's hot summer months when they come out to eat and breed.

Bright Green Beetle Makes a Sonoran Desert Appearance

Jul 26, 2016 Iridescent insect is active during summer months in Southern Arizona.
Colorized cancer cells

UA Cancer Center contributes to VP Biden's Cancer Moonshot

Jul 26, 2016 Effort seeks to complete a decade’s worth of research in 5 years, focusing on ovarian cancer.
The sun rises through the trees in the Coronado National Forest.

UA Research Finds Trees May Absorb Less CO2

Jul 25, 2016 North American forest growth slowing because of climate change, tree ring study reveals.

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