Sept. 30 marked the formal end of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. This was the United States' first ambitious attempt to collect a sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth, and it was led by the University of Arizona.

The mission, dubbed PUFFINS, will use an ultraviolet space telescope to seek answers about dust between stars.

U of A researchers Jessica Rainbow and Leslie Farland land a $2.4 million grant to study pregnant nurses and their work safety.

Congratulations to Wyant College of Optical Sciences students who have achieved excellence in their undergraduate degree programs for the previous academic year. On October 2nd, 2026 the College hosted an Honors Convocation to recognize these students during the U of A Family Weekend.

Library and information science, housed in the College of Information Science, ranked No. 4 globally and No. 3 in the United States in the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.

The U of A submitted a new capital improvement plan and extended the contract for for R. Ken Coit Director of Athletics Desireé Reed-Francois at this week's Arizona Board of Regents meeting.

New research shows that X and Y chromosomes drive risk of diseases, including cancer, independent of hormones. Understanding these mechanisms could drive sex-aware medicine.

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.