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The James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences has completed one of the most ambitious fundraising endowed chair campaigns for a single college in the university's history.

University of Arizona researchers suggest the risk of developing dementia after a stroke might be reduced by a drug that could help immune cells process the cholesterol-rich debris generated by a stroke.

The award recognizes the team behind the mission's successful collection of a pristine asteroid sample for laying "the groundwork for forging the next generation of scientists, astronomers, geologists and more."

Jennifer Barton has spent nearly a decade developing a falloposcope to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages. Dr. John Heusinkveld has now successfully used the device to capture images of study participants' fallopian tubes.

The funding will allow for upgrades to the College of Engineering's wind tunnels, strengthening the University of Arizona's position as an academic leader in hypersonics research.

Irina Panyushkina grew up in Siberia, hearing stories of explorers trudging through seas of ice to reach the North Pole. She is now a climate scientist trying to understand how a warming world is transforming the place she called home.

Using observations of the nearby elliptical galaxy Centaurus A, a team of astronomers found an unprecedented number of possible globular clusters – old, dense groups of thousands of stars that all formed at the same time.

Most scientists researching California's extreme weather have focused their investigations on the last decade. But new UArizona research finds that an increasing trend in extreme weather began half a century ago.

In response to the omicron variant of COVID-19, the university has revised its face coverings policy and is continuing to urge testing and vaccination as the spring semester gets underway.

The grant will be split equally between Health Sciences scholarships and the UArizona BIO5 Institute's KEYS Internship Program.