GCR Update

For the fifth consecutive year, UArizona is ranked No. 1 in the U.S. in water resources in ShanghaiRanking's 2021 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.

Three new members will join the Arizona Board of Regents to fill vacant seats on the body that oversees the state's three public universities.

The University of Arizona will be a research partner in a cybersecurity consortium that includes several academic institutions in southeastern Michigan. The work will be funded by a $1.12-million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense.

U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva recently announced $50,000 in federal money to treat 158 acres of buffelgrass at three sites in the Tucson Mountains. The funding will support a partnership of 22 different stakeholders, including the University of Arizona.

Governor Doug Ducey today announced Buchanan Davis, University of Arizona's Senior Director for Municipal County Strategic Initiatives, will join his office as the new Natural Resources Policy Advisor, a key position that will help shape Arizona’s approach to issues such as fighting wildfires, forest health, water quality and mining. 

For the fifth time in six years, the University of Arizona is among 200 colleges and universities featured in The Princeton Review's "Best Value Colleges".

Arizona Edge, offered through a partnership between the university's Department of Athletics and the Eller College of Management, focuses on personal brand management, business development, financial literacy, networking as well as aspects of business law to optimize the decision-making process and enhance name, image and likeness opportunities.

The University of Arizona is welcoming its first class into the new Accelerated Pathway to Medical Education Program.

A $1.3 million grant from the Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program will allow University of Arizona researchers to further study how synthetic chemicals known as PFAS move through soil and threaten groundwater.

Gov. Doug Ducey appointed Kathryn Hackett King, a member of the Arizona Board of Regents and his former aide, to the Arizona Supreme Court, making her the fifth female justice in state history.