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The new Banner-University Medical Center tower opened April 22.

New Banner hospital tower open for business

Enhanced patient care and sweeping views combine in state-of-the-art medical center .
Animal cognition researchers are discovering how dogs learn to recognize their owners while ignoring strangers.

Your Dog Can Recognize You. UA Researchers Want to Know How

Understanding the animal mind is a way for researchers to better understand human behavior.
Lindsey Malecha warms up with her UA Women's Basketball teammates at the McKale Memorial Center in January 2019.

UA Athlete On Successes On and Off the Court

Lindsey Malecha is a basketball player and aspiring surgeon.
University of Arizona President Bobby Robbins sits for an interview with Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera at Old Main on May 7, 2019.

UA President on What's Next After Forum on Free Speech

The event followed protests demanding Border Patrol be banned from campus.
University of Arizona President Bobby Robbins gives opening remarks at a Campus Conversations forum to address free speech on campus on April 23, 2019.

UA President; Interstate 11 Hearings; Student Athlete

University of Arizona President Bobby Robbins discusses the role of free speech on campus.
A Salvation Army truck on the UA campus at the end of the 2018-19 school year.

Departing Students' Stuff Headed to Tucson Thrift Stores

The Salvation Army is getting the household items UA dorm dwellers leave behind.
Dr. Mae C. Jemison during her 1992 mission as crew member on the space shuttle Endeavor.

Dr. Mae C. Jemison: "Living Deeply and Looking Up"

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Artists wish UA students good luck during finals week; Exploring Persian fairy tales and women in mythology; Adiba Nelson on the challenges of being a mom.
A file image of a patient receiving a vaccine.

Researcher Working to Match Immunology With Stem Cells

Deepta Bhattacharya studies efficiency in the body's response to infections.
The UA Poetry Center likely is home to around 4 million poems, according to Tyler Meier.

UA Students Bridging Art and Medicine at Poetry Center

The course for medical students was designed around artwork and written experiences from patients, doctors and caregivers.
Climate change will mean hotter temperatures and likely longer periods of drought for the Southwest.

Climate Change Making Southwest Hotter

A UA professor lays out the changes for congressional committee.
InSight's domed Wind and Thermal Shield covers its seismometer. The image was taken on the 110th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The seismometer is called Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure, or SEIS.

NASA Announces First Detection of ‘Marsquake’

While scientists had picked up vibrations before, the recent detection was the first clearly coming from the planet.
Gov. Doug Ducey appointed Anthony Rusk as 2019-21 student regent for the Arizona Board of Regents on April 26, 2019.

UA Sophomore Named Student Regent

Anthony Rusk will become the second Student Regent on the board.
Protesters make their way to Old Main at the University of Arizona on April 10, 2019. They were demonstrating in support of three students cited for protesting a presentation given in a classroom by Border Patrol agents in March.

Debating Free Speech

A protest and arrest on the University of Arizona campus has raised questions about free speech.
Guatemalan father with his 5 year old daughter. It took father and daughter almost two weeks to get to the Arizona border. They are asylum seekers staying at a temporary shelter opened by the City of Tucson to relieve the overflow of migrants at Tucson shelters. (April 18, 2019)

The City of Tucson Offers Hope to Migrants in Need

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Go backstage at Tucson High Magnet School to preview "Our Border Town"; Tucson poet laureate TC Tolbert receives grant from the Academy of American Poets; And, what would you do with the blessing of extra time to be alive?
Gabriel Schirn is majoring in chemical engineering and piano performance but has several other interests.

Living Each Day to the Fullest After 'Miraculous' Recovery From Bike Crash

A University of Arizona student relishes each day, trying out different activities.
UA President Robert Robbins addresses the audience at an event called "campus conversation," April 23, 2019.

Campus Conversation Looks at Free Speech, Border Patrol Presence

A March incident brought protests and calls for resignations on the UA campus.

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