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A group of students smile together while gathering around a table decorated in a red cloth with red and blue balloons in the background.

First Doctor of Physical Therapy Program students begin studies

The Class of 2028 met for the first time and kicked off its three-year journey in the long-awaited program.

Nursing student Misty L. Pagán, DNP, poses for a photo in an outdoor setting. She is wearing a white coat over a blue dress and has a stethoscope wrapped around her neck.

From grief to purpose: How a PhD student discovered her calling in nursing

A researcher wearing a white lab coat and blue gloves holds a petri dish up to her face, examining it closely in a laboratory setting.

AZBio Awards to honor two U of A faculty members, startup company

An action photo of a football player wearing a white helmet, blue jersey and white pants trimmed in red and blue while running a football.

Athletes team up with the Valley Fever Center for Excellence

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Honoring Health Sciences Veterans

R. Ken Coit, a 1967 College of Pharmacy graduate, announces a gift of $50 million to the college during a ceremony that also renamed the college after Coit.

Pharmacy Alumnus R. Ken Coit Donates $50 Million to College

An attendee of the inaugural HealthTech Connect event tries his hand at 8chili Inc’s virtual reality trainer.

HealthTech Connect Advancing Health Technology Development in Arizona

Erika Grasse (front left) keeps her distance as venomous reptile curator Dan Massey, PharmD, BCPS, shows her how to identify a Western Diamondback rattlesnake at the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center (AzPDIC) located in the College of Pharmacy.

Seeing Snakes, Spiders and Scorpions Up Close to Save Someone

Stephanie Carroll (Ahtna), DrPH, MPH, grew up in a household with a public health professional and an Indigenous physicist who showed her the importance of relationships with the non-human world – plants, animals, soils and the cosmos – for our well-being.

Honoring Health Sciences Experts for Women in Medicine Month

Danielle Crooke and Sarah Bricker (dark hair) are reflected in a window outside of Crowder Hall after their Doctor of Nursing Practice white coat ceremony.

Doctor of Nursing Practice Students Receive Their White Coats

2021 Primary Care Physician Scholarship Recipients

The Health Sciences Innovation Building is filled with cool and creative spaces to study, or just hang around – like this student on the sixth-floor open-air balcony where there are two hanging wicker chairs.

Show Us Your Favorite Places on the Health Sciences Campuses

During the smudging ceremony, Dr. Carlos Gonzales holds the shell containing the burning herbs for a student to pull the smoke over himself as part of the blessing.

Ceremony Honors Individuals Who Donate Their Bodies to Science

Ariel Alonzo is hooded during the College of Nursing’s August commencement at Centennial Hall.

College of Nursing Honors Graduates in Summer Convocation

Alyssa Joe (left) and Angel Leslie, students from Diné College in northern Arizona, took part in the Undergraduate Readying for Burgeoning Research for American Indian Neuroscientists (URBRAIN) program, which places Native students at the center of neuroscience research.

Empowering Native Students in Neuroscience Discovery

COM-P Class of 2024’s Long-Awaited White Coat Ceremony