The Class of 2021 was recognized at a series of scaled-back live graduation ceremonies, designed with COVID-19 health and safety protocols in mind.

Liliana Rounds discovered a potential prostate cancer biomarker during her graduate studies in the Cancer Biology Interdisciplinary Program.

UArizona has several public health measures in place for the 18 in-person outdoor graduation ceremonies going on until next Tuesday. Joseph Demirjian, a graduate of the College of Medicine – Tucson and Victor Ruiz, a graduate of the College of Pharmacy, are interviewed.

Jordan Karp, MD, an expert on mental health in the aging population, will deliver the keynote address at the Arizona Arthritis Center’s Living Healthy With Arthritis Conference.

Health Sciences researchers share images captured under the microscope.

At the start of the pandemic, College of Nursing student Susi Vidal found herself stuck at home with her family. She began watching videos on the popular social media platform TikTok, and soon began making her own content. She has now reached 1 million followers. Vidal’s future plan is to balance both sides of her life: her professional career as a nurse and her social media career as a comedic cooking influencer.

The College of Medicine – Tucson said farewell to the 50th graduating class on May 12, 2021, at the Cole and Jeannie Davis Sports Center. About 100 graduates took a big step in their medical career.

Neuroscientists explain how diseases, including Alzheimer's, are linked to hormones and stress. Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, the director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science, says a paradigm shift is happening in terms of how neuroscientists and doctors are thinking about women’s brain health. Rather than treating symptoms when women are older and cognitively too far gone, they need to take brain-health boosting steps now.

Nearly 120 medical students will add MD behind their names after an in-person graduation ceremony with family and friends at the Davis Sports Center.