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Tery’ance Horace sits at a table with textbooks in front of him talking to a woman in front of a VETS Military Connected Student Center sign.

Air Force veteran finds new home with MEPN program

Tery’ance Horace traded wings for scrubs and a fresh career at the U of A College of Nursing

Two men hold a giant pair of scissors as they prepare to cut a ceremonial ribbon as a group of about 10 other people look on.

U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix and Onvida Health announce groundbreaking rural health partnership

Two men and a woman, all dressed in hard hats and reflective mining jackets, looks at a mining facility in the distance. Their backs are to the camera.

U of A and mining company launch community health impact assessment in Santa Cruz County

A closeup of a long scar on a woman's shoulder.

A type of immune cell could hold a key to preventing scar tissue buildup in wounds

Uniquely U of A Health Sciences

Mask Fitting for College of Medicine – Tucson Students

The University of Arizona is a national leader in workforce diversity, according to Forbes.

Forbes Names University of Arizona a 'Best Employer for Diversity'

Medical students will participate in a variety of education, mentoring and networking activities during the Oncology Summer Internship program.

UArizona Health Sciences Selected to Participate in Summer Internship Program Aimed at Increasing Diversity in Oncology Workforce

Dakota Reinartz, a doctoral student in the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson, is using the Integrated Cancer Scholars program as a springboard to a career in cancer research.

Taking Aim at Inflammation’s Role in Head and Neck Cancer

UArizona Health Sciences takes a multipronged approach to building a culturally competent and diverse workforce across health professions.

How Education and Research Can Help Fix Health Care Inequity

May Khanna, PhD

Dr. May Khanna Elected Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors

Arizona Lottery Awards $35,000 Scholarship to Future Pediatrician Mary Beth Putz

From left: Justin Billy, microbiology undergraduate student at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Dr. David Baltrus, associate professor at the School of Plant Sciences; and Dr. Michael Johnson, assistant professor at the College of Medicine – Tucson

A Virtual Bridge to Grad School Built During the Pandemic

The hygiene hypothesis, the idea that children exposed to more germs early on in life develop greater immunity and are less likely to get asthma and other diseases, will be explored in a UArizona-led cross-border study.

U.S.-Mexico Asthma Study Examines Hygiene Hypothesis Amid Pandemic

Aging is often viewed through a negative lens, but ignoring its richness may blind us to the value it provides for society.

Demystifying Aging with Arizona’s Gerontologist of the Year

Meredith Hay, PhD

Dr. Meredith Hay Elected Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors

David Harris, PhD, executive director of the UArizona Health Sciences Biorepository (right), and Michael Badowski, PhD, associate research scientist in the Division of the Translational and Regenerative Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the College of Medicine – Tucson (left), are tasked with monitoring the “freezer farm.”

Behind-the-Scenes: Mixing the COVID-19 Vaccine