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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

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

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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

Onicio Leal Neto, PhD, MPH, stands at a desk next to a table full of people with laptops open in front of them.

Public Health launches first AI summer program

Portrait of professor Rina Fox smiling as she stands in front of a red wall with a large “A” on it.

Nursing’s Rina Fox recognized for work in behavioral cancer care

Portrait of Olivia Mitchel

Medical student awarded Hillel Foundation scholarship

A woman wearing a facemask and stethoscope speaks with a mother with a baby on her lap

New U of A 3-year medical degree program receives ABOR approval

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New degree positions students for success in growing medical device industry

Portrait of Silvia Xu standing outside in front of some flowers and a brick building.

Nursing’s Silvia Xu awarded U of A Staff Award of Excellence

Portrait of Rick G. Schnellmann, PhD, standing with his arms folded in front of him.

Rick G. Schnellmann honored by Southern Arizona VA

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Smart sensors and smarter health: How AI and wearables are reimagining preventive health care

Fariba Donovan, MD, PhD, holds a pipette in a gloved hand in a lab at the University of Arizona Valley Fever Center for Excellence.

Fariba Donovan works to keep “The Last of Us” in fictional realm

2 Health Sciences-led teams win awards in Big Idea Challenge

Student explains adaptive foot pedal prototype to professor in Health Sciences Design makerspace

Professor’s teaching philosophy builds confidence with technology, sparks student creativity

An illustration of a T cell with Y chromosomes next to a cancer tumor, with a T cell without Y chromosomes in the background

Study shows loss of Y in blood cells hinders immune response to cancer