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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

Insee Ekstrom checks to see if Hal, the young manikin, is breathing at the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center (ASTEC) booth, where they taught CPR and airway skills during the recent Family SciFest at Children's Museum Tucson.

Health Sciences is a Hit with Kids at Family SciFest Event

Cholesterol Buildup in Brain Presents New Target to Reduce Dementia Risk from Stroke

Madison Brandt, RN, is the first University of Arizona Health Sciences graduate student to pursue a dual Pharmacy-Nursing degree at the university. Her story is one of the top 10 Health Sciences Connect stories of 2021.

The Top 10 Health Sciences Connect Stories of 2021

$2.3M Endowment for the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy

Pharmacy.

Study Seeks to Improve Medication Adherence, Reduce Hypertension Disparities

Kathleen E. Rodgers, PhD, professor of pharmacology and associate director of Translational Neuroscience at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Innovations in Brain Science (CIBS), holds more than 50 U.S. patents, has six drugs in discovery and development, has founded four companies, and has authored nearly 200 scientific papers.

From Field Research as a Teenager to Brain Researcher at CIBS

Maya Sarihan, MD, then a College of Medicine – Tucson 4th year medical student, administers a COVID-19 vaccine to an agricultural laborer at the Consulate of Mexico in Douglas, Arizona, as part of a MOVE UP clinic hosted by UArizona Health Sciences.

MOVE UP Outreach Dispenses 36,000 COVID-19 Vaccines

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

Arizona Board of Regents' Ron Shoopman, College of Pharmacy Dean Dr. Rick G. Schnellmann, R. Ken Coit, Donna Coit, Lauryn Coit Ackley, UArizona President Dr. Robert C. Robbins and UArizona Foundation President and CEO JP Roczniak stand in front of the just-unveiled R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy signage after the announcement of a $50 million gift from the Coit Family Foundation.

College of Pharmacy Gets New Name with Gift from R. Ken Coit

UArizona Alumnus R. Ken Coit Commits $50M to Advance College of Pharmacy

Richard H. Carmona MD, MPH, FACS

Dr. Richard Carmona Honored with Alumni Public Service Award

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