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A professor speaks with a student in a lab with computer language on the screen behind them.

Ready or not, AI is in your classroom

Faculty are experimenting with ways to include artificial intelligence in their curriculum and allowing students to use AI platforms in their work.

A photo illustration featuring 1950s Arizona Daily Star newspaper clippings and photos with the words Women’s History Month.

Nursing’s founding mothers were devoted to research

March 3, 2025

First deans pushed for school’s founding to counter a shortage of nurses and stimulate the profession’s growth in Arizona.

Portrait of Gabriela Valdez, PhD, standing outside.

Gabriela Valdez brings global perspective to public health

Feb. 17, 2025

As director of Global Education for the Global Health Institute, Valdez helps students gain valuable perspectives through life-changing experiences.

Karen Weihs, MD, and Richard D. Lane, MD, PhD, looking at each other and smiling.

Birds of a feather flourish together

Feb. 10, 2025

U of A researchers Richard Lane and Karen Weihs create “Lovebird Scale” to measure the quality of long-term relationships.

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Update from the SVP

Theodorescu joins U of A Health Sciences as Cancer Center director

I am pleased to announce that Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD, is joining the University of Arizona Health Sciences as the director of the U of A Cancer Center on March 1.

Honors & Awards

Portrait of Brian M. Pearse standing outside smiling.

Physiology’s Brian Pearse wins national advising award

Monday

Rick G. Schnellmann, PhD, stands outside smiling as he leans on a sign that reads, “R. Ken Coint College of Pharmacy.”

Pharmacy’s Dean Rick G. Schnellmann selected as ASPET fellow

March 6, 2025

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A professor places a sash on the shoulders of a graduate. Both are wearing caps and gowns. — Xiaoxiao Sun, PhD, an associate professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, hoods Drew Baldwin, PhD, for earning his doctorate during the college’s 2024 fall convocation at Centennial Hall.

Photo by Noelle Haro-Gomez, U of A Health Sciences Office of Communications

Jan. 13, 2025

Zuckerman College of Public Health honors fall graduates

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