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Native American Superheroes Get a Chance to Fly

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Education funding changed by Prop 123; meet library writer-in-residence Adrienne Celt, former UA student goes for gold at the Olympics.
An artist's conception of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft at the asteroid Bennu

OSIRIS-REx Mission Undergoing Finishing Touches for Launch

Scientists say spacecraft in good shape; scheduled launch is 34 days away.
The University of Arizona's 28-acre College of Medicine campus in downtown Phoenix.

UA Phoenix Med School Under Regents' Scrutiny

Board will hold meetings to review medical community complaints.
Scarab or figeater beetles are common during the Sonoran desert's hot summer months when they come out to eat and breed.

Bright Green Beetle Makes a Sonoran Desert Appearance

Iridescent insect is active during summer months in Southern Arizona.
Colorized cancer cells

UA Cancer Center contributes to VP Biden's Cancer Moonshot

Effort seeks to complete a decade’s worth of research in 5 years, focusing on ovarian cancer.
The sun rises through the trees in the Coronado National Forest.

UA Research Finds Trees May Absorb Less CO2

North American forest growth slowing because of climate change, tree ring study reveals.
Kagan Supreme Court Hearings

Supreme Court Justice Kagan Reschedules Tucson Visit

Will deliver UA College of Law Lecture next month and visit with law students.
An artist's concept of select planetary discoveries made by NASA's Kepler space telescope.

Astronomers, Led by UA, Confirm 100-Plus New Planets

Celestial bodies could contain clues about our solar system's formation.

Tucson Police, African American Communities Evaluate Relationship

Success working together creates a less-divided community, they say.
David Sbarra, associate professor & director of clinical training at the University of Arizona Department of Psychology, and Mary-Frances O’Connor, Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona Department of Psychology, discuss how the impact of mental illness can reach well beyond the mind.

UA Alzheimer's Research Looks at Aging Female Brain

Scientist considers reproductive milestones as triggers
Scientists study the effects of aging on the brain.

UA Researchers Focus on Healthy Aging Brain

Dementia, Alzheimer's are not inevitable.
An artist's impression shows a view of the triple star system HD 131399 from close to the giant planet orbiting in the system.

UA Student Discovers Distant Planet in Three-Star System

Four times Jupiter's mass, celestial body can offer clues to planetary formation.
Old Main on the University of Arizona campus.

Arizona Geological Survey Folds into UA Campus

State offices closed; funding to come from the UA for one year.
NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter will examine the origin and evolution of the solar system's largest planet.

UA Scientist to Delve into Jupiter's Secrets in Flyby

Juno spacecraft reaches solar system's largest planet July 4 after five-year journey.

Tucson Optics Industry Brings Good Jobs, Needs Workers

Industry has shrunken in recent years; new companies want it to regain prominence.
Students walk across the UA Mall as the sun sets in the background. Photo taken December 10th, 2015.

Students Ponder Impact of University Leadership Change

President Ann Weaver Hart to step down as president by 2018.

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