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Two decades after directing SafeRide as a student, Josh Wright returns to the U of A as chief facilities and planning officer, leading efforts spanning risk, sustainability and long-term space planning – all in the name of supporting student and employee success.

Two University of Arizona Facilities Management workers talk beside a bucket truck on campus. One worker sits inside the raised bucket, wearing gloves and a U of A–branded cap, while the other stands beside the truck, listening. Old Main is visible in the background along with palm trees.

University Facilities Apprenticeship Program builds the next generation of skilled trades workers

The program offers opportunity, flexibility and career paths for those interested in pursuing a career in a trade.

Comet 3I/ATLAS is visible as a smudgy, white speck with a diffuse halo around it against jet-black background of space.

U of A's Mars camera gets close look at comet from interstellar space

HiRISE, a U of A-led Mars imaging camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, found itself closer than any other imaging tool to comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed through the solar system.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan's president highlights U of A partnership as model for linking education, research and industry

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's remarks last month cited a U of A partnership as a model for how academic collaboration can address economic and environmental challenges through applied research.

A group of University of Arizona Police Department officers stand in a line with U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani at the Veteran Servant Leader Award ceremony. The officers wear formal uniforms and medals, and U.S. and Arizona flags are displayed behind them.

In Brief: UAPD honored for veteran leadership, Garimella and Perry opinion column, Department of Entomology named 'top workplace'

Several UAPD officers have been honored as "veteran servant leaders." Also, an op-ed highlights transformational change brought on by the U of A and Banner Health's academic medicine partnership, and the Department of Entomology is named one of Tucson's "top workplaces."

2023 Thanksgiving Dinner To-Go order distribution in the Student Union Memorial Center traffic circle.

Feeding a campus-sized appetite: How Arizona Student Unions pulls off Thanksgiving To-Go

Each year, dozens of employees and thousands of pounds of food come together for a holiday tradition designed to take some stress off your plate.

People gather outside the newly renovated Sprouts House during a sunny daytime event. A white tent shades a table where participants in green shirts sit and eat, while others talk nearby. The restored brick building with green trim stands in the background with banners showing the Sprouts Foundation’s mission.

Taking root: Sprouts House brings new life to abandoned homes

A yearlong collaboration among campus and community partners turned two long-abandoned homes into a living learning lab for Tucson students.

University of Arizona astronomer develops novel method to make AI more trustworthy

A new technique helps artificial intelligence systems recognize when they don't know the answer, addressing "wrong-but-confident" AI outputs across science and society.

U of A expert leads process to codify the first global standard on Indigenous Peoples' data

Nov. 17, 2025

The standard, which advises scientists and professionals how to record provenance for data about and from Indigenous Peoples' nations, communities and territories, is the first of its kind and takes effect during Native American Heritage Month in the U.S.

Arizona Athletics and Casino Del Sol announce $60 million-plus stadium naming rights partnership

Nov. 17, 2025

The University of Arizona and Casino Del Sol, an enterprise of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, announced a 20-year naming rights agreement for Arizona Stadium valued at more than $60 million, the largest such agreement in Big 12 Conference history.