Higher education

A decade ago, Arizona leaders set a goal designed to boost our state’s future by boosting our state’s students post high-school graduation. By 2030, 70% of the state’s graduates would continue their education in college, or in trade school or community college.

A common farming device could become a critical solution in Salt River Project's wildfire mitigation efforts.

Quasars are incredibly bright objects at the center of galaxies, made of black holes eating gas and dust.

Kerr Kriisa was indicted under seal in West Virginia last month. The now unsealed indictment says in 2022, he began taking in more than $2 million by lying and posing as other people.

A research project involving Arizona’s three public universities aims to get a better sense of how much water is in Arizona’s groundwater basins — and figure out how to get more water into aquifers, rather than being lost to evaporation.

Leaders in the Space Force say the University of Arizona's proximity to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and its robust space research helped lead to the partnerships.

Researchers from the University of Arizona found that climate change is causing more species to go extinct in temperate regions than tropical ones. Temperate regions are now warming faster.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture grant will go toward preparing the state for the potential arrival of the flesh-eating parasite, which appeared in Texas for the first time in decades last month.

The University of Arizona has transferred $70 million from its endowment to the school’s direct control. The move happened on Tuesday, the last day of the fiscal year.

Arizona’s new state budget doesn’t include funding for the Community College Adult Education Workforce Program. It’s a loss of about $6 million a year for adult learners statewide.