The film, about migrants going missing in rural Texas, was co-directed by adjunct instructor Lisa Molomot and edited by associate professor Jacob Bricca. It won a Peabody Award in the documentary category.

President Robert C. Robbins will confer about 8,000 bachelor's, master's, doctoral and professional degrees at the university's 159th Commencement on May 12. The 90-minute ceremony will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Arizona Stadium and will be streamed live on YouTube.

The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Bridgestone, focuses on growing and processing guayule (pronounced why-OO-lee), a hardy, perennial shrub that could be an alternative source of natural rubber.

A new Webb Space Telescope image of the bright, nearby star Fomalhaut reveals its planetary system with details never seen before, including nested concentric rings of dust. These belts most likely are carved by the gravitational forces produced by embedded, unseen planets.

A four-person crew sealed themselves in an air-tight pressurized habitat, called the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars, for six days to practice what it might be like to live on the surface of another celestial body.

Nominated by faculty and peers, this year's seven student award winners were selected based on their determination, notable achievements and positive contributions to their families and communities.

The Pima Joint Technical Education District's new center, which is expected to open next year, will offer local high school students education and experience to prepare them for careers in health care and medicine.

More than two dozen UArizona students have been offered prestigious graduate fellowships totaling nearly $1.2 million. The awards come from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, NASA, National Institutes of Health and other organizations.

The Wildcat Writers program brings together teachers and students from UArizona and local high schools to work on shared writing projects. The community-based education program recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.

UArizona inventors were issued 92 patents in 2022 for innovations that included a technique for imaging cancer cells, a wearable 3D augmented reality display and an antioxidant sunscreen.