A $2.5 million grant from the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation will support the University of Arizona in developing K-12 programs that educate teachers and students about responsible mining and inspire students to pursue education and careers in the mining industry.

The University of Arizona will establish the Edwin and Alma Lakin Holocaust, Human Rights, and Comparative Genocide Endowed Chair in the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies with a $2 million gift commitment from a lead anonymous donor and additional gifts from Tucson community members.

On Friday, October 18, the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law proudly unveiled its newly constructed, state-of-the-art courtrooms, classroom, and lobby spaces, marking a pivotal moment in the ongoing “A New Day in Court” advocacy initiative.

San Diego resident Nancy Harris was looking for a way to support her alma mater when she visited campus in February 2024 and met Dr. Aaron Barnes, director of the U of A’s Counseling and Psychological Services, or CAPS.

Former U of A president John Schaefer reflects on a life of giving.

The Compton Fund for Exploration offers mini grants to students carving their own paths.

Gifts totaling over $50 million from an anonymous donor are helping researchers in the University of Arizona astronomy department develop technology that could make space telescope missions quicker, more efficient and more cost-effective.

December marks the 10th anniversary of Richard F. Caris’ $20 million gift to the University of Arizona’s astronomy department — a gift that enabled the U of A to become one of 14 founding partners in the Giant Magellan Telescope, or GMT, observatory currently under construction in the Atacama Desert of central Chile.

In high school, first-year Neuroscience and Cognitive Science major Daniella
Bone suffered an injury that forced her to write with her non-dominant hand
for five months. She was drawn to the neuroscience program at the University of Arizona but couldn’t reconcile costs with her internship ambitions and plans to study
abroad. Then, she applied for — and won — a Mars Science Plus Scholarship.

“I like to do hands-on stuff outside,” says Keyan, a seventh grader at Mansfeld Magnet Middle School in Tucson. And thanks to a $1 million gift from the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation — a corporate foundation of Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. — more hands-on gardening experiences are on the horizon for Keyan and thousands of other kids.