The University of Arizona Honors College became the W.A. Franke Honors College in recognition of a $25 million gift commitment made by William A. "Bill" Franke, his wife, Carolyn, and the Franke family.

Jimenez will enter his senior year as the university's inaugural Charles Schwab Foundation endowed scholarship recipient. The $3.5 million scholarship program was established by the global financial services company in the spring to serve students from underrepresented communities.

The University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine has announced a $300,000 gift from Paul Stamets, an internationally known mycologist and advocate of the medical benefits of mushrooms.

University of Arizona alumni Amanda and Matthew Kaufmann increased their estate gift to the university, planning a sizable legacy to both the Creative Writing Program in the Department of English and the College of Engineering.

A new scholarship honoring James P. Sfarnas is funded by his daughter, Paula Fasseas, and her husband, Peter Fasseas. The scholarship supports undergraduate and graduate students studying Greek language, civilization, and culture.

As the Library and Information Science Program celebrates its 50th anniversary, it finds a stalwart supporter in Nan Schubel, an alumna from its first graduating class.

The COVID-19 pandemic has tested each of us as individuals. As a community, we’ve shown our ability to join together in the face of adversity.

The late Joe Smeeding ’15 loved making people laugh so life could feel a little easier — even through two years of intense treatment for glioblastoma multiforme, a fast-acting brain cancer that took his life, at age 26, in January 2018.

The fast-growing Personal and Family Financial Planning program in the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences received a major boost from the Charles Schwab Foundation. Starting in 2021-22 two selected students in the UA’s PFFP program will be eligible for $10,000 scholarships over their junior and senior years.