Image Creating Curiosity Oct. 15, 2024 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. Read more
Image Sowing Seeds Oct. 15, 2024 “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. Read more
Image Building Bridges Oct. 15, 2024 In November 2023, the University of Arizona’s Indigenous Resilience Center, or IRes, announced the receipt of a $2 million award from the Waverley Street Foundation. The award is unique in allowing the center, which was founded in 2021, to bolster and develop its operations while also becoming a source of support to tribal groups in the region through the distribution of smaller grants. Read more
Image Ken Coit's Dream Oct. 15, 2024 In 2021, Ken Coit ’67 made a $50 million gift to name the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy and set it on a path to unparalleled excellence. At the time, Coit declared it his dream to see Arizona’s pharmacy program ranked as one of the top three in the country. Since he made his transformational gift in 2021, the Coit College of Pharmacy has climbed to No. 4 in Blue Ridge Rankings for NIH funding. Read more
Image Reaching Out Oct. 15, 2024 Arizona is facing a severe shortage of primary care providers, and, based on data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, nearly 70% of communities designated as primary care Health Professional Shortage Areas are in rural parts of the state. Read more
Image Transformative Education Oct. 15, 2024 An anonymous gift is fueling cross-disciplinary collaboration at the Center for University Education Scholarship. Read more
Image A Wider Lens Oct. 15, 2024 In 2021, the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona opened the 2,131-square-foot Alice Chaiten Baker Interdisciplinary Gallery, the center’s first on-site gallery expansion in over two decades. Read more
Image Think Globally Oct. 15, 2024 The Lovejoy Center aims to protect biodiversity through policy. Read more
Image Changing the Game Oct. 15, 2024 Gifts from Vicki and Jim Click and Jeannie and Cole Davis are supporting Adaptive Athletics. Read more
Image Paying Dividends Oct. 15, 2024 Eller students are getting real-world experience managing a portion of the endowment portfolio. Read more