One of the defining moments of the rivalry between the University of Arizona and Arizona State University happened not on the basketball court, but in legislative halls and Board of Regents meetings. A key player in the process to establish a medical school in Arizona was William R. Mathews, editor and publisher of the Arizona…
The state of education in the United States is an intensely debated topic as the U.S. education rank has slipped to 14th in the world according to Pearson’s Global Index of Cognitive Skills and Educational Attainment. In an attempt to resurface in the upper echelon of the world’s top education systems, 43 states have adopted…
Want to quit smoking? There is an app for that. Made in Arizona. Researchers and entrepreneurs are developing apps to make Arizonans healthier, and they also are testing existing mobile health devices to see if they actually work. “We can now empower people to take their health into their own hands,” said Dr. David G….
SinfoniaRx is a software company that helps pharmacists prescribe prescription drugs that won’t have harmful interactions in patients. Metropia is an app improving the commutes of users by encouraging more efficient driving. Both of these companies started out as initiatives brought about by University of Arizona faculty through the school’s technology transfer program called Tech…
Former University of Arizona football player Matt Scott, who was at Arizona from 2008-2012, will be remembered as one of the most-productive quarterbacks in school history. But 6 1/2 years since he first arrived at the university, Scott is still without a degree, a circumstance that isn’t unfamiliar to former Arizona student athletes. The graduation success rate for…
