Student Profiles

Sanghi is one of 53 college students selected for the prestigious scholarship, given every year to students intending to enter government work or public service.

The University of Arizona men's wheelchair basketball team just reached the pinnacle of their sport – the National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Championship. Now, the team – and the whole university – are preparing to host next year's NIWB national tournament.

The public speaking competition, hosted by the Arizona Board of Regents, encourages civil and respectful discourse among students from Arizona's three state universities.

A U of A effort to make hypersonic vehicles faster and more affordable is getting $3.1 million from the U.S. Army. The project will bring the Army closer to deploying Mach-X vehicles.

On Match Day, fourth-year medical students at the U of A College of Medicine – Tucson and College of Medicine – Phoenix found out where they will do their residencies in their chosen specialties.

An exhibit by graduate student Alexis Joy Hagestad invites viewers to walk through a fictional burned forest and listen to trees moving in the wind. Hagestad has experience with wildland firefighting.

A new do-it-yourself digitization space on the University of Arizona campus provides everything needed to convert analog media into a digital format, free of charge.

The University of Arizona is proposing fee changes for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 academic years in accordance with the Arizona Board of Regents' tuition and fee-setting policy.

The National Survey of Student Engagement recognized the U of A for meaningful faculty connections, strong academic support and a campus that emphasizes success.

The Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization recognizes innovative strategies and partnerships fostering global learning opportunities.

The Veterans Education and Transition Services program provides comprehensive support for military-connected students, including help with benefits, academic guidance and peer-to-peer mentoring.

Each year, only 18 student across the U.S. are awarded Churchill Scholarships, which support undergraduate students who wish to pursue a year of master's degree study at Cambridge University.

The University of Arizona has announced there will be no increase in tuition and mandatory fees for resident undergraduates as part of its tuition, fees and housing rates plan for the 2025-26 academic year.

Marcelino A. Perez III, a Tucson native and first-generation college student, will graduate from the U of A this week with a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice studies.

Daniel Cervantes is the recipient of the SBS Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award for winter 2024. His senior capstone research project focused on the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising (often referred to as the LA Riots), aiming to challenge the dominant narratives that frame the event.

Two undergraduates and seven graduate students received the awards. Each overcame personal challenges while achieving academic success and demonstrating a commitment to helping others.

With funding from the Baker Prize researcher, Ufuoma Ovienmhada will investigate the vulnerabilities of U.S. prisons to climate- driven disasters, using satellite imagery to pursue policy change.

Arden Holloway (’24), an honors graduate in urban development and Arabic, received the SBS Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award and is now working as a transit planner and sustainability specialist with Valley Metro in Phoenix.

Researchers from the U of A and ASU this week showcased new techniques to improve urban water use practices. Their work was supported by the Smart Tree Watering Regents' Research Grant.

The "Beyond Fronteras" exhibit at the Historic 1904 Santa Cruz County Courthouse includes photos, videos, paintings and essays about the area's history, culture and people.

We’re excited to introduce seven outstanding students seeking master’s degrees who are ready to leave their mark on their fields!

At the New Frontiers of Sound (NewFoS), students are working side-by-side with world-renowned researchers on cutting-edge studies in topological acoustics—a new field which exploits the complete range of acoustic wave properties.

Students in the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) have been honored by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) with an Honor award in the Research Category for their project “Smart Tree Watering in Southern Arizona’s Urban Environment.”

Yuliia Vyskrebenets is among the 9,300 first-year students who started classes at the U of A this fall. She's working toward a career as an international attorney, with a goal of helping to solve global humanitarian issues.

Honors student Ilana Valenzuela is eager to study aerospace and mechanical engineering. "I genuinely wish there was infinite time to take every class," she said.

After being accepted to 27 colleges, Anastasia Rastelli chose the U of A for its strengths in computer science, physics, artificial intelligence, and film and television.

More than 100 U of A students will graduate with Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees next week, prepared to work as "day-one-ready veterinarians."

The inaugural AI Core + Design Lab Summer Internship partnered with local employers to place students in a fast-paced startup environment and teach them to use AI tools.

From learning about search engine optimization to studying behaviors of echolocating bats, U of A interns and mentors have learned a lot from each other. In the stories below, your colleagues – as well as current and former students – talk about their experiences

The Defense Civilian Training Corps program prepares students for civilian careers in the Department of Defense. Students will share their stories at the DCTC Scholar Showcase.

Paige Wagstaff, a senior in anthropology, interned with the LEEP lab in 2023–24 and is now part of the Undergraduate Biological Research Program, studying samples from Madagascar. In this Q&A, she discussed her research, love for primatology and future goals.

Students have been preparing since 2016 for the launch of CatSat, a student-built small satellite also known as a CubeSat, that will collect data about space weather.

In addition to their coursework, graduate student researchers must balance multiple responsibilities, including teaching and mentoring undergraduates, after-hours grading, writing a dissertation, and managing daily life.

A childhood spent around older adults battling diseases including Alzheimer’s fueled Coco Tirambulo's desire to find new precision medicine treatments.

Read will support student-athletes' success on and off the field as the Tyler Family Endowed Assistant Athletics Director for C.A.T.S. Student-Athlete Development.

The College of Applied Science and Technology received $1 million from Google's Cybersecurity Clinics Fund to establish the clinic.

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have discovered about 80 new supernovas. Their findings provide a new window into the early universe.

Arizona student-athletes had an average GPA of 3.252 in the spring 2024 semester, marking the second highest spring semester GPA in athletic department history.

The University of Arizona Biosphere 2’s research and development team at the Landscape Evolution Observatory, including three student workers, are installing and will reap data from new imaging equipment. 

He is one of only 20 students nationwide to receive the recognition and be invited to the USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum.

The University of Arizona Yuma and three partner colleges have been awarded a USDA grant to equip the next generation of highly skilled agricultural workers and reduce barriers for Hispanic students seeking a bachelor's degree in the career areas of agriculture.

Totsoni Willeto preserves Colonial Era Spanish documents through his work with the Arizona State Museum's Office of Ethnohistorical Research, gaining valuable real-world skills in the process.

Shannon Taylor is a junior pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Geographic Information Systems Technology (GIST) and a minor in Environmental Science from the University of Arizona. She resides on the ancestral land of her mother’s people. Through her coursework, she brings traditional ecological knowledge of the land to her studies.

After completing a B.A. in justice and law from American University, Bryce Dempsey is pursuing a B.S. in pharmaceutical science. He uses his background in law to bridge knowledges in Medicine and practice advocacy.

The University of Arizona is collaborating with Amgen, a global leader in biotechnology, to strengthen the nation’s STEM workforce.

Jacob Blais is a senior studying Natural Resources, and will pursue a Ph.D. in Ecosystem Science. As an intern for a NASA undergraduate research lab, he studies soil respiration in the Sonoran Desert.

As a Next Generation Intern and Biological technician for Saguaro National Park, Maya Tainatongo, an undergraduate student at UArizona, promotes engagement and educates students about ecological processes in the park.

Lexis Meza, a sophomore majoring in Biology, has been selected to join The Earth Grant as a Program Assistant after being a member of last year’s student cohort. She will be co-managing leadership workshops, social media, and outreach activities. 

The Earth Grant, a year-long leadership development program for select students, welcomes this year’s cohort of 24 students.

As a junior majoring in Natural Resources, Nadira Mitchell gets involved on campus and blends her personal interests with her professional goals.

Jamie Irby discusses her experience cleaning the Santa Cruz river and urges residents of Tucson to think deeply about their littering habits. 

Sam Wetherell, a sophomore at UArizona pursuing a double major in PPEL and EWRE, discusses environmental spaces and the intersection between politics, economics, and advocacy.

Earth grant student volunteers carefully save molokhia seeds in the New Roots Garden.

Nicolas Katz, a senior majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, advocates for activism through community building.

Jazz Lewandowski discusses her extensive plant collection through her work at Awareness Ranch and an Earth Grant student.

Stella Heflin, a junior double majoring in Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences and Applied Physics, demonstrates how students can get involved and effect policy.

A group of students clean up trash in the dry Santa Cruz River, studying what they pick up to advocate for better, safer, and cleaner policies and business practices.

Earth grant student, Madison Goforth, volunteers at the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, taking care of animals and small-scale vegetable gardens to provide sustainable and low-cost food.

UArizona Student Engagement & Career Development administers the Graduating Senior Survey to all UArizona graduating seniors and discusses the importance of internships in landing a job.

Brennan Breen, a senior in Chemical Engineering, gets involved on campus through various student groups, and encourages others to do the same.

Peyton Smith, a junior in Environmental studies, talks about her experience with the Tucson community gardens and studying water in the desert.

A third year PhD student, Rebekah Walker, talks about greenhouse research and getting involves on campus.

Ida Sami is a Ph.D. student in the Arid Lands Resource Sciences program. Her research focuses on adaptation planning and environmental science, she explores how heat stress affects pedestrian mobility patterns and their comfort level in multimodal corridors in hot and arid climates.

Get to know Oscar Mendez, a Ph.D. candidate who is studying how the parasite common in cat feces affects neurons in the brain.

Gurtina Besla, a UArizona assistant professor of astronomy, wants today’s students to have what she didn’t: community, paid internships, and clear paths to fulfilling careers—for which they’re actually prepared.

Get to know Stephanie Stewart, an undergraduate student whose contributions to NASA’s first-ever asteroid sample return mission will help ensure a flawless 5-second operation to capture dust from the surface of the asteroid Bennu.

Ayumi Pottenger is an undergraduate student studying molecular and cellular biology in the hopes of developing treatments for those with Parkinson’s disease while elucidating some of the mysteries of the brain.

Thomas Moon, a postdoctoral scholar who studies how enzymes function and interact with each other, talks about the process of research and getting out of one's comfort zone.

Earyn McGee is a PhD student who studies the effects of stream drying on lizard communities.

Using less than a third of the money it’d take to buy them off the shelf, five UA undergraduates built two telescopes for satellite observation—one of which will live in a once abandoned observatory.