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Rick G. Schnellmann, PhD, professor and Howard J. Schaeffer Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, has authored and co-authored 24 research papers in the last 19 months. Building on his decades of research, Schnellmann pursues additional avenues beyond his kidney research to improve patient outcomes and drug efficacy. “I am grateful to have published these great publications with outstanding researchers,” shared Schnellmann. “I applaud all of them.”

Residents of Tucson's south side might remember drinking from the garden hose and bathing their children in tap water. For years, that water was contaminated with industrial solvents that had leaked into the groundwater their wells drew from.

Dozens of faculty members, postdoctoral scholars and research associates will be recognized for their achievements in research, teaching, service and mentoring at the 2026 Luminaries: Outstanding Faculty Awards ceremony on Sept. 23 at Centennial Hall.

Four teams of researchers and clinicians across the University of Arizona and Banner Health have been selected to receive up to $250,000 each to advance promising health discoveries toward clinical use and improved patient care. 

The United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas, the Trump administration announced Monday.

A national clinical trial led by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson found that treating young children with an oral bacterial extract did not reduce the risk of severe wheezing and respiratory illnesses that can precede asthma.

To ensure that Indigenous peoples’ rights and knowledge are recognized in scientific data and scholarly publishing, a team of Indigenous scholars led by Lydia Jennings, an assistant professor of environmental studies, has established Guidelines for the Governance of Indigenous Peoples’ Data in Scholarly Publishing.

A new $27 million layer of technology at the city's 32-year-old southside water treatment plant will bring more efficient and effective cleanup of PFAS compounds known as "forever chemicals" from that area's long-polluted aquifer, Tucson Water officials said.