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The Western Collegiate Hockey League (WCHL) is a Division 1 collegiate ice hockey league in the ACHA , which is the highest non-varsity Club Level for college hockey. The ACHL is made up of ten teams from the Western United States .

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73-567: In 2012, the WCHL was created and played its first season in the ACHA in 2013-14 with six founding member teams. Arizona , Arizona State , Central Oklahoma , and Oklahoma joined the league after competing as ACHA D-1 Independent programs. Those four teams, joined Colorado and Colorado State , who made the transition to from ACHA D-2 to ACHA D-1. In the WCHL's first two years of competition, they won back-to-back ACHA D-1 National Championships, which

146-682: A $ 50 million renewal grant. Rebranded in late 2015 as "CyVerse", the collaborative cloud-based data management platform is moving beyond life sciences to provide cloud-computing access across all scientific disciplines. In June 2011, the university announced it would assume full ownership of the Biosphere 2 scientific research facility in Oracle, Arizona . Biosphere 2 was constructed by private developers (funded mainly by Texas businessman and philanthropist Ed Bass ) with its first closed system experiment commencing in 1991. The university had been

219-537: A Pass/Fail basis. In the last two years, students complete clinical clerkships at a number of Tucson-area hospitals and have the option to rotate in Phoenix as well. Grades for the last two years are assigned on a Pass/Fail/Honors basis. This system is similar to the curriculum of most other medical schools. The college also offers three dual degree programs: a joint MD/PhD , Masters of Public Health (MD/MPH), and Masters of Business Administration (MD/MBA) degree through

292-539: A Phoenix-based architectural firm, the theater was awarded the 2003 Citation Award from the American Institute of Architects , Arizona Chapter. The Computer Science department's webcam provides a live feed of the campus as seen from the top of the Gould-Simpson building (the tallest classroom building on campus at 10 stories). The Berger Memorial Fountain at the west entrance of Old Main honors

365-472: A cap of 25% of the incoming class. Starting in the 2011–2012 cycle, this cap was raised to 50% due to the increased number of seats at the recently established Phoenix campus. The College of Medicine, like most medical schools across the country, does not allow international students unless recommended by a faculty of the college and approved by the Dean under very special circumstances. The average GPA and MCAT for

438-461: A courtyard with vending machines, and an expanded computer lab with several dozen workstations and 3D printing . Computers and 3D printing are available for use by the general public (with some restrictions) as well as by UA students, faculty and staff. University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson , located in Tucson, Arizona ,

511-585: A cutting edge air conditioning system and 55,000-gallon water-harvesting tank. Designed to resemble a slot canyon in the Sonoran Desert, the 150,000 sq. ft. building focuses on adaptation and reducing our carbon footprint. The Student Union Memorial Center, on the north side of the Mall east of Old Main, was completely reconstructed between 2000 and 2003. It replaced a 270,000-square-foot (25,000 m ) structure originally opened in 1951 with additions during

584-479: A financial crisis, allegedly "losing track of more than $ 240 million through accounting errors and flawed financial projections." Subsequent investigative reporting by The Arizona Republic linked much of the crisis to the university's purchase of Ashford University, accusing university administrators of knowing that Ashford was experiencing "a downward enrollment spiral that began years before [the purchase] and dismal graduation and retention rates". In April 2024,

657-536: A formal NCAA D-1 ice hockey program for the 2015–16 season. This move left the WCHL with five members until the league announced the additions of Arkansas who created a new ACHA D-1 hockey club after years of success at the ACHA D-3 level, and Missouri State who moved up from the ACHA D-2 level on January 12, 2015. Not to be confused, Arizona State 's NCAA D-1 team is the only Independent men's hockey team in

730-464: A former student. Following the crime, the university commissioned an independent investigation of campus safety. Following that investigation and one of their own that faulted the university for failing to act on warnings and protect the campus, the university's faculty senate voted " no confidence " in the president and many other leaders at the university. In 2023, the University of Arizona faced

803-671: A large research institution. It started in 1962 with an acceptance of seventy-five students and has grown to 5,508 in the academic year 2016–2017. It was renamed from the Honors College to the W.A. Franke Honors College in recognition of a $ 25 million gift commitment made by William A. "Bill" Franke . Arizona is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The University of Arizona aims to reach $ 1 billion annually in research expenditures. The university achieved $ 954 million in FY2023, which places it among

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876-588: A university. Reaching the planet's surface in May 2008, the mission's purpose was to improve knowledge of the Martian Arctic. The Arizona Radio Observatory , a part of Steward Observatory , operates the Submillimeter Telescope on Mount Graham . The National Science Foundation funded the iPlant Collaborative in 2008 with a $ 50 million grant. In 2013, iPlant Collaborative received

949-697: Is a member of the Association of American Universities . The University of Arizona is affiliated with two academic medical centers, Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix . Known as the Arizona Wildcats (often shortened to "Cats"), the UA's intercollegiate athletic teams were members of the Pac-12 Conference of the NCAA . The university joined

1022-466: Is one of three MD granting medical schools in the state of Arizona , affiliated with the University of Arizona . The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix was initially established as a branch campus in 2007, but became an independent medical school in 2012. The College of Medicine – Tucson campus is located at the University of Arizona Health Sciences (UAHS) center on the campus of

1095-523: Is roughly divided into quadrants. The north and south sides of campus are delineated by a grassy expanse called the Mall, which stretches from Old Main eastward to the campus' eastern border at Campbell Avenue (a major north–south arterial street). The west and east sides of campus are separated roughly by Highland Avenue and the Student Union Memorial Center (see below). The science and mathematics buildings tend to be clustered in

1168-498: Is still in effect for every public medical school in Arizona, making Arizona the only state which prohibits the teaching of abortion in public universities. To address this issue, Planned Parenthood implemented a rotation for obstetrics and gynecology (Ob/Gyn) residents to receive abortion training to meet Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements. Residents and medical students have thus maintained

1241-639: The Cassini spacecraft orbit around Saturn is larger than any other university globally. The U of A laboratory designed and operated the atmospheric radiation investigations and imaging on the probe. The UA operates the HiRISE camera, a part of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter . While using the HiRISE camera in 2011, UA alumnus Lujendra Ojha and his team discovered proof of liquid water on

1314-519: The Arizona Board of Regents . As of Fall 2023 , the university enrolled 53,187 students in 19 separate colleges/schools, including the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson along with the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix and the James E. Rogers College of Law . The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity". UA also

1387-526: The Big 12 Conference on August 2, 2024. UA athletes have won national titles in several sports, most notably men's basketball, baseball, and softball. After the passage of the Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862 , the push for a university in Arizona grew. The Arizona Territory's " Thieving Thirteenth " Legislature approved the University of Arizona in 1885 and selected the city of Tucson to receive

1460-763: The CERN-LHC ATLAS Collaboration in 1994. Arizona has a strategic program to attract foreign scholars, in particular from China. According to the 2015–2016 Association of Research Libraries' "Spending by University Research Libraries" report, UA libraries are ranked as the 37th overall university library in North America (out of 114) for university investment. As of 2012 , the UA's library system contains over six million print volumes, 1.1 million electronic books, and 74,000 electronic journals. The Main Library, opened in 1976, serves as

1533-529: The Index Herbarium. The campus also boasts hundreds of olive trees many of which were planted by Prof. Robert H. Forbes. Many of these trees are over a hundred years old. The University of Arizona, like its sister institutions Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University , is governed by the Arizona Board of Regents or the ABOR, a 12-member body. Eight volunteer members are appointed by

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1606-794: The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS), and several other hospitals in the Tucson area. Many of the privately employed Tucson-area physicians and all physicians who practice at the SAVAHCS hospital have University of Arizona faculty appointments. Residency programs Fellowship programs The College of Medicine – Tucson is divided into a number of basic science and clinical departments. Clinical departments provide medical care (through Banner – University Medical Center [at both Tucson and South campus hospitals]), teaching and perform research. Faculty in

1679-604: The University of Arizona and is governed by the Arizona Board of Regents. Traditionally, the college accepted Arizona residents exclusively. However, beginning the 2009–2010 incoming class, the school changed its policy to allow for admission of "highly-qualified," non-residents. The College of Medicine at the University of Arizona was founded in 1967 with an initial class of 32 students. It has since grown to enroll approximately 125 students annually and has graduated over 4,000 physicians since its inception. Beginning in

1752-516: The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix and the recruitment and admissions processes for the two colleges are now independent. Though the Phoenix campus began as collaboration between the University of Arizona, Arizona State University , and the neighboring Translational Genomics Research Institute , Arizona State University pulled out of the partnership in April 2010, citing state budget cuts. Both colleges are now associated solely with

1825-563: The " genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestine " and called for divestment . The main campus' 179 buildings sit on 380 acres (1.5 km ) in central Tucson, about one mile (1.6 km) northeast of downtown. Roy Place , a prominent Tucson architect, designed many of the early buildings, including the Arizona State Museum buildings (one of them the 1927 main library) and Centennial Hall. Place's use of red brick set

1898-501: The (1976) main library. Speedway Boulevard, one of Tucson's primary east–west arterial streets, traditionally defined the northern boundary of campus but since the 1980s, several university buildings have been constructed directly on, and north of, this street, expanding into a neighborhood traditionally filled with apartment complexes and single-family homes. The university has purchased a handful of these apartment complexes for student housing in recent years. Sixth Street typically defines

1971-472: The 1960s and early 1970s. The building was designed to mirror the USS Arizona (BB-39). A variety of sculptures pepper the premises, decorating the air with the chimes of dog tags or the colors of refracted light in honor of those who have served. A bell housed on the USS Arizona , one of the two bells rescued from the ship after the attack on Pearl Harbor , has a permanent home in the clock tower of

2044-416: The 2014–2015 academic year, 68 freshman students were National Merit Scholars . UA students hail from all states in the U.S. While nearly 69% of students are from Arizona , nearly 11% are from California, and 8% are international. The University of Arizona W.A. Franke Honors College provides a program for over 4,500 students that creates a smaller community feel like that of a liberal arts college within

2117-410: The 2016 London Conference on Intelligence , where presentations on eugenics are given. Figueredo has also reviewed papers for Mankind Quarterly , a journal which has advocated for racial hierarchy. Figueredo has disavowed eugenics and racial inferiority. Since 1945 the university has published Arizona Quarterly , an academic literary journal . Arizona partnership with Universidad de Sonora

2190-491: The 2018–19 academic year. Incoming students enrolled in a bachelor's degree program are automatically eligible for the Guaranteed Tuition Program and will not be subject to tuition increases for 8 continuous semesters (four years). The Guaranteed Tuition Program does not apply to rates for summer and winter sessions. The UA is considered a "selective" university by U.S. News & World Report . In

2263-589: The Big Mountain Hockey Conference at the ACHA D-2 level. University of Arizona The University of Arizona ( Arizona , U of A , UArizona , or UA ) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona , United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature , it was the first university in the Arizona Territory . The University of Arizona is one of three universities governed by

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2336-460: The COVID-19 pandemic. All employees making up to $ 150,000 per year were furloughed, with the length determined by each employees' salary. For employees making more than $ 150,000 per year, pay cuts of 17% or 20% were instituted. Also in 2020, the University of Arizona announced it had purchased Ashford University from Zovio and renamed it The University of Arizona Global Campus . The purchase

2409-660: The Class of 2018 was 3.7 and 30.5 respectively. Starting in the 2010–2011 admissions cycle, the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) separated the application process between Phoenix and Tucson, allowing students to apply for these campuses separately. In 2017, U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Arizona College of Medicine #74 for primary care and #63 for research. Its primary affiliated academic medical center, Banner University Medical Center Tucson ,

2482-571: The College of Medicine, the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health , and the Eller College of Management , respectively. Admission to the College of Medicine – Tucson is very competitive with nearly 10,000 applicants vying for 120 spots for the 2022 graduating class. Beginning in the 2009–2010 admissions cycle, the school began to accept "extremely qualified" out of state applicants with

2555-630: The Governor to staggered eight-year terms; two students serve on the board for two-year appointments, with the first year being a nonvoting apprentice year. The Governor and the Superintendent of Public Instruction serve as voting ex-officio members. The ABOR provides "policy guidance" and oversight to the three major degree-granting universities, as provided for by Title 15 of the Arizona Revised Statutes . Suresh Garimella

2628-536: The HiRISE camera, with Principal Investigator Alfred McEwen as the lead on the project. This NASA mission to Mars carrying the UA-designed camera is capturing the highest-resolution images of the planet ever seen. The journey of the orbiter was 300 million miles. In August 2007, the UA, under the charge of Peter Smith, led the Phoenix Mars Mission , the first mission completely controlled by

2701-488: The Student Union Memorial Center. The bell arrived on campus in July 1946. The bell was rung seven times on the third Wednesday of every month at 12:07 pm – symbolic of the battleship's sinking on December 7, 1941 – to honor individuals at the UA, as well as after home football victories, over any team except other Arizona schools. In December 2020, it was announced that at the request of the U.S. Navy, who still officially owns

2774-484: The Sun; Solar Probe Plus, a historic mission into the Sun's atmosphere for the first time; Rosetta's VIRTIS; WISE; and OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. sample-return mission to a near-Earth asteroid, which launched on September 8, 2016. UA students have been selected as Truman , Rhodes , Goldwater , and Fulbright Scholars. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education , UA is among the top 25 producers of Fulbright awards in

2847-518: The U.S. UA is a member of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy , a consortium of institutions pursuing research in astronomy. The association operates observatories and telescopes , notably Kitt Peak National Observatory just outside Tucson. UA is a member of the Association of American Universities . Reaching Mars in March 2006, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter contained

2920-576: The UA chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine joined student protests across the USA against the war in Gaza , during what they called “ Israeli Apartheid Week”. The encampment was attacked and dispersed by police firing rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper balls. Bystanders and press were also hurt in the police violence. The students were protesting against UA involvement with companies supporting

2993-416: The UA in the 1950s and 1960s), Homer L. Shantz , Kendrick C. Babcock, and Rufus B. von KleinSmid . The University of Arizona offers bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degrees. Grades are given on a strict 4-point scale with "A" worth 4, "B" worth 3, "C" worth 2, "D" worth 1 and "E" worth zero points. In 2023, The Center for World University Rankings ranked University of Arizona No. 95 in

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3066-710: The UA students who died in World War I, and dates back to 1919. The University of Arizona generates renewable energy with solar panels (photo voltaic) that have been installed on campus buildings. In 2011, the Sustainable Endowments Institute gave the university a College Sustainability Report Card grade of "B." In 2015, the university opened the ENR2, housing the University of Arizona School of Geography, Development and Environment set to be one of its "greenest" buildings on campus with features like

3139-436: The University of Arizona is $ 12,700 for full-time undergraduate residents and $ 37,200 for non-residents. As in other states, the cost of tuition has been rising due to the reduction in government support and large increase in administrative staff over teaching staff. Undergraduate students who enrolled in the UA's optional tuition guarantee program in 2014 will remain at $ 11,591 for residents and $ 30,745 for non-residents through

3212-540: The University of Arizona. In 1974, the University of Arizona received $ 5.5 million from the Arizona State Legislature to renovate its football stadium. A provision of this legislation (ARS 15-1630) prohibited the school's associated academic medical center , then known as University Medical Center from performing abortions (unless the mother's life was in jeopardy) or teaching its medical students about various abortion procedures. This legislation

3285-414: The ability to study the medical and surgical abortion procedures necessary to complete their training. Second and third year Ob/Gyn residents have scheduled time available to pursue training. Medical students may pursue training on an elective basis. The standard curriculum is a four-year program which currently graduates approximately 135 students per year. Classes for the first two years are graded on

3358-433: The addition of University of Utah , UNLV , and Grand Canyon University for the 2020–21 season. With ten member schools in the conference, beginning in the 2020–21 season, the WCHL is now divided into two geographic divisions for conference play. Each WCHL team will play a home-and-home series against every conference member within its division, as well as one home series and one road series against conference members from

3431-538: The appropriation to build the university. Tucson hoped to receive the appropriation for the territory's mental hospital, which carried a $ 100,000 allocation instead of the $ 25,000 allotted to the territory's only university (Arizona State University was also chartered in 1885, but it was created as Arizona's normal school , and not a university ). Flooding on the Salt River delayed Tucson's legislators, and by they time they reached Prescott , back-room deals allocating

3504-470: The basic science departments teach undergraduate, medical, and graduate/doctoral courses in multiple programs. Established in 1979 by medical students and faculty mentor Dr. Steve Spencer, this program allows for attendings, residents and medical students to serve underrepresented individuals in Tucson and Southern Arizona. Medical students earn elective credit by seeing patients to perform primary and preventative care, and providing diagnostic procedures under

3577-402: The bell, and in the interest of preservation of the historic artifact, that the bell would no longer be rung. Much of the main campus has been designated an arboretum . Plants from around the world are labeled along a self-guided plant walk. The Krutch Cactus Garden includes the tallest Boojum tree in the state of Arizona. Two herbaria on the university campus are referred to as "ARIZ" in

3650-494: The conclusion of the 2005–06 academic term. Other past UA presidents include Manuel Pacheco (Likins' primary predecessor; the first person of Hispanic descent to lead the university and for whom the Integrated Learning Center is named), Henry Koffler (Pacheco's predecessor and the first UA alumnus to lead the university), John Schaefer, Richard Harvill (who presided over a period of dramatic growth for

3723-503: The country, but ASU also maintains both ACHA Club Level teams with our WCHL D-1 Sun Devils, and the PAC-8 D-2 Sun Devils, respectively. In 2017, Central Oklahoma won their 2nd ACHA D-1 National Championship after defeating Ohio University . Subsequently, Arkansas left the WCHL after the 2018–19 season, and (currently) no longer has a D-1 hockey club. In September 2019, the WCHL expanded from seven to ten teams with

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3796-620: The early 1990s, a Phoenix program was established to allow the school's 3rd and 4th year medical students to complete clinical clerkships at Phoenix-area hospitals. In August 2007, a 4-year branch campus was founded at the Phoenix Biomedical Campus (PBC), on the former site of the historic Phoenix Union High School , and its inaugural class of 24 students was admitted. In 2012, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) granted preliminary accreditation to

3869-603: The first building on campus, began on October 27, 1887, and classes met for the first time in 1891 with 32 students in Old Main, which is still in use today. Because there were no high schools in Arizona Territory, the university maintained separate preparatory classes for the first 23 years of operation. In 1924, during Cloyd Marvin 's tenure as president, the university was recognized by the Association of American Universities . Three professors were murdered at

3942-434: The hospital was ranked No. 36 for Gynecology, No. 49 for Pulmonology and No. 50 for Nephrology. The College of Medicine sponsors nearly 50 residency and fellowship programs across almost every specialty in medicine. Over 700 residents and fellows train at a combination of the University's two local affiliated academic medical centers ( Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and Banner – University Medical Center South ),

4015-518: The library system's reference, periodical, and administrative center; most of the main collections are housed here. The Main Library is on the southeast quadrant of campus near McKale Center and Arizona Stadium . In 2002, the Integrated Learning Center (ILC) was completed as a $ 20 million, 100,000-square-foot (10,000 m ) computer facility intended for use by incoming students. The ILC features classrooms, auditoriums,

4088-541: The most desirable territorial institutions had been made. Tucson was largely disappointed with receiving what was viewed as an inferior prize. With no parties willing to provide land for the new institution, the citizens of Tucson prepared to return the money to the Territorial Legislature until two gamblers and a saloon keeper decided to donate 40 acres to the Board of Regents. Construction of Old Main ,

4161-461: The official management partner of the facility for research purposes since 2007. In 2018 UA received funding from the Pioneer Fund , a non-profit institute which promotes scientific racism and eugenics . The funds were applied for by Aurelio Jose Figueredo , who directs the graduate program on human behavior and evolutionary psychology. Funds from the grant were used by Figueredo to attend

4234-512: The opposite division, for a total of 20 WCHL conference games per season. The West Division: BYU Hockey , if they're willing to part ways with the Mountain West Collegiate Hockey League and elevate to D-1 competition. And Utah State University , if Grand Canyon decides to dropped down to D-2 competition. The East Division: The University of Northern Colorado who are the 2017, 2018, and 2019 champions of

4307-627: The school in a shooting in 2002. The perpetrator, who then shot himself, was a student who had failed out of the school. He mailed a 22 page letter to the Arizona Daily Star announcing his reasons, naming two of the killed professors in the letter; following the shooting, the Daily Star made the controversial decision to publish the letter. On April 17, 2020, the University of Arizona announced temporary pay cuts and furloughs to its 15,000 employees as its Tucson campus shut down due to

4380-467: The southern boundary, with single-family homes (many of which are rented out to students) south of this street. The Stevie Eller Dance Theater, opened in 2003 (across the Mall from McKale Center ) as a 28,600-square-foot (2,660 m ) dedicated performance venue for the UA's dance program, one of the most highly regarded university dance departments in the United States. Designed by Gould Evans,

4453-412: The southwest quadrant; the intercollegiate athletics facilities to the southeast; the arts and humanities buildings to the northwest (with the dance department being a major exception as its main facilities are far to the east end of campus), with the engineering buildings in the north central area. The optical and space sciences buildings are clustered on the east side of campus near the sports stadiums and

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4526-549: The surface of Mars—a discovery confirmed by NASA in 2015. UA receives more NASA grants annually than the next nine top NASA- Jet Propulsion Laboratory -funded universities combined. As of March 2016 , the UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory is actively involved in ten spacecraft missions: Cassini VIMS; Grail; the HiRISE camera orbiting Mars; the Juno mission orbiting Jupiter; Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO); Maven, which will explore Mars' upper atmosphere and interactions with

4599-429: The tone for the red brick facades that are a basic part of nearly all UA buildings: almost every UA building has red brick as a major component of the design, or at the very least, a stylistic accent to harmonize it with the other campus buildings. In the early 1930s, Place updated the campus master plan, conceived by his architectural partner John Lyman in 1919 and modeled after the University of Virginia . The campus

4672-406: The top 4% of public universities in the nation. Arizona is the fourth most awarded public university by NASA for research. The UA was awarded over $ 325 million for its Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL) to lead NASA's 2007–08 mission to Mars to explore the Martian Arctic, and $ 800 million for its OSIRIS-REx mission, the first in U.S. history to sample an asteroid. The LPL's work in

4745-462: The university after 25 years of service as an educator and administrator, including nearly one year in the interim president role; Robert N. Shelton , who began his tenure in 2006 and resigned in the summer of 2011 to accept the presidency of the Fiesta Bowl , (a BCS college football tournament played annually in the Phoenix area). Shelton's predecessor, Peter Likins , vacated his post at

4818-432: The world and the 2017/18 QS World University Rankings ranked it 230th. In 2015, Design Intelligence ranked the College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture's (CAPLA) undergraduate program in architecture 10th in the nation for all universities, public and private. The same publication ranked UA ranked 20th in overall undergraduate architecture programs. Tuition for both fall and spring semesters at

4891-608: The world and 48 in the U.S. U.S. News & World Report 2025 Best College Rankings ranked the University of Arizona in Tucson No. 52 in U.S. top public universities in a tie with University of Oregon and Brigham Young University. Arizona State University in Tempe was ranked No. 61. The Center for World University Rankings in 2017 ranked Arizona No. 52 in the world and 34 in the U.S. The 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings rated University of Arizona 161st in

4964-547: Was heavily criticized, particularly by University of Arizona faculty members. As Ashford was being purchased by the University of Arizona, it was the subject of an investigation by the Attorney General of Massachusetts, a lawsuit from the Attorney General of California, and a formal notification of concern from the university's accreditor. A university professor was murdered on campus in October 2022, allegedly by

5037-594: Was hosted at the Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. In 2013–14, Arizona State defeated Robert Morris for the 2013–14 ACHA D-1 National Championship. And in 2014–15, Central Oklahoma defeated Stony Brook for the 2014–15 ACHA D-1 National Championship. During the 2014 season, Arizona State announced their departure from the WCHL D-1 Club Level and established

5110-434: Was named as the lone finalist to succeed as president after Robbins announced his plans to step down at the end of his current contract, or before if a suitable successor was identified, during an ABOR meeting on April 2nd, 2024. Notable past presidents of the university include: Ann Weaver Hart who was the university's first female president, serving from 2012 to 2017; interim president Eugene Sander , who retired from

5183-510: Was named the 23rd president of the U of A on August 9th, 2024. Previously, he was the president of the University of Vermont from 2019 to 2024. Garimella has also previously served as the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships, a Chief Global Affairs Officer, and was recognized as a Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University . Garimella replaced Robert C. Robbins , MD. He

5256-437: Was ranked #39 for nephrology , #46 for geriatrics , and high performing in five other specialties. The College of Medicine ranked #7 among the nation's medical schools for Hispanic students, according to Hispanic Business Magazine . In 2018, U.S. News & World Report ranked the College of Medicine – Tucson's affiliate hospital, Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, No. 1 in Tucson and No. 3 in Arizona. Nationally,

5329-545: Was renewed in August 2017, focusing on a partnership in geology and physics. Arizona has been part of both theoretical and experimental research in particle and nuclear physics in the framework of the CERN program since 1987. The collaboration was initiated by the theoretician Peter A. Carruthers , head of the physics department, and Johann Rafelski who initiated the quark-gluon-plasma program at CERN. Arizona officially joined

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