University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins issued the following statement regarding the University of Arizona's decision to join the Big 12 Conference beginning in the 2024-2025 academic year.

Congress on. Wednesday will take up legislation to widen opportunities for collegiate athletes to make money from their name, image and likeness. Two Democrats, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Rep. Lori Trahan of Massachusetts, will introduce matching bills that would allow athletes from foreign countries to engage in NIL activities while in the United States. Current U.S. student visa rules regarding work by thousands of foreign students make it virtually impossible for them to accept NIL deals the way U.S. athletes can. In early June, Trahan, a former Division I volleyball player, was among those invited to give remarks at a Capitol reception hosted by the University of Arizona as part of a "Future of College Sports" event.

Congress on. Wednesday will take up legislation to widen opportunities for collegiate athletes to make money from their name, image and likeness. Two Democrats, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Rep. Lori Trahan of Massachusetts, will introduce matching bills that would allow athletes from foreign countries to engage in NIL activities while in the United States. Current U.S. student visa rules regarding work by thousands of foreign students make it virtually impossible for them to accept NIL deals the way U.S. athletes can. In early June, Trahan, a former Division I volleyball player, was among those invited to give remarks at a Capitol reception hosted by the University of Arizona as part of a "Future of College Sports" event.

The UArizona New Dawn-Warrior Women project is helping expand the reach of Tucson's Native Ways Program, which helps clients with substance use recovery while incorporating Native American culture and traditions.

As traditional sources of water run low, UArizona researchers have been awarded $4 million for phase one of a project intended to improve water security and water reuse methods in the arid Southwest.

Bohlander has over 20 years of experience in public higher education communications and marketing. He has served as chief communications and marketing officer at North Carolina State University since 2011.

The fully online University of Arizona Global Campus is now an operating unit of the University of Arizona.

UArizona President Robert C. Robbins hosted a national summit to seek diverse perspectives and identify potential solutions to some of the complex challenges facing college athletics.