A generous $1 million gift established an endowed fund and the John F. and Valli S. Duval Endowed Professorship for Gastrointestinal Oncology.

The festivities were famously upbeat as usual as the College of Medicine – Tucson honored its own with excellence, teaching and mentoring awards. A dozen DOM faculty were among the winners. See who won, a mini-photo gallery and more.

Next week, more than 100 medical students from the College of Medicine – Tucson will learn where they will pursue the next phase of their medical training.

Abdominal transplant faculty from the Department of Surgery have successfully completed Tucson’s first robotic-assisted living donor nephrectomy at Banner – University Medicine Tucson.

Celebrating future leadership roles in the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the College of Medicine – Tucson, 10 chief residents were named for the next two University of Arizona academic years. See who they are, where they’re assigned and what they have to say.

The College of Medicine – Tucson announces the appointment of Mindy J. Fain, MD, as director of the University of Arizona Center on Aging, a Board of Regents Center of Excellence.

With the 100th anniversary of its “Bear Down” motto, the University of Arizona is looking back at remarkable moments in its history, including the Division of Cardiology and Sarver Heart Center roles in revolutionizing CPR and creating an artificial heart.

With studies ranging from living or deceased donor kidney transplants to cardiovascular outcomes on patients with a congenital heart defect and sleep apnea, fellows and residents take their research on the road from Salt Lake City to Washington, D.C., and Chicago to Houston.

Grab your phone, a few friends and get moving to decipher these 14 clues to hidden treasures on the U of A Health Sciences’ Tucson campus north of Speedway Boulevard — part of Life & Work Connections’ effort to promote exercise among faculty and staff.

A nationally respected gynecologic oncologist, Dr. Crispens has dedicated her career to advancing clinical care, clinical trials and mentorship in women’s cancer.