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$4.5M Endowed Gift Supports UA Rangeland Research
The Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation recognizes ranching's central importance to Arizona and has demonstrated its commitment to the state's rangelands – and the UA's research and extension efforts in this field – through a $4.5 million endowed gift.
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UA Looks to Expand Academic Collaboration With Brazil
Looking to expand its collaboration with Latin America, the UA welcomed representatives from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil to discuss initiatives to advance research and student and faculty exchanges.
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UA Astronomer Earns National Education Honors
Astronomy Camp, run by UA Steward Observatory's Don McCarthy, has introduced students and others to science for 25 years. The American Astronomical Society has recognized McCarthy and his efforts with its annual education award.
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Blowing Up Stars
For his discoveries about the lives and deaths of stars, the exotic physics of black holes and the origin of chemical elements, UA Regents' Professor David Arnett has been honored with the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship by the American Astronomical Society.
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Undergraduate Research Opportunities Abound at UA
The UA offers many opportunities for undergraduate students to get involved in cutting-edge scientific research. "Now is the time to apply for research during the summer," said Glenda Gentile, director of the UA College of Science's Office of Undergraduate Research.
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Blip in Night Sky Tells Story of Cosmic Catastrophe
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, taken by Adam Block of the UA’s Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, shows the aftermath of a stellar explosion that happened 25 million years ago in an odd-shaped galaxy that may have merged with a second galaxy.
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Professor Credits UA Surgery/Cardio Team in Bypass Recovery UANews | UA professor Richard Michod is three months into his recovery from bypass surgery, and fresh from sailing in the Virgin Islands – a trip he was able to make thanks to a pioneering, minimally invasive, robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass graft procedure offered at The University of Arizona Medical Center.
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$4.5M Endowed Gift Supports UA Rangeland ResearchUANews | The Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation recognizes ranching's central importance to Arizona and has demonstrated its commitment to the state's rangelands – and the UA's research and extension efforts in this field – through a $4.5 million endowed gift.
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Bioscience a Bright Spot for Jobs in Arizona
Arizona Daily Star | Arizona's biosciences sector is expanding, boosted in Southern Arizona by expansion at companies such as Ventana Medical Systems/Roche. Ventana, a UA technology spinoff that makes tissue-diagnostics instruments, now employs about 1,200 people in Arizona. -
UA Awarded National Cancer Research GrantUANews | The UA and the Translational Genomics Research Institute have received a three-year, $600,000 grant to study targeted cancer therapies. The grant will fund the Center for Targeted Cancer Therapies, created in 2002 to discover new therapies to treat pancreatic cancer.
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Winds of Mars Transform Sand Dunes Into Art SPACE.com | Mars may be a harsh and dusty world, but the Red Planet also doubles as a vast canvas for artful Martian winds, a new photo snapped by NASA's powerful Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals. The high-resolution camera aboard the orbiter is operated by the UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.
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UA Looks to Expand Academic Collaboration With BrazilUANews | Looking to expand its collaboration with Latin America, the UA welcomed representatives from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil to discuss initiatives to advance research and student and faculty exchanges.
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Rich Rodriguez Signs 23 Football RecruitsUANews | The class, entirely of incoming freshmen, includes players from Arizona, California, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Hawaii. "We addressed our needs with this group, and it's a solid class," coach Rich Rodriguez said. "We signed guys who want to be part of this program."
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UA Professor’s Book Inspires Centennial Dance UANews | Lydia Otero's book, "La Calle," which captures the oral histories of Tucson's old central neighborhood, has inspired a former graduate student to capture the city's past, present and future in a choreographed dance celebrating Arizona's 100th anniversary.
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Travel, Research Award Honors Memory of Michael E. BonineUANews | The Michael Bonine Memorial Travel and Research Award will fund summer travel and research for undergraduates in any major and graduate students in Middle Eastern and North African studies.
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UA Expands Offerings Into ChandlerUANews | Several UA degree and certificate programs soon will be offered Chandler, expanding educational access and opportunities in Arizona. The UA's College of Education and Eller College of Management each are providing programs, while the School of Information Resources and Library Science is offering a foundational course.
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UA Astronomer Earns National Education HonorsUANews | Astronomy Camp, run by UA Steward Observatory's Don McCarthy, has introduced students and others to science for 25 years. The American Astronomical Society has recognized McCarthy and his efforts with its annual education award.
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Arizona's Been Good to UA Alumnus Karl Eller The Arizona Republic | Arizona's future, Karl Eller feels, lies in the businesses to come, with young entrepreneurs willing to throw caution to the wind and start out on their own. He has met some of those students at the UA, where the business college was renamed after him in 1999. He also has donated more than $20 million to the school.
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UA Museum Shows Off Arizona's Best Minerals Arizona Daily Star | "100 Years of Arizona's Best: The Minerals That Made the State," an exhibition that opens Feb. 4 at the UA Mineral Museum, will showcase hundreds of gems and minerals. Some, such as a silver ore specimen that's about the size of a quarter, were unearthed decades before Arizona became a state.
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Rob Gronkowski Joins Super Bowl CatsUANews | Former Arizona tight end Rob Gronkowski will take his game to the top on Feb. 5 when he'll appear with his New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. He will be the 26th Wildcat to play in the Super Bowl following the most recent, running back Mike Bell of the 2010 New Orleans Saints.
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Blowing Up StarsUANews | For his discoveries about the lives and deaths of stars, the exotic physics of black holes and the origin of chemical elements, UA Regents' Professor David Arnett has been honored with the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship by the American Astronomical Society.
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