Science and Technology

Saving the World … Through Technology | May 18, 2009
UANews | UA Commencement speaker Dean Kamen will well-known for his inventions, but he is equally passionate about young people science and technology. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
UA's BIO5 Institute Hosting International RECOMB 2009 Conference | May 15, 2009
UANews | Dozens of scientists and industry leaders from around the world will be in Tucson to discuss advances in computational biology and medicine. | Business and Law | Health | Science and Technology
Blind Student Success Central to New Grant-Funded Project | May 15, 2009
UANews | A team of UA researchers is figuring out ways to adapt computer software to help blind students studying math while also encouraging them to pursue studies in the STEM fields. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
UA Hydrologist to Appear on History Channel Series | May 14, 2009
UANews | Kristine Uhlman from the UA Water Resources Research Center is among the scientists who will offer their expertise on the fate of the Phoenix metro area in the absense of humans. | Science and Technology
UA Research on Scorpion Antivenom to be Published | May 13, 2009
UANews | An article by three UA researchers will be published in the May 14 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. | General News | Health | Science and Technology
Phoenix Mars Mission Lands a Doctorate for Peter Smith | May 12, 2009
UANews | The UA scientist who led one of the best missions ever to land on Mars is getting his Ph.D. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Work Underway on Major Biosphere 2 Experiment Site | May 11, 2009
UANews | Biosphere 2 is in the process of building three hillslopes to be part of a new experiment to test and better understand how water, soil and vegetation interact. | Science and Technology
UA Surgeons Perform Arizona's First Intestine Transplant | May 8, 2009
UANews | The patient who received the first intestine transplant using a living donor in the entire Southwest is recuperating at University Medical Center. | General News | Health | Science and Technology
Angels & Demons: The Science of Antimatter and the Large Hadron Collider | May 8, 2009
UANews | UA physicist Erich Varnes will discuss the science behind the upcoming movie Angels & Demons | Arts and Humanities | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
UA Faculty Member Confirmed as Indian Health Service Director | May 7, 2009
UANews | Yvette Roubideaux, assistant professor of family and community medicine at The University of Arizona College of Medicine, has been named director of the Indian Health Service. | General News | Health | Science and Technology
U.S. Interior Department Honors UA Researchers | May 7, 2009
UANews | Interior Secretary Ken Salazar presented the department's "Partners in Conservation Award" to the Laboratory of Tree Ring Research, department of agriculture and resource economics and the Arizona Water Institute at a ceremony in Washington on Thursday. | General News | Science and Technology
Giffords Announces Stimulus Funds for UA | May 7, 2009
UANews | U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords announced that $522,402 in economic recover funds would be provided to the UA for disease research. | General News | Science and Technology
DOE to Establish Energy Frontier Research Center at UA | May 5, 2009
UANews | UA research could one day lead to solar collectors thin enough to buy by the roll at the local hardware store. | Business and Law | General News | Science and Technology
Undergraduate Researchers to Present their Work | May 4, 2009
UANews | More than 50 UA student research projects will be presented Tuesday as part of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Annual Undergraduate Thesis Poster Session. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
UA College of Engineering Design Day to Showcase Senior Projects | April 29, 2009
UANews | More than 50 senior capstone projects from the UA College of Engineering will be on display during the college's annual Design Day competition. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Students Take Home Honors, Jobs | April 29, 2009
UANews | Students from the UA School of Natural Resources not only placed 6th overall in a recent competition, some landed jobs as well.   | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Major Gift to Create Endowed Chair in Animal Sciences | April 28, 2009
UANews | A $1.25 million estate gift in the names of Roy R. and Phyllis Hislop and also William J. and Rosina Ede. It has resulted in the creation of an endowed chair position in animal sciences at the UA. | General News | Science and Technology
Arizona Cancer Center Has Global Economic Reach | April 28, 2009
UANews | The Arizona Cancer Center benefits Arizona and the world through its research, production of jobs and spin-off companies. | General News | Science and Technology
UA Tech Transfer to Partner with Venture Capital Firm on New Intellectual Property Development | April 28, 2009
UANews | The UA Office of Technology Transfer and The University Funds have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on research-based ventures. | Business and Law | General News | Science and Technology
UA Physician, Scientist Receives $3.68 Million Grant | April 24, 2009
UANews | Arizona Cancer Center physician and scientist Karen Weihs has received a grant from the National Cancer Institute to evaluate breast cancer survivors. | General News | Health | Science and Technology
Fire Influences Global Warming More than Previously Thought | April 23, 2009
UANews | Thomas W. Swetnam, director of UA's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, is a co-author on today's report in the journal Science calling for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to incorporate fire better into future models and reports about climate change. | General News | Science and Technology
More Than 600 Arizona Teenagers to Participate in Competition | April 22, 2009
UANews | The statewide MESA Day 2009 Design Competition will be held on the UA campus on Saturday.  | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
UA Skyline to See Dramatic New Additions of Solar Panels | April 22, 2009
UANews | Photovoltaic electricity panels, solar water heating units or a combination of both will be installed in May in a partnership with APS Energy Services to bring renewable energy to the UA campus. | Campus News | General News | Science and Technology
Career Day to be Held for Youth | April 21, 2009
UANews | The UA Science and Technology Park is hosting the GenNext Career Day, which is meant to inform youth about ways that the math and science skills they are learning now can help them in careers as adults. | Campus News | Science and Technology
UA to Make Major Announcement on Expanding Campus Solar Energy | April 21, 2009
UANews | APS Energy Services, UA to announce a partnership to bring solar energy to the University campus in the midst of day-long campus celebrations of Earth Day. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
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