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  • Praise Goes to UA for Sustainability |
    A National Wildlife Federation report shows that the UA does exceedingly well compared to other universities when it comes to sustainability and conservation. | |
  • New Living-Learning Community Introduced |
    The UA has just added another living-learning community, this time for students studying the in-demand field of engineering. | | |
  • Spiky Probe on Phoenix Mars Lander Raises Vapor Quandary |
    Researchers perplexed at extreme dryness of Mars' soil. |
  • Lecture Celebrates UA Physicists' Participation in Largest Science Experiment Ever |
    UA physicists will give a public lecture on September 10 to celebrate the start-up of the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator ever built. |
  • UA Opens New DHS Center for Border Security and Immigration |
    The UA will lead a team of research universities to form the National Center for Border Security and Immigration, Research. The center will receive more than $16 million over six years. | | |
  • New Virtual Telescope Zooms in on Milky Way's Super-Massive Black Hole |
    Arizona Radio Observatory's SMT is part of the 'virtual' telescope powerful enough to see a baseball on the surface of the moon. |
  • Sustainability Speaker Series to Address Energy, Environment |
    Caltech researcher Nathan Lewis will kick off the series on Sept. 3. |
  • Analysis Begins on Phoenix Lander's Deepest Soil Sample |
    Phoenix has also been observing movement of clouds overhead. |
  • Entomological Society of America Elects Hildebrand as Fellow |
    Hildebrand is a world leader in research on insect olfaction. | |
  • Giant Furnace Opens to Reveal 'Perfect' LSST Mirror Blank |
    The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope is being built in northern Chile. |
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