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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • UA Team a Winner in National Sustainability Competition | April 21, 2009
    UANews | A team of UA graduates earned $75,000 for their sustainable aquaculture system during the National Sustainable Design Expo in Washington, D.C. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • 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
  • 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
  • Life Books names Biosphere 2 "Man-Made Wonder" | April 21, 2009
    UANews | The UA's Biosphere 2 made the list, alongside other structures that include the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House and the Hubble Space Telescope. | Campus News | Science and Technology
  • Science Foundation Arizona Launches Solar Initiatives Totaling $4 Million | April 20, 2009
    UANews | UA, Arizona State University and industry have joined in five new projects that focus on solar energy breakthroughs. | General News | Science and Technology
  • Golf Classic Raises Funds for ALS Research | April 20, 2009
    UANews | The Jim Himelic Memorial Golf Classic will be held Friday to raise money for Lou Gehrig's disease research.  | General News | Health | Science and Technology | Sports
  • Batty About Bats | April 20, 2009
    UANews | The UA, the Arizona Department of Health Services and the Arizona Game and Fish Department are collaborating to educate the public on rabies exposure prevention and bat conservation. | Health | Science and Technology
  • UA Student Named Goldwater Scholar | April 17, 2009
    UANews | Arshed Al-Obeidi, a UA Honors College student, has been named a Goldwater Scholar by the federally endowed Goldwater Foundation named after the former U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater, a UA alumnus. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • UA Team Competes in National Design Competition | April 16, 2009
    UANews | UA graduate student Kyle VanderLugt and his University colleagues are traveling to Washington, D.C. this weekend to compete in the P3 Award competition. | Campus News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • Megadroughts in Sub-Saharan Africa Normal for the Region | April 16, 2009
    UANews | Global warming may intensify the age-old pattern of recurring severe droughts. | General News | Science and Technology
  • Acclaimed Photographer to Speak on Art, Climate Change | April 16, 2009
    UANews | David Buckland, who is known around the world for his work in the Arctic, will give a public lecture at the UA this month. | General News | Science and Technology
  • Warp Power May Soon Add Extra Life to Your Cell Phone and iPod Batteries | April 14, 2009
    UANews | Engineering professor Roman Lysecky has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to develop high-performance customizable computer chips. | Science and Technology
  • Biosphere 2 Experiment Shows How Fast Heat Could Kill Drought-Stressed Pine | April 13, 2009
    UANews | More frequent widespread piñon pine die-offs can be predicted because of higher temperature alone, without factoring in worsening drought, insect attack or other climate change effects. | Science and Technology
  • Science Cafe to Cover Cancer and Genetics | April 10, 2009
    UANews | The April 19 Science Caféwill feature two UA cancer specialists who will talk about DNA and its link to cancer. | Health | Science and Technology
  • Major Earth Day Celebration at UA on April 22 | April 10, 2009
    UANews | The UA, joined by the city of Tucson, Pima County and local businesses, will host one of the biggest Earth Day celebrations ever held on campus. | Campus News | General News | Science and Technology
  • Arizona Public Media to Broadcast '400 Years of the Telescope' Friday | April 9, 2009
    UANews | The hour-long documentary celebrating four centuries of astral discoveries will air on KUAT6 and HD at 10 p.m. April 10. | General News | Science and Technology
  • Astronomer Erick Young Named Director of 'SOFIA' Airborne Observatory | April 8, 2009
    UANews | NASA said that Young's appointment marks a major milestone for the airborne observatory. | Science and Technology
  • Tree-Ring Lab Director Testifies on Impacts of Climate Change on National Parks | April 7, 2009
    UANews | Dendrochonologist Thomas Swetnam told members of Congress that place-based scientists can be an important part of managing climate change in America's national parks. | Science and Technology
  • Potential Planets Around Cool Stars Could Have Alien Chemistry | April 7, 2009
    UANews | If planets exist around cool, low mass stars, they could be chemically different from planets in our solar system. | Science and Technology
  • Engineering Professor Appointed as First 1885 Society Presidential Chair | April 6, 2009
    UANews | Hermann F. Fasel, a UA professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering since 1982, heads the Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • UA Camera Helps Capture Spitzer Image That Celebrates IYA2009 | April 3, 2009
    UANews | UA astronomers used their camera on NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to help take a new portrait of Galaxy M33 in infrared light. | Science and Technology
  • Wound Shape is Supreme in Healing Process | April 2, 2009
    UANews | Researchers at The University of Arizona are predicting healing based on the shape of wounds. | General News | Health | Science and Technology
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