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Browse Science and Technology stories - June, 2009

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  • Local Students Teams Placed First, Third in Nationwide Competition | June 30, 2009
    UANews | Students participating in the Math, Engineering, Science Achievement program, which is administered by the UA, placed at the top in a nationwide design competition. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • Mineral Museum Continues to be Open to the Public | June 29, 2009
    UANews | The UA Mineral Museum will continue to be open to the public due to the generous financial assistance of the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation and an anonymous donor. | General News | Science and Technology
  • Graduate Students Develop Skills, Share Science Expertise with K-12 Teachers | June 29, 2009
    UANews | The weeklong BioME Summer Institute marked the beginning of a year-long partnership between Tucson teachers and UA graduate students. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
  • UA-Affiliated Company Producing Early Disease Detection Technology | June 26, 2009
    UANews | Chemistry professor Mary J. Wirth is creating products that use technologies at the nano level that serve to improve early disease detection. | Science and Technology
  • Teens in UA's MESA Program Participating in National Competition | June 25, 2009
    UANews | Southern Arizona students involved in a UA program are competing in a national engineering design competiion in Denver. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • Tracking a Whitefly-Transmitted Cucurbit Virus in Melons | June 24, 2009
    UANews | A plant virus that first attacked melon and squash crops in Arizona, California and Sonora, Mexico, in 2006 has now been identified in an expanded range of wild and cultivated host plants. | Science and Technology
  • Astronomer Frank J. Low, 1933-2009 | June 22, 2009
    UANews | Frank J. Low devised instruments that opened the universe to infrared astronomers. His work revolutionized astronomy to include telescopes mounted on aircraft and satellites. | General News | Science and Technology
  • ARL Receives $1 Million to Train Graduate Students | June 22, 2009
    UANews | A $1 million training grant awarded to UA researcher will help prepare graduate students for careers that integrate math and biology. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • Engineering Prof., Students Win Professional Awards in Miami | June 19, 2009
    UANews | Associate Professor Young-Jun Son and two of his systems and industrial engineering students won three awards at the 2009 Annual Conference and Expo of the Institute of Industrial Engineers in Miami. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • SIRLS Earns Federal Grant to Train More Tech Savvy Librarians | June 19, 2009
    UANews | The nearly $1 million grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will allow the UA's School of Information Resources and Library Science to offer scholarships for its digital information graduate certificate program. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • More Summer Programs to be Held at UA SkyCenter | June 18, 2009
    UANews | Evening star gazing events are part of the UA Sky Center's summer lineup. | General News | Science and Technology
  • UA Flies High at International Competition | June 17, 2009
    UANews | UA engineering students and their micro air vehicle placed second in an international competition in Florida. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • High School Student Conducting Research at UA Earns Intel Honors | June 17, 2009
    UANews | The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair has recognized a Tucson High Magnet School student for research conducted at The University of Arizona's BIO5 Institute. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
  • New Report Outlines Current, Future Impacts of Climate Change | June 16, 2009
    UANews | The UA's Jonathan Overpeck is among the lead authors of the national report that details risks from warming, as well as ways to adapt to future conditions. | Science and Technology
  • One Dozen Make the Pitch to Local Investors | June 11, 2009
    UANews | The UA's Arizona Center for Innovation held its first Investor Showcase, connecting inventors and startup company founders with the people needed to help take their ideas to market. | Business and Law | Science and Technology
  • Flandrau’s Observatory Remains Open to The Public | June 10, 2009
    UANews | Thanks to a number of dedicated astronomy volunteers, Flandrau's telescope will remain open for public viewing. | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
  • UA Biologist Discovers Pink-winged Moth in Chiricahuas | June 9, 2009
    UANews | UA biologist and amateur insect collector Bruce Walsh has published his discovery of a new species of moth. The moth has distinct bright pink wings, which prompted Walsh to name it after his wife. | Science and Technology
  • Building Wildlife Habitats Builds Community Pride | June 4, 2009
    UANews | Tucson residents are building better habitats for wildlife and people with help from the UA program Tumamoc: People and Habitats. | General News | Science and Technology
  • Insect Lab Looking for Kissing Bugs | June 3, 2009
    UANews | UA insect scientists are asking for help trapping kissing bugs in southern Arizona for a research study. | Health | Science and Technology
  • SkyCenter to Offer Weekend Educational Programs | June 2, 2009
    UANews | Summer visitors to the UA's Mount Lemmon SkyCenter will learn about more than just the heavens. | General News | Science and Technology
  • Top High School Students to Perform Scientific Research at UA | June 2, 2009
    UANews | The program will run from June 8 to July 16 in various labs at the BIO5 Institute and the College of Pharmacy. | Health | Science and Technology
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