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  • Biosphere 2 Holds Special Event for Tara Expedition Launch Sept. 5 | August 31, 2009
    UANews | Biosphere 2's ocean is a key asset for UA biologist and Tara Oceans scientist Matthew Sullivan. | Science and Technology
  • Slowly Slip-Sliding Faults Don't Cause Earthquakes | August 31, 2009
    UANews | Two UA geoscientists are now investigating whether similar faults in southern Arizona are also creeping slowly and steadily. | Science and Technology
  • SAHRA Floods the Zone | August 26, 2009
    UANews | SAHRA, which stands for Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas, is one of the lead interdisciplinary groups studying water issues at the UA.   | Science and Technology
  • Safeguarding the Water Supply | August 26, 2009
    UANews | Researchers at the UA's Water Village are working to ensure ways to prevent contamination of our water supply. | Science and Technology
  • The Drought Detectives | August 26, 2009
    UANews | The study of tree rings, a science invented at the UA, has been instrumental in increasing the understanding of drought patterns in the Southwest. | Science and Technology
  • Project Sage Special Report: Leading the Way in Water Research | August 26, 2009
    UANews | Salinity is just one of the many questions water researchers across dozens of disciplines are tackling at the UA. | Science and Technology
  • Telescope Mirror Casting Strengthens Scientific Ties Between U.S. and Mexico | August 26, 2009
    UANews | Mexican and U.S. astronomers propose a new infrared sky survey with a 6.5-meter telescope in Baja California, Mexico. | Science and Technology
  • Israeli and Palestinian Leaders to Discuss Water Management, in Arizona | August 25, 2009
    UANews | Tucson is the setting for an important conversation with Israeli and Palestinian officials about water management in the Middle East. | General News | Science and Technology
  • DigIn Program Graduates First Cohort | August 25, 2009
    UANews | The UA's digital information management certificate program is graduating its first cohort, a group of librarians and archivists working in institutions across the country. | Science and Technology
  • UA Surgeons Perform Islet Cell Transplants at UMC | August 21, 2009
    UANews | A first for Arizona and the southwest, surgeons at the UA have performed an innovative surgey that alleviates the pain from pancreatitis. | Campus News | Science and Technology
  • Aphids Saved From Gruesome Death by Virus-Infected Bacteria | August 21, 2009
    UANews | Bacteria inside aphids can help fend off parasitic wasp attacks, but only if the bacteria have the right viral infection, a UA research team reports. | Science and Technology
  • Catalina Sky Survey Spawns Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey | August 21, 2009
    UANews | The Catalina Sky Survey detects potentially hazardous asteroids and comets. Now a spin-off survey is finding a windfall of "optical transients" in the same data. | Science and Technology
  • Science, Engineering, Honors See Notable Increases in Student Enrollment | August 20, 2009
    UANews | The UA has seen increased enrollments in the science and engineering while the Honors College has welcomed the largest class of incoming freshmen in its history. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • Solar Fusion 2009 Will Showcase UA Solar Energy Innovation | August 19, 2009
    UANews | The UA invites the community to the first-ever public tours of its visionary Solar Decathlon house, talks about its major solar energy projects and first-ever performances and views of solar-inspired art. | Science and Technology
  • Women in Science and Engineering Program Expands Internship Program | August 18, 2009
    UANews | Students interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are eligible to apply to become intern for the UA's WISE program. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • Professor Publishes Book on Software Security | August 17, 2009
    UANews | Christian Collberg has co-authored a new book that explores an emergent branch of software security, offering solutions for companies and agencies seeking to protect their intellectual property.  | Business and Law | Science and Technology
  • Early Human Hunters Had Fewer Meat-Sharing Rituals | August 12, 2009
    UANews | UA anthropologist Mary Stiner has discovered that early stone-age hunters at Qesem Cave were skilled big game predators but shared their meat informally. | Science and Technology
  • Orbiter's HiRISE Camera Shows Angled View of Martian Crater | August 12, 2009
    UANews | The HiRISE team, based at UA, has taken a picture of Victoria Crater that shows detail down to rover wheel tracks. | Science and Technology
  • Steward Observatory Lab Casts Mirror for San Pedro Mártir Telescope | August 11, 2009
    UANews | Astronomers from the U.S. and Mexico will converge on the UA on Aug. 26 to witness the casting of a telescope mirror to go to Mexico. | Science and Technology
  • Summer Research Program Trains Future Graduate Students | August 10, 2009
    UANews | Top students from throughout the United States and Mexico come to the UA to participate in 10 weeks of intensive research training with some of the nation's top researchers in their fields. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • Research Team Designing Holographic Imaging System for Ovarian Cancer | August 10, 2009
    UANews | UA researchers Jennifer Barton and Ray Kostuk have received a five-year, $2.4 million grant to build the instrument that they hope will one day be used to monitor women at high risk for ovarian cancer. | Health | Science and Technology
  • UA SkyCenter to Host Perseid Meteor Shower Program | August 7, 2009
    UANews | The Mount Lemmon SkyCenter will host a special program for viewing the Perseid meteor shower.    | General News | Science and Technology
  • High School Mentorship Program Recruiting Professional and Student Mentors | August 5, 2009
    UANews | The young women's mentorship program also will offer new online mentor selection to high school students interested in science, technology, engineering and math careers. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • ADVANCE Award Works to Eliminate Gender Inequity and Promote Research | August 3, 2009
    UANews | The $3.3-million grant supports the work focused on eliminating gender inequity within the academy while also promoting equity across campus. | Health | Science and Technology
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