Science and Technology

New Grant-funded Project Meant to Improve Educational Technology | January 5, 2009
A UA-led team of researchers has just earned a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to create a tutoring system that can tailor teachings based on individual progress. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
UA-developed Hubble Camera Helps Capture New View of Galactic Core | January 5, 2009
Hubble's "infrared eyes" were developed at UA's Steward Observatory. | Science and Technology
18th Century German Naturalist, Illustrator Subject of Annual Lecture | January 5, 2009
Stanford historian Londa Schiebinger will offer insights into the pioneering scientific work of Maria Sibylla Merian, one of the few women scientists of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. | Arts and Humanities | Science and Technology
UA-based Program to Monitor Seasonal Wildlife Changes | December 23, 2008
The UA Office of Arid Lands Studies will be home base for a network of scientists and citizen volunteers monitoring the impact of climate change on plants and animals. | Science and Technology
Mount Lemmon SkyCenter Hosts Special Events for IYA 2009 | December 22, 2008
SkyCenter programs offer opportunities to view Mercury, help NASA target a shot at the moon, and find our place in the universe. | General News | Science and Technology
BIO5 Director Vicki Chandler Tapped for Major Opportunity to Direct Philanthropic Funds for Transformative Science | December 22, 2008
Chandler will step down as director of the BIO5 Institute, but she will continue to devote about 20 percent of her time on her research program at the UA. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Biosphere 2 Offers New Public Tour Attractions | December 19, 2008
Tours now include new video exhibits, the underground 'technosphere' and a hillslope research area. | General News | Science and Technology
Two UA Professors Elected AAAS Fellows | December 19, 2008
The world's largest general scientific society, and publisher of the journal Science, announced its election of two UA professors. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Planetary Scientist Makes Image, Movie of a Jupiter Moon Setting | December 18, 2008
The UA's Erich Karkoschka has made a new color image and a movie of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, just before it dips behind the planet. | Science and Technology
Four UA Colleges to Form New Partnership | December 18, 2008
Colleges of Letters and Science will energize interdisciplinary partnership and cut millions in operational costs.  | Arts and Humanities | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
UA Physicist Discovers New Facet of Superconductivity | December 17, 2008
Andrei Lebed's theoretical research suggests that superconducting wires might be possible. | Science and Technology
Just a Little Squeeze Lets Proteins Assess DNA | December 17, 2008
New UA research reveals how proteins quickly and accurately find specific sites on a long strand of DNA. The finding has implications for the development of designer drugs. | Health | Science and Technology
Arizona Cancer Center, Raytheon Receive Grant for Cancer Detection Technology Study | December 16, 2008
The grant from Science Foundation Arizona will allow researchers to adapt technology, now used to image a battlefield, to image the human body for medical purposes. | Health | Science and Technology
Engineering Student Honored at National Competition | December 16, 2008
Patrick Candelaria was among a group of five engineering students honored during the national conference hosted by the Society for Professional Engineers. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Phoenix Site on Mars May Be in Dry Climate Cycle Phase | December 15, 2008
Phoenix Lander progress report: Mars soil may be wet during warmer climate cycles. | Science and Technology
AzRISE: A Big Tent for Solar Energy Development | December 15, 2008
AzRISE celebrated its inaugural year with a poster session and breakfast that highlighted the institute’s wide-ranging efforts to develop and promote solar energy. | Business and Law | Science and Technology
UA Researcher Speak on Adapting to U.S. Climate Change | December 12, 2008
University of Arizona researcher Jonathan Overpeck is among a group of experts who have been called to speak about adapting to climate change in the United States. | General News | Science and Technology
UA Projects Make Time Magazine's List of Top Science Discoveries | December 10, 2008
The Large Hadron Collider was listed first and the Phoenix Mars Mission was listed second. UA researchers have ties to both. | General News | Science and Technology
AzRISE Invites Campus to Solar Energy Event | December 10, 2008
UA faculty and staff are invited to a continental breakfast and solar-energy poster presentation. | Campus News | Science and Technology
UA Working to Increase Ph.D.s Among Minorities, Low-Income Students | December 9, 2008
The McNair Achievement Program at the UA is one of several programs that is attempting to increase the number of students who are low-income, first-generation and students of color in master's level programs. | Arts and Humanities | Business and Law | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
UA Honoring Six Students with Centennial Achievement Awards | December 9, 2008
Six outstanding students will be recognized at the December Commencement Ceremony for their integrity, ability to overcome enormous challenges to achieve a college education and contributions to self, community and family. | Arts and Humanities | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
HiRISE Camera Captures High-Resolution 3-D Images of Mars | December 8, 2008
The UA-based HiRISE team has released 362 three-dimensional images of Mars to be viewed with color filter glasses. | General News | Science and Technology
Science Cafe Seeks to Provide Insights to Clear Vision | December 5, 2008
The UA and Tucson community are invited to learn how vision works and how to keep eyes healthy during the Dec. 9 Science Café discussion at Cushing. | General News | Health | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Lab Will Mark 50th Anniversary of UA Research Reactor | December 4, 2008
Low-power UA reactor has been used for analyzing samples, testing materials and other research. | General News | Science and Technology
Mars Rocks: HiRISE Sees 10 Beats to the Bar | December 4, 2008
Stereo images from UA's HiRISE show a clear worldbeat to the rondo. | General News | Science and Technology
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