Image Distinguished U of A graduates to be honored at Alumni of the Year awards ceremony Thursday The honorees were nominated by their colleges and approved by the Alumni Advisory Council, a volunteer board of 19 members who advise on alumni engagement and outreach efforts. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Duncan Buell named 2024 College of Science Alumni of the Year Today In 2016, Dr. Buell founded the Duncan Buell Everything is Mathematics Public Lecture Series Endowment to promote public engagement with mathematics. The series is designed to captivate non-expert audiences, highlighting the relevance and beauty of mathematics in everyday lives. Read more
Image As glaciers melt faster, freshwater sources dwindle and sea-level rise accelerates Wednesday Between 2000 and 2023, glaciers collectively lost 7,211 billion tons of ice, contributing almost three quarters of an inch to global sea-level rise, a new study finds. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Ananya Mallik awarded NSF CAREER Award for groundbreaking research on nitrogen dynamics in Earth’s systems Monday The CAREER Award will fund Dr. Mallik’s innovative project that investigates the movement of nitrogen between the Earth’s surface and its deep interior through plate tectonics. Read more
Image U of A professors develop astronomy materials to aid visually impaired students Feb. 14, 2025 Steve Kortenkamp and Sunggye Hong created 3D-printed spacecraft models and other tools to help teach astronomy to visually impaired middle and high school students. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image Science Friday: What Happens To Your Body When You’re Grieving Feb. 14, 2025 We have lots of expressions to describe the pain of loss—heartache, a broken heart, a punch in the gut. These aren’t just figures of speech: While grief is an emotional experience, it’s also a physical one. Studies show that grief can change your physiology, most dramatically in the cardiovascular and immune systems. Read more
Image U of A astronomer Erika Hamden named to Arizona Space Commission Feb. 14, 2025 Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Hamden, a renowned expert on ultraviolet telescopes, to the commission to help shape Arizona's role in aerospace and space sciences. Read more at University of Arizona News
Image UofA Mathematics Professor Marta Civil Elected to National Academy of Education Feb. 14, 2025 Dr. Civil was recently elected to the National Academy of Education and also received the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Special Interest Group for Research in Mathematics Education. Read more
Image Neuroscience launches new Undergraduate Research Program integrating fieldwork and data science Feb. 11, 2025 In order to address what they saw as a critical shortage of neuroscience research opportunities for students, Neuroscience faculty are designing a new Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience that will allow students to participate in hands-on laboratory research. Read more