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1- Tyler Baker / The Daily Wildcat: Senior Margo Geer swims the 200-yard freestyle. Geer won national championships in both the 50y and 100y freestyle. 2- Tyler Baker / The Daily Wildcat: Senior linebacker Jake Fischer (33) goes for a tackle in Arizona’s 35-0 win over NAU. Fischer was named to the National Football Foundation’s Hampshire Honor Society and All-Pac-12. 3- Tyler Baker / The Daily Wildcat: Senior Julie Labonté competes in the 2014 Double Dual against ASU and NAU on May 3. The Canadian competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics and won the shot put in the Double Dual. 4- Tyler Baker / The Daily Wildcat: Senior Nick Ross shakes hands with track and field director Fred Harvey during Arizona’s Senior Day ceremonies at the Double Dual against ASU and NAU. Ross’ high jump of 7-6.5 at the meet was the No. 1 collegiate high jump mark of the year. 5- Rebecca Marie Sasnett / The Daily Wildcat: Senior forward Andrew Murmes (21) led the Wildcats in points, goals, assists, power-play goals and game-winning goals throughout the season. 6- Tyler Baker / The Daily Wildcat: Midfielder/forward Jazmin Ponce was named All-Pac-12 for the second straight season in 2013. She also represented the Mexican National team in China.

Arizona Wildcats’ sports senior standouts

James Kelley, Luke Della, Mark Armao, Joey Putrelo, and Zoe Wolkowitz
May 14, 2014
Erin Morrison, a graduate student in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology, examines an assortment of bird eggs. The UA’s Museum of Natural History houses the largest ornithological collection in the state.

Bird collection goes high-tech

Mark Armao
April 24, 2014
Rafe Sagarin, program manager for the Bioshphere 2 Ocean, outlines his plans to revamp the 700,000-gallon aquarium. The project will entail the reconstruction of the model ocean to resemble the Gulf of California.

Biosphere 2 brings a new ocean to the desert

Mark Armao
April 17, 2014
Mark Armao / The Daily Wildcat Kevin Cordes, the current American record holder for the 100y and 200y breaststroke, practices at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center on Monday.

Arizona swimmer Kevin Cordes is in a league of his own

Mark Armao
April 10, 2014
Maik Scheller, an assistant research professor in the College of Optical Sciences, adjusts instruments in his laboratory. Scheller is the first author of a recently published study that looks at a new type of laser that could one day be used to divert lightning away from buildings.

High-powered lasers being tested at UA

Mark Armao
April 10, 2014
Tyler Baker / The Daily Wildcat Kevin W. Cordes swims the 200 yard Breaststroke.

Cordes dominates at NCAAs

Mark Armao
March 31, 2014
Veronica Bray, an associate staff scientist for the UA’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, is the lead author of a recently published study on Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter. Her team found that the ice shell is thinner than previously thought.

UA-led study sheds light on icy moon

Mark Armao
March 27, 2014

Arizona swimming sets records at Pac-12 Championships

Mark Armao
March 10, 2014

Arizona swimming sets records at Pac-12 Championships

Mark Armao
March 10, 2014

Staff picks: College basketball’s final weekend

Mark Armao, Fernando Galvan, and Tyler Keckeisen
March 7, 2014
Mark Armao/ The Daily Wildcat Leah Fabiano-Smith, an assistant professor in the department of speech, language, and hearing sciences, is involved in several studies that analyze the speech and language skills of bilingual children.

UA researchers study language skills in bilingual children

Mark Armao
March 6, 2014

Arizona women’s swimming and diving finish fifth

Mark Armao
March 3, 2014
Mark Armao/ The Daily Wildcat Wolfgang Fink, associate professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, modified a point-and-shoot digital camera to resolve images on a microscopic scale.

Say ‘cheese,’ Mars!

Mark Armao
February 27, 2014
Mark Armao/ The Daily Wildcat The UA women's diving team competed at the dual meet vs. Texas on Feb. 1.

Arizona swimming heads to Pac-12s

Mark Armao
February 26, 2014

Staff picks: Accenture Match Play, UA basketball and Olympic hockey

Mark Armao, Joey Putrelo, and Fernando Galvan
February 21, 2014
Mark Armao / The Daily Wildcat Rafael Quintero left his home country of Puerto Rico to pursue a diving career at the UA. The sophomore was named the Pac-12 Diver of the Month in January.

Puerto Rican diver is making waves at UA

Mark Armao
February 20, 2014
Mark Armao / The Daily Wildcat Gene Giacomelli, director of UA's Controlled Environment Agriculture Center, stands in front of the Lunar Greenhouse. The greenhouse could someday be utilized to support a human colony on Mars.

Living on Mars

Mark Armao
February 20, 2014
Mark Armao/ The Daily Wildcat Wilson Kong is the founder and president of a new club intended to help Asian Americans reach their full potential in the fields of science and engineering.

New club looks to support Asian-American students

Mark Armao
February 13, 2014

Arizona swimming wraps up dual meet season with sweep at ASU

Mark Armao
February 10, 2014
Rafael Quintero, sophomore, dives during Arizona’s swim meet against Texas on Saturday. Earlier this week Quintero was named Pac-12 Diver of the Month for the month of January.

Cats swim upstream to ASU

Mark Armao
February 7, 2014
Mark Armao/The Daily Wildcat Rick DeMont (right) talks with junior Kevin Cordes (left). DeMont, the first man to break the four-minute barrier in the 400m freestyle, was named head swimming and diving coach for UA on Tuesday.

DeMont named Arizona head swimming coach

Mark Armao
February 5, 2014
Junior Kevin Cordes swims in the 100y breast stroke at Hillenbrand Aquatic Center on Saturday. Cordes won 53.64 and is the American record holder in both the 100y and 200y breast stroke.

Swimming and diving swept by Texas but shows promise

Mark Armao
February 2, 2014
Tyler Baker / The Daily Wildcat Senior Ashley J. Evans swims the 200 yard Butterfly. Evans will compete in senior weekend on Friday and Saturday.

Swim hosts senior weekend

Mark Armao
January 31, 2014
Photo Illustration by Mark Armao / The Daily Wildcat Practicing good "cough etiquette" is one of the flu-prevention techniques suggested by doctors.

Swine flu infects Arizona

Mark Armao
January 30, 2014
Tyler Baker/ The Daily Wildcat Junior swimmer Kevin Cordes swims the breastroke during the UA vs. UNLV swim meet at Hillenbrand Aquatic Center Friday, Oct. 25, 2013.

Swimming and diving swept in first meets since Hansen’s resignation

Mark Armao
January 26, 2014
Dr. Bijan Najafi, director of the interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance, is the principal investigator for a study that uses virtual reality balance training to treat diabetes patients. Mark Armao/ The Daily Wildcat

UA researchers use video games to treat diabetic symptoms

Mark Armao
January 23, 2014
Mark Armao/ The Daily Wildcat Manish Keswani, an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, is researching ways to use sound waves to degrade harmful firefighting chemicals for the Air Force.

UA scientists use sound waves to destroy toxic chemicals

Mark Armao
January 16, 2014
Mark Armao / The Daily Wildcat Vanessa Bailey, a graduate student in the Department of Astronomy, is the first author of a recently published paper on the discovery of a strange planet orbiting a sun like star 300 light-years away.

Discovery of massive planet causes astronomers to reconsider how planets form

Mark Armao
December 11, 2013
Mark Armao / The Daily Wildcat Giant Magellan Telescope project director Patrick McCarthy, right, discusses some of the production processes involved in creating the third the GMT's seven mirrors. The structure, which is made of high-quality glass, will remain transparent until a reflective coat of aluminum is applied.

UA unveils third mirror for Giant Magellan Telescope

Mark Armao
December 7, 2013

Police Beat: December 6

Mark Armao
December 6, 2013
Mark Armao / The Daily Wildcat Jay Sanguinetti, a graduate student in the Department of Psychology is the first author of a study on how the brain perceives objects visually.

Study: Brain sees more than you know

Mark Armao
November 27, 2013
Kimberly Cain / The Daily Wildcat Jennifer Beebe, damage restoration contractor, uses a high pressure hot water system to remove graffiti on the bronze Arizona Wildcat Family sculpture at the UA mall on Monday.

‘Wildcat Family’ statue vandalism sparks anger among students, faculty

Mark Armao
November 26, 2013

“Spray-on skin” product may treat flesh wounds, promote healing

Mark Armao
November 25, 2013
Jordin O'Connor / Arizona Daily Wildcat Chair Rick Myers at the Arizona Board of Regents meeting.

ABOR requests $1 billion to upgrade research infrastructure

Mark Armao
November 18, 2013
Mark Armao/The Daily Wildcat

University places higher emphasis on cybersecurity

Mark Armao
November 13, 2013
Ryan Revock/The Daily Wildcat Alexis Del Castillo (left), an English and and creative writing senior. and Courtney James Broome (right), a psychology senior, stand on the after being named the 2013 Homecoming king and queen on Thursday at Main Gate Square.

2013 Homecoming king and queen take their thrones

Mark Armao
November 9, 2013
Amy Phelps/The Daily Wildcat Eliicia Villasenor, a senior at Flowing Wells High School, was accepted early to the University of Arizona with the Wildcat Promise application process. She will attend the University of Arizona next fall and plans to study Business Management.

Early admission benefits applicants

Mark Armao
November 6, 2013
Mark Armao/The Daily Wildcat

Artificial device keeps heart pumping

Mark Armao
October 31, 2013
Mark Armao/ The Daily Wildcat Nathan Venger, a University of Arizona Police Department officer gathers a bus driver's information after the driver sideswiped a fire engine on campus. Venger is also a pre-pharmacy student at the UA.

UAPD officer in line of duty on Friday

Mark Armao
October 28, 2013
Mark Armao / The Daily Wildcat A server at the James E. Rogers College of Law was hacked in late July. The security of the names and social security numbers of thousands of alumni and applicants to the college may have been compromised.

UA ups online security after hacker breaching

Mark Armao
October 24, 2013
Mark Armao/ The Daily Wildcat Randy Ryan, assistant director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, helped design the Algal Raceway Integrated Design. The ARID system is a watercourse designed specifically to maximize algae growth.

UA-led regional project cultivates algae for fuel

Mark Armao
October 21, 2013
Photo courtesy of Arizona Project WET

K-12 students test the waters with Arizona Project WET

Mark Armao
October 16, 2013
Photo courtesy of Kelsey Herron

Semester in Australia prompts UA student to be study abroad ambassador

Mark Armao
October 15, 2013
Mark Armao / The Daily Wildcat Nikki White, a business sophomore peers at the moon through a telescope during International Observe the Moon Night. The moon was in its waxing gibbous phase during the event, which was held on the UA Mall Saturday.

International holiday provides opportunity to educate, observe the moon

Mark Armao
October 13, 2013
Mark Armao / Arizona Daily Wildcat Members of the Tucson community participate in the Out of the Darkness walk on Sunday. The purpose of the annual event is to raise awareness about suicide in the hopes of preventing it in the future.

Campus Health Service partners with community to raise suicide awareness

Mark Armao
October 7, 2013
Mark Armao / The Daily Wildcat Dr. Sean Elliott, medical director of infection prevention for the UA Health Network, said that Southern Arizona may be on the brink of a pertussis outbreak. Practicing good "cough etiquette" is one way to prevent the spread of respiratory disease, he said.

Whooping cough outbreak a possibility in Tucson

Mark Armao
October 2, 2013
Mark Armao/The Daily Wildcat City Manager Richard Miranda will be honored at a banquet dinner on Friday. The former TPD chief has served the Tucson community for more than forty years.

UA Hispanic Alumni Association to honor city manager for years of service

Mark Armao
September 30, 2013
ROTC instructors bring wealth of expertise to cadet training

ROTC instructors bring wealth of expertise to cadet training

Mark Armao
September 26, 2013
Mark Armao/The Daily Wildcat Haris Volos, an electrical and computer engineering professor who specializes in artificial intelligence, will be working to develop the next generation of wireless technology as part of an UA-led consortium.

UA leads national high-tech wireless research

Mark Armao
September 19, 2013
Photo courtesy of UAMc

UAMC burn program receives $10,000 to expand services

Mark Armao
September 16, 2013
Photo courtesy of the University of Arizona Police Department

Police Chief to retire after 13 years with UAPD

Mark Armao
September 11, 2013
Alexander Plaumann // The Daily Wildcat Employees of Dickens Quality Demolition work on interior renovations in Old Main, on Tuesday, Aug. 27, on the University of Arizona campus. Renovations have been ongoing over the summer, in preparation for a new and improved Old Main.

Old Main construction to be completed in April 2014

Mark Armao
September 9, 2013
Rebecca Marie Sasnett // The Daily Wildcat Janie Vanderwalt, senior, Tyler Barrett, sophomore, Pauline Lam, sophomore, Alexis Jane Torre (not pictured), sophomore, Kevin Mauerman, sophomore, Kayla Fiorie, sophomore and Natasha Bodiroga, sophomore, pose for a photo in the ASUA office Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. Vanderwalt, Barrett, Lam, Torre, Mauerman, Fiorie and Bodiroga are hosting a Wildcat welcome home concert Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 from 5pm to 7pm.

Wildcat Events Board to host free concert at Main Gate Square

Mark Armao
August 29, 2013
UA researchers see into future of climate change

UA researchers see into future of climate change

Mark Armao
August 5, 2013

Animal rights activists protest against UA College of Medicine studies using mice

Mark Armao
August 5, 2013
UA surgeons perform world's first robotic implantation of an HVAD

UA surgeons perform world’s first robotic implantation of an HVAD

Mark Armao
July 31, 2013
UA student returns to class after bout with cancer

UA student returns to class after bout with cancer

Mark Armao
July 31, 2013
While most of the water that flows from the Keating Fountain is pumped from domestic wells, a small percentage of it came from the Colorado River via the Central Arizona Project. If future declines in the river's streamflow are significant enough, Tucson could lose much of its legal share to the water, according to Brad Udall.

Researchers assess the future of the Colorado River

Mark Armao
July 17, 2013
Medici recently went on a ride-along with TFD, which she said gave her insight on the wide variety of calls the department receives.

UA psychiatry department develops PTSD program for firefighters

Mark Armao
July 10, 2013
Maya Cross-Killingsworth holds a handful of mesquite pods. The pods harvested on campus will be ground into a nutritious flour that will be used in various food items served on campus.

UA campus trees to provide food for students

Mark Armao
June 25, 2013
The Large Binocular Telescope, which is located on Mt. Graham near Safford, Ariz., will be used to

NASA-funded UA projects search for alien worlds

Mark Armao
June 25, 2013
UA campus keeps cool with help of facilities management

UA campus keeps cool with help of facilities management

Mark Armao
June 18, 2013
UA expansion proposal for downtown to cost $80-$160 million

UA expansion proposal for downtown to cost $80-$160 million

Mark Armao
June 11, 2013
New technology converts web text to sound

New technology converts web text to sound

Mark Armao
June 5, 2013
New findings provide answers for epilepsy

New findings provide answers for epilepsy

Mark Armao
June 5, 2013
Courtesy /Arizona Daily Wildcat Rayka Robrecht (left) Micaela Machado (right) both graduate students in the College of Architecture, Plannling, and Landscape Architecture. They are in the Underwood Garden outside the architecture building. Their award-winning design builds on principles of sustainability like those exemplified in the garden.

Two UA students awarded in EPA’s Campus RainWorks Challenge

Mark Armao
May 1, 2013
Alfred McEwen, a professor of planetary geology and principal investigator for HiRISE, stands in front of a model of the HiRISE camera. The camera may have revealed the location of a long-lost Soviet probe known as Mars 3.

HiRISE camera may uncover Mars 3

Mark Armao
April 24, 2013
MARK ARMAO/ARIZONA Daily Wildcat Hazel Cox, adjunct lecturer in the department of soil, water and environmental science, works with students digging basins for a rainwater harvesting system on the UA campus on Friday.

UA students install a water harvest system on campus

Mark Armao
April 22, 2013
Kelsee Becker / Arizona Daily Wildcat UA Professor Phil Rosen is discusses lizards on campus, including an ornate tree lizard found behind Biological Sciences East.

UA researcher receives grant to protect Tucson animals along Santa Cruz river

Mark Armao
April 18, 2013
Mark Armao / Arizona Daily Wildcat Biomedical engineer Bijan Najafi holds a SmartSox prototype. The socks contain fiber-optic threads that can detect the precursors of diabetic foot ulcers.

UA researchers to study diabetic prevention technology

Mark Armao
April 15, 2013
Tyler Besh / Arizona Daily Wildcat Brad Wong, Film and TV Productions Senior, displays his winning short film in the editing bay of the Marshall Building.

UA student to travel to Cannes Film Festival in France

Mark Armao
April 10, 2013
Mark armao/arizona Daily Wildcat Maggie Bliss, an environmental sciences freshman, works out at the Student Recreation Center.

Rec Center ranked No. 17 by Best College Reviews

Mark Armao
April 8, 2013
Photo courtesy of Chelsea falnes Josh O’Neill, a member of the UA Quad rugby team, attempts to grab the ball in order to carry it between a pair of cones to score a point. The quad rugby team will play for a national title this weekend in Louisville, Ky.

Quad rugby team to play for national title

Mark Armao
April 4, 2013
Mark Armao / Arizona Daily Wildcat Katrina Miranda, an associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is creating a free online chemistry course for Google.

UA chemistry professor receives grant to design course for Google

Mark Armao
April 1, 2013
U.S. Representative Raul Grijalva discusses the legacy of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez on Thursday, March 28, in the Cesar Chavez Building.

U.S. Rep. Grijalva commemorates Cesar Chavez

Mark Armao
March 29, 2013
Alfredo Vargas, intern and facilitator at Chicano/Hispano Student Affairs and coordinator of an immigration discussion panel on Tuesday, facilitates a Q&A session for the panel’s speakers. The guest speakers addressed political and humanitarian issues related to immigration.

Immigration panel speakers tackle political, humanitarian issues

Mark Armao
March 28, 2013
Matt Coope (left), a pre-pharmacy junior and Isaiah Bruno, a mechanical engineering junior, jockey for the sliotar (ball) in a sport known as hurling. Hurling dates back almost 2,000 years.

Group of students brings Irish sport to UA campus

Mark Armao
March 19, 2013
DRS Technologies at UA Science and Technology Park could expand border security testing

DRS Technologies at UA Science and Technology Park could expand border security testing

Mark Armao
March 19, 2013
Mark Armao / Arizona Daily Wildcat Joe Silins, a former UA student, hosts a water harvesting workshop in Tucson on Feb. 27.

SWES course offers UA students hands-on rainwater harvesting practice

Mark Armao
March 5, 2013
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