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Rose Vining, a senior studying environmental science, grinds plant samples in one of the research labs in Bio Sciences West on July 7.

Ditch the retail job and work at an on-campus lab

Natalie Robbins
July 26, 2016
The late UA physics professor Roger Haar hiking with his dog Goldie.

Physics lab manager Roger Haar remembered

Bailey Bellavance and Natalie Robbins
July 19, 2016
A petrified log in the Petrified Forest National Park just outside Holbrook, Ariz on Saturday, May 21. The Petrified Forest is full of ancient trees that can provide information about the past climate and geologic processes.

Science on the road: Petrified Forest National Park

Natalie Robbins
July 13, 2016

Sky watch July: Jupiter, Hercules and the Summer Triangle

Natalie Robbins
July 5, 2016
Sally Ride sits sits in the aft flight deck mission specialist's seat during deorbit preparations in 1983.

Out in STEM: Sally Ride, Sir Francis Bacon and Alan Turing

Natalie Robbins
June 28, 2016
Galaxy M16 seen by Jonathan Davis' homemade telescope. Photos like these will be taken using mirrors built and polished in the Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory.

June Skywatch: Mars, Saturn and mountaintop viewing

Natalie Robbins
June 15, 2016
Nestlé has recently proposed building a bottled water plant in Phoenix. This proposal has raised concerns amongst the validity of the idea considering the current drought.

Nestle may open bottled water plant in Phoenix despite twenty year drought

Natalie Robbins
June 11, 2016

On the border: The forensics behind migrant deaths

Natalie Robbins
June 1, 2016
UA students view artwork in “Opening Doors” exhibit at the UAMA on Earth day. Students for Sustainability partnered with the UAMA and other organizations for the “Opening Doors” ecological art project that will run until the end of the school year.

UA Museum of Art opens doors to ecology, sustainability

Natalie Robbins
April 26, 2016
UA mathematics professor Bruce Bayly demonstrates a harmonograph to high school students on Thursday, April 14. His booth at STEAMworks integrated math and art using the motion of a pendulum to draw pictures.

STEAMworks puts the art in STEM

Natalie Robbins
April 15, 2016
Students from Manzo Elementary School and Mansfield Middle School who are working with Biosphere 2's Landscape Evolution Observatory attend the opening night of their art display in ENR2 on Friday, April 8. The goal of this project was to give K-12 students access to hands-on science activities.

Young scientists delve into the arts at Biosphere 2

Natalie Robbins
April 15, 2016
Sarah Bertram, a sophomore studying physiology and molecular and cellular biology, and Lia Ossanna, an environmental science freshman, collect trash and recycling on Sunday, April 10. Students for Sustainability worked to reduce waste during this year's Spring Fling.

One small step for sustainability, one giant step for Spring Fling

Natalie Robbins
April 10, 2016
Plates on display at the opening reception og “Plating the Desert” on March 8.

Keeping it local: UA Students for Sustainability and UA ceramics class connects students with local foods

Natalie Robbins
March 24, 2016
The North Sea Coastline at Holy Island in Northumberland, England. Currently dulse is sold as a nutritional supplement and in the future may be grown, fried and sold around the world.

OSU just discovered seaweed that tastes like bacon

Natalie Robbins
March 2, 2016
Sarah Rinkevich stands in the ENR2 building on Wednesday, Feb 10. Rinkevich was a key player in the reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolf to Northern Arizona.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working to strengthen the population of Mexican Gray Wolves in Arizona

Natalie Robbins
February 26, 2016
People socialize and drink Frog & Firkin on Feb 17. [Something about drinking idk I didn't read the article, sorry Bailey]

UA study disproves old stereotype of increased alcohol use in Native American populations

Natalie Robbins
February 18, 2016
Galaxy M16 seen by Jonathan Davis' homemade telescope. Photos like these will be taken using mirrors built and polished in the Richard F. Caris Mirror Laboratory.

Inside the mirror lab, it’s all about the curves

Natalie Robbins
February 10, 2016
Madison Eich aims down range on Saturday, Jan. 30 at PSE Archery, a range and pro-shop located on Fairview Avenue and Glenn Street. Eich, an Olympic hopeful, is a member of the Wildcat Archery club.

Wildcat Archery hits the bullseye with math and physics

Natalie Robbins
February 2, 2016
Heriberto Bujanda shows off a soccer-playing robot at the RoboCub Jr. STEM Professional Development training at the Student Union Memorial Center on Saturday, Jan. 16. Students in Sunny Side school district will make robots similar to these in the coming months to compete at Robocup Jr.

Students program soccer-playing robots with help of UA professor

Natalie Robbins
January 21, 2016
Arizona Stadium on Tuesday, Jan. 12. UA diverted more waste from its football game on Nov. 14 than nine other Pac-12 schools.

UA brings home third in Pac-12 Zero Waste Bowl

Natalie Robbins
January 12, 2016
Students gather on the UA Mall on Monday, Nov. 23, to create a banner for the UA delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference being held in Paris this week.

Students hold rally for UA delegation to Paris climate talks

Natalie Robbins
December 2, 2015
Storm clouds gather to the east of UA campus on Wednesday, Oct. 21st. Storms are expected to be more frequent in the coming months thanks to El Niño.

Stumped about El Niño? University of Arizona experts explain what you can expect

Natalie Robbins
November 23, 2015
Courtesy of Patrick O'Connor / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0SolarCats treasurer Jordan Barrows stands next to his research project at Biosphere 2 on Oct. 10, 2014. Biosphere 2 donates its used solar panels to the club for its projects.

Solar Cats energize campus with solar-powered bench and golf cart projects

Natalie Robbins
November 3, 2015
A flower grows in the UA Community Garden, a project that involves Students for Sustainability, outside of the Highland Avenue Parking Garage on Aug. 28.

University of Arizona undergrads present their sustainability projects to AASHE national conference

Natalie Robbins
November 3, 2015

University of Arizona Residence Life creates app to help students manage power usage

Natalie Robbins
October 18, 2015
Parker Evans, MycoCats manager and a second year masters student in plant pathology at the UA, explains how the MycoCats grow mushrooms in the lab. Evans is studying this fungi to find ways to naturally recycle and degrade toxins.

UA students become fungus farmers through MycoCats program

Natalie Robbins
September 22, 2015

UA interns sprout gardens in local schools

Natalie Robbins
September 4, 2015
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