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Topological acoustics researchers investigate the science of sound, and its use in areas including telecommunications, sensing, computing and materials characterization techniques such as laser ultrasonic testing. (Courtesy of University of Arizona College of Engineering)

UA awarded $30M for sound science research

Sam Parker
September 10, 2023
Inside lab 310 at the University of Arizona's Bioscience Research Laboratories building on Sept. 23, 2021. Graduate students and lab technicians work together here on different projects.  

Women in STEM at the UA

Susan Barnett
February 15, 2022
Lindsey Koelbel a freshman at the University of Arizona received a prestigious fellowship.

UA student lands Brooke Owens fellowship and prestigious internship

Gabriella Cobian
February 24, 2020
Claire Tomkins is the founder and CEO of Future Family, a fertility treatment company. She graduated form the University of Arizona in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in systems industrial engineering and public policy.

UA alumna’s experience with fertility issues leads her to help others conceive children

Quincy Sinek
April 13, 2019
University of Arizona Engineering students test and demonstrate low-cost solar ovens they designed and built from scratch on the UA mall on Friday, Oct. 10, 2018. Faculty and industry judges selected winners and award prizes.

UA Engineering Freshmen compete and test out solar ovens made from scratch

Quincy Sinek
October 11, 2018
Two students work with their Skittle-sorting machine in a sorting competition held by the biomedical engineering department. The contestants consisted of students from two different biomedical engineering classes.

Eureka: UA maker class challenges student engineers

Nicole Morin
June 17, 2017
A scene from one of the Desert Saber program's scenarios. The application will allow for greater realism than previously possible in training mine employees.

Serious gaming: UA researchers develop mining simulation

Nicole Morin
June 8, 2017
Agricultural & bio-systems engineering professor Gene Giacomelli inspects a hydroponic, or soil-free, grow system. Giacomelli is working with NASA to develop greenhouses for use on other planets.

UA researchers building greenhouses for space

Chandler Donald
June 5, 2017
Engineering Design Days showcases student inventions

Engineering Design Days showcases student inventions

William Rockwell
May 3, 2017
After collaring his location to drill into the 20-ton rock, Nathan Kraft begins drilling what will be his winning cumulative depth of 22 inches using a 120-pound jackleg drill at a drilling competition on April 21 at Old Main. The College of Mining and Geological Engineering hosted the drilling competition modeled after the International Intercollegiate Mining Games, in which UA students won the inaugural year and will compete this year.

Hard rock at Old Main: UA mining students compete to drill massive boulder

Owen Zerambo
April 23, 2017
Physiology major Joseph Corona has his resume looked over by a counselor at Career Services at the Student Union Memorial Center on July 16, 2015. A new initiative aims to increase job readiness for STEM majors.

STEM collaboration tackles student career readiness

Nicole Morin
April 15, 2017
The water hose to the left of the shot is to dampen the ash to prevent it from blowing across the area. The lagoon is used to hold fly ash produced by the burning of coal at Cockenzie Power Station.

Rolling coal: UA engineer develops sustainable concrete substitute

Chandler Donald
March 29, 2017
Students work on a hands-on engineering project. The recent conference at the UA offered practical and mentorship opportunities to Latino high schoolers interested in pursuing engineering. 

Conference helps young latino students explore engineering

Hannah Dahl
March 19, 2017
UA Computer Science Department's Beichuan Zhang shows the network hardware that he and four UA students are using for a recent internet technology project, Green Net. The data storage centers that Codelucida will cater to are far larger.

UA startup receives funding for computer data error correction

Serena Conde
February 15, 2017
Four UA researchers named Bisgrove Scholars

Four UA researchers named Bisgrove Scholars

Nicole Morin
February 5, 2017
Featured Science: Katerina Aifantis ditches the traditional approach to engineering

Featured Science: Katerina Aifantis ditches the traditional approach to engineering

Hannah Dahl
February 1, 2017
The Research Bazaar two-day event will start on March 31 on the UA Mall. The event will cover various ways to explore data.

Student teams show off tech skills, ideas at Hack Arizona

Jessica Blackburn
January 17, 2017
NASA's experimental EM-drive, which appears to violate the laws of physics. The propulsion system could revolutionize space travel, but experts caution against overenthusiasm.

UA experts weigh-in on NASA’s EM Drive

Hannah Dahl
November 28, 2016
Leslie Tolbert, professor of neuroscience, and cellular and molecular medicine, poses in her office on Tuesday, Nov. 22 in Tucson. Tolbert, who has been a professor at the University of Arizona since 1987, was recently elected as a fellow for American Association for the Advancement of Science.

This week in science: Nov. 19—Nov. 26

Ava Garcia
November 26, 2016
A forest service helicopter assess the smoke rising over the Catalina Mountains on Monday, Nov. 14.

This week in science: Nov. 12—Nov. 18

Ava Garcia
November 18, 2016
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