Feb. 17, 2021 Hispanic Households Most Impacted by COVID-19 Job Disruptions, Food Insecurity in Arizona According to survey data, 59% of Hispanic households in Arizona reported job disruptions in the first four months of the pandemic, compared to 22% of non-Hispanic white households.
Dec. 21, 2020 Biotech Cotton Key to Eliminating Devastating Pest from US and Mexico A collaboration between UArizona, cotton growers, and government and industry partners eradicated the pink bollworm – one of the world's most damaging crop pests – from the United States and Mexico.
Dec. 2, 2020 UArizona Expert on Climate Science and Policy Selected as AAAS Fellow Gregg Garfin – whose research focuses on adaptation to climate change, climate variability and drought – has been elected a 2020 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Nov. 23, 2020 $3M Grant Helps Students Bridge Sciences to Solve the World's Biggest Problems The National Science Foundation grant will support graduate students working across scientific disciplines on challenges ranging from climate change to sustainable food production.
Nov. 19, 2020 Look Out, Bill Nye! Earyn McGee Rises to Social Media Stardom Earyn McGee started her university education focused on field research, but then became a science communication sensation on social media. The UArizona graduate student advocates for conservation and inclusivity in the sciences and was recently named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Oct. 1, 2020 The Dirt on Laundry and How to Reduce Your Risk of Getting Sick Does our laundry carry germs that can make us sick? UArizona researchers Charles Gerba and Kelly Reynolds review the current science on how to safely tackle the dirty job.
Sept. 16, 2020 Just Add Water: Biodiversity Resurgence in Effluent-Fed Desert Riverbeds Dragonflies, mayflies and caddisflies may be small, but their appearance could signal a big comeback for the beleaguered rivers of the American Southwest.
Sept. 8, 2020 They're Big, but They're Not Murder Hornets Buzz surrounding the arrival of the Asian giant hornet in the Pacific Northwest has many Arizonans mistaking native, beneficial bugs for the potentially invasive wasp.
Aug. 6, 2020 No-Clog Toilet Paper, Weight-Loss Pet Food Among Award-Winning Student Innovations Tech Launch Arizona has awarded funding to five-student teams to develop inventions with the goal of bringing them to the public as impactful products to benefit society.
July 20, 2020 Returning to Farming's Roots in the Battle Against the 'Billion-Dollar Beetle' A new study from UArizona entomologists reaffirms the importance of crop rotation and diversification in combating the western corn rootworm's resistance to biotech crops.
