Sept. 26, 2019 $3M Grant to Create Cybersecurity Modeled After Human Body University of Arizona electrical and computer engineering researchers are training a future cybersecurity workforce and creating bioinspired methods for keeping computers secure.
Sept. 26, 2019 Researchers to Evaluate Sexual Assault Prevention Program in Arizona Bars A $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will help a team including University of Arizona researchers evaluate the effectiveness of "Safer Bars" program, a program designed to help staff recognize and safely intervene in situations that could lead to sexual violence.
Sept. 26, 2019 Startup Licenses Carbon Fiber Tech to Treat Broken Bones, Receives Funding An Arizona professor has has invented a flexible carbon fiber fabric designed to be inserted inside and around a fractured bone. The technology has been licensed to a startup and has already received venture capital funding to take it forward.
Sept. 26, 2019 Building a Pathway from Tribal College to Neuroscience Laboratories A $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will help a team that includes University of Arizona researchers develop a program to help train Navajo students in neuroscience programs.
Sept. 25, 2019 At Nearly $335M, Giving to UA Foundation Breaks Record Supporters are bringing the university’s $1 billion endowment goal closer. This year’s gifts included significant investments in students and faculty.
Sept. 25, 2019 Students Tackle 21st Century Sustainability Challenges on the Navajo Nation UA students working on food, energy and water insecurity among Indigenous communities build an off-the-grid water filtration system on the Navajo Nation.
Sept. 25, 2019 UA Downtown Lecture Series to Focus on Humans' Relationships with Animals The free series, held at the Fox Tucson Theater on Thursdays in October, will focus on animals – specifically dogs, bison, herring and horses – and what they teach us about being human.
Sept. 23, 2019 Proposed Trade Deal Has Big Arizona Implications University of Arizona experts take a closer look at the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which has been proposed to take the place of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Sept. 23, 2019 Iron Magma Could Explain Psyche’s Density Puzzle Volcanism has always intrigued humanity. Less than 50 years ago, scientists discovered cryovolcanism – ice volcanoes on other worlds. Now, researchers may have identified volcanoes of molten metal.
Sept. 23, 2019 UA Scientists to Examine Food Safety Practices After E. coli Outbreak University of Arizona researchers are participating in a study to determine how environmental factors impact the risk of produce becoming contaminated, with a goal of enhancing the safety of produce grown in the Yuma area.