May 28, 2019 Four Questions: History of the Bicycle Avid cyclist David Ortiz, who teaches a UA course about the bicycle, talks about the historical significance of the bike in advance of World Bicycle Day on June 3.
May 28, 2019 State Budget Makes Significant Investments in UA, UA Medical Schools The Arizona Legislature approved $17.4 million in funding for the UA, with $8 million earmarked to expand the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix and support medical students.
May 28, 2019 Why Parents Should Teach Kids to Give Teaching children how to appropriately give money away can help them learn financial basics like budgeting, and it may contribute to their well-being later in life, UA research suggests.
May 24, 2019 International Collaboration Aims to Predict Life-Threatening Reaction to Heparin Treatment No tests currently are available to evaluate risk for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, an adverse reaction to the drug that can result in catastrophic, life-threatening complications in patients with cardiovascular disease.
May 22, 2019 UA Researcher Awarded $3 Million to Study Genomics in Cerebral Palsy Dr. Michael Kruer, of the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix, has received the first federally funded grant to research genetic causes of a condition that affects 1 in 250 children.
May 22, 2019 UA Announces Appointments for Two Key Leadership Positions Liesl Folks joins the UA as senior vice president for academic affairs and provost; Betsy Cantwell has been appointed senior vice president for research and innovation.
May 22, 2019 On Mars, Sands Shift to a Different Drum In the most detailed analysis of how sands move around on Mars, a team of planetary scientists led by the UA found that processes not involved in controlling sand movement on Earth play major roles on Mars.
May 21, 2019 Startup to Commercialize Blood Test for Most Major Cancers UA researchers developed a new blood test that can detect most major cancers and have launched a startup, DesertDx, to bring the invention to doctors and their patients.
May 21, 2019 Engineering Grad Student Helps Capture First Image of Black Hole Arash Roshanineshat’s digital signal processing skills and tools are helping a worldwide astronomical community write the next chapter on the universe’s most extreme objects.
May 20, 2019 A UA-Powered Science Fair Success Ask and you shall receive: A high school freshman turned to a UA researcher and a graduate student for help with a unique science project on aerosol particles.
