Dec. 21, 2020 Two UArizona Researchers Receive $1M Grants to Advance Cyberinfrastructure and Quantum Sensing Hydrology and engineering professors receive Convergence Accelerator awards from the National Science Foundation. The new program aims to support interdisciplinary efforts to solve real-world problems in the near future.
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. 16, 2020 How a Smartphone App and Contact Tracing Helped Keep UArizona Open and Curb COVID-19 Spread Since its launch in August, the Covid Watch Arizona exposure notification app has helped reduce the average number of people infected on campus by as much as 12%.
Dec. 16, 2020 Plumes on Icy Worlds Hold Clues About What Lies Beneath A new model shows how brine on Jupiter's moon Europa can migrate within the icy shell to form pockets of salty water that erupt to the surface when freezing.
Dec. 16, 2020 UArizona Filmmakers' Documentary Sheds Light on Border Crisis in One Texas County Lisa Molomot and Jacob Bricca spent five years creating "Missing in Brooks County," which chronicles migrant struggles in one of the most dangerous corners of the United States.
Dec. 16, 2020 UANow Will Return Jan. 14 UANow is going on hiatus for the holidays. There will be no newsletter on Dec. 24, Dec. 31 or Jan. 7. Publication will resume on Jan. 14. We wish our readers a safe and happy holiday season!
Dec. 16, 2020 HSI Status Brings Additional $2.3M in CARES Act Funding to UArizona Much of the federal COVID-19 relief funding is being used to increase access to technology equipment and restore some student jobs lost early in the pandemic.
Dec. 15, 2020 What You Need to Know About Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine As Americans began receiving Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine this week, UArizona immunobiologist Deepta Bhattacharya talked about the science, development and safety of the vaccine.
Dec. 15, 2020 UArizona Project to Support Native American Students in STEAM Fields UArizona is partnering with Diné College on a project that aims to provide Native American students with skills, knowledge and confidence to pursue degrees in science, technology, engineering, agriculture and math.
Dec. 14, 2020 Customer Behavior is Driving Pandemic Distress for Grocery Store Workers, Report Finds Twenty percent of Arizona grocery store workers surveyed say they have experienced severe levels of mental distress during the pandemic. A major source of that stress: customer behavior.
