Dec. 6, 2021 Algorithms are Making Many of Your Decisions – and You Might be OK With That A new study by UArizona law professor Derek Bambauer suggests that most people are content to let big data-produced algorithms decide many – but not all – of their day-to-day decisions.
Dec. 3, 2021 Gov. Ducey Says Investment in Hypersonic Flight is Ticket to the Future The governor joined Raytheon Missiles & Defense president, university leadership, and representatives from the education sector to tour UArizona wind tunnels and discuss the state’s STEM workforce.
Dec. 1, 2021 $1.5M Advances Hypersonics Research and Technology Samy Missoum, a professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, received $1.5 million to lead the development of a surrogate aerodynamic database, an essential tool in the design of next-generation hypersonic systems.
Nov. 29, 2021 UArizona President Urges Caution as Omicron Variant Causes New Concern With omicron named a COVID-19 variant of concern by the World Health Organization, President Robert C. Robbins urged students and employees to get vaccinated, test regularly and follow good public health practices.
Nov. 23, 2021 UArizona Team Creates Instrument to Study Invisible Clouds that Warm Earth Doctoral student Kira Hart Shanks designed and built the infrared channeled spectropolarimeter, which will be deployed onboard a NASA CubeSat to monitor invisible clouds in the upper atmosphere.
Nov. 23, 2021 UArizona Postdoc's 50-Mile Run for Indigenous Scientists Featured in Patagonia Film Lydia Jennings couldn't celebrate her new Ph.D. in 2020 because of the pandemic, so a few months later, she dedicated a 50-mile run to 50 Indigenous scientists. A new film, produced by Patagonia, tells the story.
Nov. 22, 2021 UArizona Sets Record for International Student Enrollment By creating new opportunities and modalities for students to stay on track or begin a degree program, UArizona has been able to increase its international student enrollment despite challenges posed by the pandemic.
Nov. 19, 2021 Ruffing It: UArizona Researcher Talks Dogs With Actor Jeff Goldblum Evan MacLean, director of the Arizona Canine Cognition Center, is lucky enough to have a career working with dogs. Recently, he had the opportunity to work with a popular actor as well.
Nov. 19, 2021 Age of Empires IV Players Eligible for UArizona Credit Through History Department Collaboration UArizona history faculty members developed educational content for the popular strategy game. Engaging with the content can earn current and future UArizona students one hour of academic credit.
Nov. 18, 2021 Evidence Points to Animal Market, Not Lab, as Epicenter of Pandemic In a paper published in Science, UArizona virus expert Michael Worobey connects the dots from the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and shows that an origin other than the Huanan Seafood Market is extremely unlikely.
