March 21, 2022 'Boom! Fizzz! Ker-POW!' – UArizona instructor's comics turn chemistry into adventure Chemistry instructor Colleen Kelley uses her imagination and knack for storytelling to make "boring" chemistry anything but. By disguising chemical elements as superheroes and turning chemical reactions into mysteries, her comics help fourth through sixth graders master chemistry concepts typically taught at the college level.
March 18, 2022 Star-sized debris cloud from distant collision spotted by NASA telescope Most of the rocky bodies in our solar system were formed or shaped by massive collisions early in the solar system's history. A newly observed dust cloud from a similar crash offers clues about how often these events occur around other stars.
March 16, 2022 Webb Telescope looks to the skies with clear eyes, thanks to UArizona's NIRCam After months of alignment and fine-tuning, the James Webb Space Telescope has produced its first clear image of a star, thanks to the Near Infrared Camera developed and managed by UArizona. NASA is confident that the telescope's optics can achieve the mission's science goals.
March 16, 2022 Construction scheduled to begin on new home for Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine The $23 million, donor-funded project will provide new space for the internationally recognized UArizona center, which focuses on whole-person wellness.
March 14, 2022 Masks may become optional at UArizona next week If COVID-19 transmission rates remain in line with the rest of the county, masks will become recommended but not required in indoor spaces on the Tucson campus beginning March 21.
March 14, 2022 Fast-melting alpine permafrost may contribute to rising global temperatures Alpine permafrost, which is found closer to the equator at high elevations, is expected to melt at a faster rate than arctic permafrost under current global warming conditions, according to new research.
March 9, 2022 The Tucson Festival of Books is back! Here's what to expect This weekend, the festival will be held in person for the first time since 2019. The event will feature nearly 300 authors, more than 200 exhibitors and about 30 venues with talks, exhibits, interactive activities and more.
March 4, 2022 UArizona Health Sciences colleges climb in Blue Ridge rankings of NIH funding The R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, College of Nursing and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health posted significant gains in research funding, according to rankings compiled by the nonprofit Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
March 2, 2022 UArizona to help NASA understand solar wind and plasma with HelioSwarm mission Plasma is rare on Earth, but it fills the sky. To more deeply understand this state of matter that makes up 99% of the visible universe, NASA's HelioSwarm mission will deploy a "swarm" of spacecraft to gather data. UArizona assistant professor Kristopher Klein will serve as the mission's deputy principal investigator.
Feb. 28, 2022 Members of France-Arizona Institute for Global Grand Challenges convene in Tucson to reflect on partnership's first year Members of the France-Arizona Institute for Global Grand Challenges convened on campus this week to reflect on the institute's first year and plan for its future.
