STEM

Feb. 12, 2018

What organizers call the first 4-H Fab Lab in the country, and the first fabrication laboratory in an Arizona public school, is engaging students in STEM and fulfilling the mission of UA Cooperative Extension.

The Kakavas family watches an Ultimaker machine create a 3-D model.

Aug. 23, 2017

UA to Host National Conference on STEM and Hispanics

Thanks to an NSF grant, thought leaders will be invited to campus in November to examine the critical challenges and opportunities regarding undergraduate STEM education.

The UA chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers has been recognized nationally.

July 31, 2017

KEYS Program Pairs Young Scientists With UA Research Mentors

Nothing compares to the hands-on lab experience, say the high school students in the seven-week summer program, a premier pathway for developing STEM skills.

At KEYS, Eric Oum worked in the lab of Dr. Anita Koshy studying the effects of aging on the immune response to Toxoplasma gondii infection. Here, he presents his research poster at the KEYS Showcase.

July 26, 2017

Arizona Teachers Dive In and Learn More About STEM

In a UA Cooperative Extension outreach program, K-12 teachers acquire hands-on knowledge of how underwater technology is used in the Central Arizona Project canal.

Teachers built their own remotely operated vehicles, or ROVs, for use underwater in a swimming pool, simulating work done in the Central Arizona Project canal system.

Dec. 19, 2016

Project Addresses Food Safety for Southern Arizona Families

UA professor Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta is leading a citizen science effort to harvest rainwater and improve environmental health education in underserved communities.

Community health workers complete a hands-on workshop on passive rainwater harvesting systems. They will conduct community outreach and assist their neighbors with rainwater harvesting projects in Arizona.

Oct. 12, 2016

Supercomputers Could Improve Cancer Diagnostics

UA researcher Adam Buntzman is merging computer science and immunology to improve cancer diagnostics by up to 100 times the accuracy of conventional tests.

Oct. 3, 2016

UA to Train ROTC Students for STEM Work

To prepare midshipmen for careers in science and engineering with the U.S. Navy, with specialized training in geospatial technology, an interdisciplinary team at the UA has launched a program with funding from the Office of Naval Research. NAVIGATE, a three-year project, has "transferrable concepts."

Involving experts in education, geospatial sciences and veterans affairs, as well as Raytheon Missile Systems as a partner, NAVIGATE is a reflection and extension of the UA's already notable nationwide reputation for providing the academic, financial and

Aug. 2, 2016

TLA Sets Performance Records in 3rd Full Year

Tech Launch Arizona has completed its third full year of operation, surpassing all of its established performance metrics. For fiscal 2016, the UA's commercialization arm reported 250 invention disclosures, 278 patents filed and 14 startup companies. Tech Parks Arizona also had a banner year.

Often, great inventions start in ideas noted in University researchers' lab notebooks.

June 8, 2016

Global Ocean Data Illuminate Earth's Future Climate

With the help of the UA-led national data management project CyVerse, three agencies are funding a study of the Earth's climate with robotic floats and supercomputers.

A researcher prepares to deploy a robotic float into the Southern Ocean, the water body surrounding Antarctica. The floats are lowered over the side of the vessel on a rope and slide off the rope once in the water.

Aug. 15, 2014

Blog Series: UA Student Navigates Germany, Works to Advance Research

UA undergraduate researcher Austin Brown has spent his summer in Germany studying how bumblebees can differentiate odors and, longterm, hope to advance scientific knowledge about how the brain works in general. This is the fifth and final feature in a UA blog series on students' research abroad.

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