From October 16 through November 13, the UA’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences presents the first annual Downtown Lecture Series at the Fox Tucson Theatre. This year the subject will be “happiness.” During the free one-hour lectures, UA faculty will examine the topic by sharing insights gleaned from psychiatry, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and integrative medicine.
Toxicologist and pediatrician Dr. Leslie Boyer, founding director of the UA's VIPER Institute, has been named the 2013 Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year by the Arizona Bioindustry Association. Boyer was lead investigator for a scorpion antivenom clinical trials program that resulted in FDA approval of the antivenom Anascorp.
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $3.9 million to an international collaboration led by UA ecologists Scott Saleska and Virginia Rich. The researchers are studying how microbes release greenhouse gases as they access nutrients in permafrost soils that are thawing under the influence of a warmer climate.
The National Science Foundation has awarded $50 million to a multi-institution collaborative headquartered at the UA's BIO5 Institute to create a national cyberinfrastructure for the biological sciences. The renewal grant will allow scientists worldwide to analyze and manage massive datasets to address questions of scientific, national and global importance.
Barbara B. Brewer, clinical associate professor at the UA College of Nursing, has been awarded a four-year, $1.3 million grant to study the top reason for medical errors: communication issues.
UA undergraduate researcher Robert Clark, his public health mentor and Pima County officials collaborated on an investigation of rabies cases in Pima County. While bats get all the attention Clarks' research indicates that we should also learn more about the risks associated with rabies-infected skunks and foxes.
The Smartrek app, developed by faculty member Yi-Chang Chiu, uses advanced traffic prediction and vehicle routing technology, combined with user rewards, to give drivers the best suggestions for avoiding traffic while helping reduce traffic congestion.
With 2 million irreplaceable specimens, the one-of-a-kind UA Insect Collection is being renovated and brought online with grants from the National Science Foundation, the Schlinger Foundation and others. Join the experience at the UA's annual Insect Festival on Sept. 15. Image: Beatriz Verdugo/UANews.
The UA Department of Surgery is a leader for robot-assisted surgery. Now, Dr. Zain Khalpey and Dr. Robert Poston have become the first to implant a left ventricular assist device using a surgical robot in John Hulslander, 67, who was losing his battle with ischemic cardiomyopathy.
Chris Impey, author of "How It Began: A Time-Traveler's Guide to the Universe" and "How it Ends: From You to the Universe," has developed and is teaching a new MOOC – a massive open online class – at the UA. Image: Adam Block.
Thanks to a partnership with the Arizona Diamondbacks, UA faculty member Ricardo Valerdi and his team of volunteers have taken the Science of Baseball on the road.
Venom of the brown recluse spider causes a reaction in the body that is different from what researchers previously thought, a discovery that could lead to development of new treatments for spider bites. Image: Ladyb695/Wikimedia Commons.
Scientists at the UA's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab are casting the third mirror in a series of seven that will be used to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope. Once completed, the telescope will be the largest in the world and have a resolution 10 times greater than the Hubble Space Telescope.
Among all public and private institutions in the U.S., Forbes has ranked the University of Arizona as one of the best. Listed at spot 211, the UA places in the top third in the nation.
Thanks to a new mirror technology developed in part at the UA, astronomers can now view objects in the sky at unprecedented sharpness in visible light. Photo credit: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona.
The UA has placed 78th overall and 45th in the U.S. in the 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities, released by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Public health researchers at the University of Arizona, along with researchers at two other higher education institutions in the state, have earned a $6 million grant to investigate health issues in American Indian communities.
UA researchers are collaborating on a three-year, $750,000 NASA grant to advance our understanding of astronaut health during space exploration missions. The goal is to better comprehend infectious disease risks to NASA crews, often considered more susceptible to infections during spaceflight. (Photo credit: NASA)
UA researchers have discovered that two different versions of the same signaling protein tell a nerve cell which end is which -- an important step in developing therapies for spinal injuries and neurodegenerative diseases. (Photo credit: Sara Parker)
The Center for Rural Health, part of the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, will host the 40th Annual Arizona Rural Health Conference, Aug 20-21. Dr. Mary Wakefield, Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, will attend and deliver the keynote address at the event in Prescott, Ariz.