
Temple University President Ann Weaver Hart will visit campus Feb. 13 to meet students, faculty, staff, administrators and community members.

A UA astronomy research team was awarded a $600,000 grant for technology development in the NASA’s Explorer mission program. The EXCEDE mission involves a new space telescope for studying the dusty regions near stars to learn how planets form and evolve.

Dozens of undergraduate researchers will present their original work during the Honors Research Expo, which is now in its 25th year.

Scientists are preparing to launch a 10-year project to study water resources, gas exchange and carbon cycling in three man-made landscapes built in a half-acre laboratory at the UA's Biosphere 2.

Hart is currently the president of Temple University and has served as president of the University of New Hampshire. She will be introduced to the UA campus community on Feb. 13.

The Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation recognizes ranching's central importance to Arizona and has demonstrated its commitment to the state's rangelands – and the UA's research and extension efforts in this field – through a $4.5 million endowed gift.




