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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | DecUANews | Flandrau astronomy shows aim to inspire, teach and entertain audiences ranging from preschool through retirement age.
UANews | Five professors from the UA have received $2 million from the National Science Foundation to research water reuse and supply systems.
UANews | UA researchers are working to find natural, biologically active compounds that will sensitize cancerous tumors to therapy without damaging normal tissue.
UANews | The Steward Observatory Mirror Lab is currently polishing the first of seven giant mirrors it planned for the GMT.
UANews | Girls will explore the UA and myriad career opportunities at MISS Adventures Camp.
UANews | The UA is partnering with Tucson Electric Power on a program to monitor the efficiency of solar panels at TEP's test yard.
UANews | Famed UA astronomer Roger Angel is redirecting his talents toward a new goal, changing the nature of electric generation in America.
UANews | Plumes spewing from a tiny moon of Saturn – a moon roughly the width of Arizona – are filled with molecules that suggest that the moon, Enceladus, is likely another place in the solar system to look for life.
UANews | Research at the UA could one day lead to photovoltaic materials thin enough, flexible enough and inexpensive enough to go not only on rooftops but in windows, outdoor awnings and even clothing.
UANews | There are currently two available positions to help conduct research in one of more than 40 laboratories on campus.
UANews | The UA has many ties to the Apollo program, from helping develop maps of the moon to determining landing sites and analyzing rocks returned to earth by Apollo astronauts.
UANews | The next discussion, about rainwater harvesting, takes place at noon on July 29.
UANews | A team of UA researchers that studied the Colorado River Basin has received the American Water Resources Association's "Boggess Award," which goes to the best paper published within a one-year period.
UANews | Dozens of science and mathematics teachers are convening at the UA's Biosphere 2 for the Summer Institute of the Arizona Center for Science Teachers.
UANews | Ahmed Badran has been selected as one of the few students who will present research during this month's Beckman Scholars Symposium, which is part of a nationally competitive program.
UANews | UA and Tucson high school students will be involved in the research to help sequence the West African rice genome.
UANews | Felicia Goodrum was the only professor in Arizona to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
UANews | To commemorate the anniversary, the UA is hosting a public celebration, featuring lectures, children's activities, solar telescope viewing and opportunities to meet UA science luminaries.
UANews | Jarita Holbrook and Romeel Davé's "Hubble's Diverse Universe" features interviews with nine African-American and Hispanic astrophysicists on their work. The film will screen for the first time this weekend.
UANews | The UA Cooperative Extension is seeking applicants for the Phoenix Master Watershed Steward Program to become volunteers who share their knowledge about water issues.
UANews | Changes in the Earth's climate already are taking a toll on the poor, a UA professor wrote in a new report by the organization Oxfam International.
UANews | Michael Worobey, an assistant professor with the UA ecology and evolutionary biology department, is one of the panelists who will discuss swine flu and genetics.
UANews | Science this week carries four articles on the results of the 2008 NASA Phoenix Mars Mission, led by the UA.
UANews | Projects engineered by area students will be showcased on Thursday as part of the UA's Algebra Academy program.
UANews | The UA's ADVANCE program, in its third year, continues to try and eradicate gender inequity within the academy.