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Roche senior manager Heidi Barnett, left, and Empire High School chemistry teacher Hillary Stacey at Roche/Ventana's Oro Valley lab.

Tucson educators bringing experience in STEM industry to classrooms

The UA-generated fellowship placed teachers in Arizona technology and medical companies for the summer.
A sign notifies the public about an active shooter drill taking place at the University of Arizona on August 14, 2019.

UAPD holds drill to prepare for active shooter event

How the university prepares for potential threats on campus.
UA graduate student in geosciences Becki Beadling on a research vessel in teh Southern Ocean, deploying robotic floats that gather information for the SOCCOM project.

Ocean & Space

Learn about UA scientists in the Southern Ocean measuring climate change; and celebrating the past and future of space exploration at Spacefest X.
A 2017 lidar "point cloud" image of the Washington Mall in Washington, D.C. Advances in remote sensing technologies are changing the types and quantity of data available to researchers.

Understanding data more and more important for college students, professor says

Hoshin Gupta suggests there are some basic ways of seeing the world through data that all college students should understand.
Gerry & Darwin Hall, photographed by Jade Beall (detail).

"Wise Bodies, Beautiful Elders" - photographer Jade Beall confronts ageism in the raw.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: The facts regarding mental illness and gun violence; and mushroom hunters go on a monsoon quest.
UA professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering Larry Head sits for an interview with Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera at Arizona Public Media on July 11, 2019.

As industries turn to automation, cyber vulnerabilities arise

UA professor Larry Head says attacks on systems are inevitable.
John Heun operates a mobile platform in an alfalfa field at the Maricopa Agricultural Center on July 26, 2019. The mobile platform is equipped with technology used for research in precision agriculture conducted by the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

UA research farm using automation to innovate industry

The Maricopa Agricultural Center is a testing ground for precision agriculture.
Summer students learning self-driving car technology at UA.

UA summer program offers experience with self-driving tech

Students from all over the country test their skills using an autonomous car on campus.
Walkability study can inform developers building new neighborhoods in Tucson.

UA walkability study could build better Tucson neighborhoods

Surveys focuses on urban planning and the use of greenspace
Conservation agriculture in Zimbabwe.

UA scientist analyzing how well farming techniques travel

The researcher asks why a conservation agriculture method used in North America hasn't caught on in Zimbabwe.
The number pad and cash dispenser at an ATM.

Financial habits in college could help predict which grads feel grown up

A UA study shows link between financial responsibility and adult identity.
Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples at Station no. 1 during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. This picture, looking eastward, was taken by Astronaut John W. Young, commander. Duke is standing at the rim of Plum crater, which is 40 meters in diameter and 10 meters deep. The parked Lunar Roving Vehicle can be seen in the left background.

Geoff Notkin on the past - and future - of space exploration.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Mexican rock stars sing out about immigration; and a party to celebrate the "The Queen of the Night" at Tohono Chul.
The west side of Old Main on the University of Arizona campus.

Equal pay lawsuit against Arizona regents settled

Three female former UA deans claimed they were paid less than men.
UA astrobiologist Betul Kacar.

Sci-fi meets reality in the field of synthetic biology

A UA astrobiologist using it to identify potential alien life
Photo taken shortly before Apollo 11 landed on the moon's surface, July 20, 1969.

UA Special Collections opening lunar mapping exhibit

Hosting collection of rare documents and maps from university's moon researchers
Photo of sand dunes taken from Mars orbit.

Scientists observe shifting dunes on Mars

UA space scientists track the effect of wind on Martian sand dunes.

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