In line with NASA's recently issued "Asteroid Grand Challenge," the UA is at the forefront of discovering and tracking space rocks, engaging the global community in the effort and is poised to send a spacecraft to a potentially hazardous asteroid to bring a sample back to Earth.
NASA has issued an ...
UA Strong Ally in NASA’s Call to Find Dangerous Asteroids
Posted On Tuesday, July 2, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA Tags: Asteroid Grand Challenge, citizen science asteroid program, hazardous asteroid, NASA, University of Arizona
In line with NASA's recently issued "Asteroid Grand Challenge," the UA is at the forefront of discovering and tracking space rocks, engaging the global community in the effort and is poised to send a spacecraft to a potentially hazardous asteroid to bring a sample back to Earth.
NASA has issued an ...
Happy 90th Birthday, Steward Observatory
Posted On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA Tags: Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Arizona Daily Star, UA's Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the UA's Steward Observatory and the department of astronomy - the foundations for internationally renowned space science research at the University.
"We have the best location of any educational institution in America. The University ought to make itself famous with a telescope."
With those words, ...
New Confluencenter Grants Support Student Projects
Posted On Monday, June 3, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA Tags: Adam Kullberg, Diane Daly, Miriam Gay, Morgan Apicella, UA Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, University of Arizona
Aiding graduate students in their quest to address current sociopolitical issues, the University of Arizona Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry has just named its new cohort of fellows.
In its first year, 20 students received Confluencenter Graduate Fellowships. They will receive up to $5,000 for each of their special projects.
To qualify for ...
Seed Funding Leads to Major UA Grants
Posted On Monday, May 27, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA Tags: Himelic Memorial Dinner, Jim Himelic Foundation, UA neurology department, University of Arizona
What began as one family's financial investment to improve ALS research has developed into UA researchers being able to gain greater external funding.
ALS affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord responsible for movement. The disease causes a loss of muscle function, including the muscles used for speech, ...
Storms on Uranus, Neptune Confined to Upper Atmosphere
Posted On Monday, May 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA, FEATURED Tags: Adam Showman, Lunar and Planetary Lab, Shedding light, William Hubbard
Shedding light on a long-standing mystery surrounding the cloudy worlds of Uranus and Neptune, scientists at the UA’s Lunar and Planetary Lab have discovered that the massive jet streams and weather phenomena associated with them appear to be ripples on the surface rather than extending deep into the planets' interior.
Similar ...
Financial Aid & Scholarship Resources
Posted On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ALABAMA, ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, FEATURED, FLORIDA, General News, GEORGIA, GUAM, HAWAII, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, PUERTO RICO, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, Uncategorized, UTAH, VERMONT, VIRGIN ISLAND, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON DC, WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, WYOMING Tags: Financial Aid, Scholarship Resources, ScholarshipWorldwide.com, students for PhD
Here you'll realize and guide to the numerous scholarship choices offered to national and international students. Scholarships are offered to in-state, out-of-state and international students for PhD, Research, college boy & graduate level.
Prospective students might search the Scholarships possibility on prime navigation of this web site http://www.ScholarshipWorldwide.com/to look at the ...
UA College of Medicine-Phoenix Holds Third Graduation
Posted On Sunday, May 12, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA, FEATURED Tags: College of Medicine-Phoenix, MD-granting, medical students, Phoenix Biomedical Campus, University of Arizona
The College of Medicine-Phoenix conferred medical degrees on 50 physicians, helping to address Arizona doctor shortage. The college has graduated 114 physicians in three years.
Fifty University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix medical students officially were conferred with their medical degrees at ceremonies on May 8 in the third graduation for ...
UA Spin-Off to Test Cancer-Preventing Drug Combination
Posted On Sunday, May 5, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA Tags: Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, HEART DISEASE, Jeffrey Jacob, National Cancer Institute, pharmaceuticals
Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or CPP, has helped launch a phase-III clinical trial to test the efficacy of a combination drug that has shown promise of preventing colon cancer. CPP was founded in 2008 to apply decades' worth of systematic, basic research led by University of Arizona professor emeritus Eugene ...
Being Social Creates Awareness Online Through www.beingsocial.info for Responsible Social Media Use…
Posted On Thursday, May 2, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ALABAMA, ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, FEATURED, FLORIDA, General News, GEORGIA, GUAM, HAWAII, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, PUERTO RICO, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, Uncategorized, UTAH, VERMONT, VIRGIN ISLAND, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON DC, WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, WYOMING Tags: BEING Social on, Digital Media Marketing, Discovery Education Media, Online Media, Social Media Activist, Social Media Marketing
Being Social is a Social Media Activists consortium which aims at promoting responsible use of Social Media in our day to day life. Its an initiative for fulfilling the desire of Discovery Education Media Private Limited of contributing to the society as corporate social responsibility.
It has been established so that concrete ...
Useful Online Resources for Students looking for Education Worldwide
Posted On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ALABAMA, ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, FEATURED, FLORIDA, General News, GEORGIA, GUAM, HAWAII, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO, OKLAHOMA, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, PUERTO RICO, RHODE ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, Uncategorized, UTAH, VERMONT, VIRGIN ISLAND, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON DC, WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN, WYOMING Tags: Education Fairs, Education in United States, Indian Education News, Online Resources, Portal, Scholarships Times, Students, Universities News
Quality Education is every ones desire and a lot of students are not able to identify the options available to them. There are various resources but not every student is able to reach to those resources and find the right option. Cost of education also plays a very important role ...
Dr. Stuart Thomson, University of Arizona – The Formation of Antarctica
Posted On Saturday, April 27, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA Tags: Antarctica’s subglacial fjords, carry rocks, Department of Geosciences, Landscape, Stuart Thomson, University of Arizona
Stuart Thomson is a research scientist in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Arizona. His research involves the use and development of geochronometers and thermochronometers to determine the time and temperature history of rocks and minerals. His most recent project applied these techniques to determine the age of ...
ASU, Arizona Science Center awarded $30K for science and literacy partnership
Posted On Saturday, April 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA Tags: Arizona State University, Central Arizona, Department of English, K-12 teachers
The Central Arizona Writing Project at Arizona State University and the Arizona Science Center have been awarded a joint grant of $30,000 to advance professional development at the center via a public writing and science literacy partnership. The initiative is funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation to ...
UA Student Chosen For NASA Fellowship
Posted On Saturday, April 13, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA Tags: Carl Sagan, Earth-like planets, Jared Males, Jennifer Yee, Katja Poppenhaeger, Saturn-sized planets, University of Arizona
TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) - A doctoral student at the University of Arizona is one of five scientists selected by NASA to receive the 2013 Carl Sagan Exoplanet Postdoctoral Fellowships.
Jared Males, who will receive his PhD from the UA in August 2013, will investigate the habitability of Jupiter- and ...
UA Law Students Will See Tuition Decrease in 2013-14
Posted On Saturday, April 6, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA Tags: Arizona Board of Regents, James E. Rogers College of Law, Lowering tuition, University of Arizona
Juris Doctor students will pay 8-11 percent less next year in overall tuition, while base tuition for undergraduate, graduate and medical students will increase by about 3 percent. ABOR also set residence hall rates during its April 4 meeting on the UA campus.
The Arizona Board of Regents has approved the ...
Multi-Toxin Biotech Crops Not Silver Bullets, UA Scientists Warn
Posted On Friday, March 29, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA Tags: Bruce Tabashnik, College of Agriculture’, department of entomology, Yves Carrière
The popular new strategy of planting genetically engineered crops that make two or more toxins to fend off insect pests rests on assumptions that don’t always apply, UA researchers have discovered. Their study helps explain why one major pest is evolving resistance much faster than predicted and offers ideas for ...
A Study Raises Doubts That Workplace Wellness Programs Save Companies Money
Posted On Thursday, March 21, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA Tags: BJC HealthCare, BJC’s medical costs, company money, health discrimination, St. Louis hospital, University of Arizona
Your bosses want you to eat your broccoli, hit the treadmill and pledge you’ll never puff on a cigarette. But a new study raises doubts that workplace wellness programs save the company money.
Independent researchers tracking the wellness program at a major St. Louis hospital system for two years found that ...
