Barnes will receive the Society for Neuroscience’s highest honor for her contributions to the field.The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has named Carol A. Barnes of the University of Arizona its Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience recipient. The prize will be awarded on Nov. 10 during Neuroscience 2013, SfN's annual ...
Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience Recognizes Outstanding Contributions of UA’s Carol A. Barnes
Posted On Thursday, November 14, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA Tags: Dr. Carol Barnes, Dr. Ralph W. Gerard, Larry Swanson, Ralph W. Gerard, Society for Neuroscience, systems neuroscience, University of Arizona
Barnes will receive the Society for Neuroscience’s highest honor for her contributions to the field.The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has named Carol A. Barnes of the University of Arizona its Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience recipient. The prize will be awarded on Nov. 10 during Neuroscience 2013, SfN's annual ...
Mars Images to Go on Social Media Feeds in Latin
Posted On Thursday, August 29, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA Tags: HiRise, Latin translations, social media feeds, University of Arizona, Valles Marineris
Pictures of the surface of Mars, taken from Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), are to be captioned in Latin on social media outlets as part of an outreach project.
The Latin captions will be published from 28 August on Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook.
The photography project is known as HiRise (High Resolution ...
Young University of Arizona Professors Honored for Outside-the-box Ideas
Posted On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARIZONA Tags: Ford Explorer hybrid, National Science Foundation, pairing cutting-edge research, University of Arizona
Two University of Arizona professors have won early-career awards from the National Science Foundation for pairing cutting-edge research with novel teaching tools that involve younger students in science and engineering.
Jonathan Sprinkle, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has a cool tool for luring students as early as high ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
