Raytheon's $2M gift commitment fuels student leadership in engineering

March 6, 2025

Dean Papajohn, Lily Trenkamp, Lauren Johnson, Reuel Florendo, Kenadee Carruthers and Macie Balkan celebrate a win on an expo stage

The gift will fund a 100,000-square-foot Student Design and Innovation Center, which will include collaborative classrooms, an advising center, makerspaces and more.

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With $2M in grants, U of A engineers push toward a quantum computing future

Quantum computing is considered the next generation of information technology. Two U of A engineering researchers received grants from the federal government to advance novel areas in quantum information.

Environmental Science Major Minors in Mineral Resources

Environmental science major Teresa Billick is gaining a unique perspective on sustainability through summer internships with a large mining company. Billick says the skills she is learning are highly transferable and offers thoughtful advice.

Early Career U of A Scientist Receives Two Prestigious Awards

Kyle Seyler, an assistant professor of optical sciences, has received prestigious grants from the Department of Energy and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for his research on quantum materials using ultrafast laser light.