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Valley Fever Collaborative awarded $3.1M in research funds

Friday, April 15, 2022
The Arizona Board of Regents earmarked $3.1 million from the state's Technology and Research Initiative Fund to support new research into Valley fever detection technology, genomics and seasonal outbreak patterns.
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Allied health programs to expand workforce in critical areas

Friday, April 15, 2022
Future University of Arizona Health Sciences students will have new health care career opportunities thanks to the Arizona Board of Regents' approval of three new degree programs.
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Researchers at Biosphere 2 will plant coffee trees to celebrate Earth Day

Thursday, April 14, 2022
Coffee is the world's most traded product, and it is highly vulnerable to climate change. Researchers at Biosphere 2 are studying coffee plant sensitivity and how growing and bean processing conditions affect flavor.
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Study: Climatic variability might not drive evolutionary change as much as previously thought

Monday, April 11, 2022
A study combining climate change records with fossil evidence of mammals in Africa reveals that times of erratic climate change are not followed by major upheavals in evolution.
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Drilling rig at Lake Magadi in the Kenyan Rift Valley

UArizona leaders urge vigilance as campus and county COVID-19 cases remain low

Monday, April 11, 2022
Indoor mask use is still recommended on campus, and Commencement is currently expected to proceed as normal, university President Robert C. Robbins said Monday.
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ABOR votes to confirm 5 new UArizona Regents Professors

Thursday, April 7, 2022
The Arizona Board of Regents confirmed the appointments of Sama Alshaibi, Jean-Luc Brédas, Dr. Juanita Merchant, David Pietz and Dr. Donata Vercelli as Regents Professors.
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Astronomers glimpse giant planet in its infancy

Monday, April 4, 2022
A team of astronomers including researchers from the University of Arizona has discovered evidence of a giant planet in the process of forming. This provides the first-ever look at the earliest stages of the formation of a gas giant planet, when it's still embedded in the disk of gas and dust surrounding its young host star.
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Artist's impression of Aurigae b, a gas giant estimated to be 9 times more massive than Jupiter.

Increased heat and drought stunt tropical trees, a major carbon sink

Thursday, March 31, 2022
UArizona researchers were leaders in a worldwide effort to understand tropical trees and their futures under climate change. They found that heat and drought slow the growth of these trees, which are major carbon dioxide absorbers.
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Women in climate change: Jessica Tierney

Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Jessica Tierney is a contributing author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report. She studies past climate change to help society better prepare for the future.
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Nearly $6M will help UArizona grow national cybersecurity workforce

Wednesday, March 30, 2022
The funding from Arizona's Technology and Research Initiative Fund will help the College of Applied Science and Technology's award-winning cyber operations program boost its enrollment.
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