UA Research Stories

Q&A: Stephanie Stewart Crunches Data from an Asteroid in Orbit

Get to know Stephanie Stewart, an undergraduate student whose contributions to NASA’s first-ever asteroid sample return mission will help ensure a flawless 5-second operation to capture dust from the surface of the asteroid Bennu.

Inside Bacterial Cells, a War Against Copper

While antibiotic resistance is on the rise, pharmaceutical companies are making fewer and fewer new antibiotics. UA immunobiologist Michael Johnson says this trend is in urgent need of reversal and believes copper might just be the key.

New Program Bolsters UA’s Standing as Borderlands Leader

Q&A: Ayumi Pottenger's Got Research on the Brain

Ayumi Pottenger is an undergraduate student studying molecular and cellular biology in the hopes of developing treatments for those with Parkinson’s disease while elucidating some of the mysteries of the brain.

Q&A: Mastering the Nervous System with Briggs Carhart

Briggs Carhart is a Master of Public Health student who studies the nervous system and is particularly interested in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

UA Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center Receives $4.5M for Continued Research

Q&A: Thomas Moon, Postdoc at the Molecular Level

Chasing a Storm in the Pines

Q&A: Sophie Church, Master Art Conservator

Q&A: Lizard-Loving PhD Student Earyn McGee