Experiential Learning

Sam Wetherell Puts the "Eco" in Economics

Sam Wetherell, a sophomore at UArizona pursuing a double major in PPEL and EWRE, discusses accessibility in environmental spaces and the intersection between politics, economics, and climate advocacy.

 

March 16, 2022

Bridging Academia and Industry

The University of Arizona is collaborating with Amgen, a global leader in biotechnology, to strengthen and diversify the nation’s STEM workforce.

March 7, 2023

Totsoni Willeto: A Student Researcher's Expedition into Colonial Documents

Totsoni Willeto preserves Colonial Era Spanish documents through his work with the Arizona State Museum's Office of Ethnohistorical Research, gaining valuable real-world skills in the process.

Oct. 12, 2023
Totsoni Willeto

Q&A: Oscar Mendez's Parasite Research is the Cat's Meow

Get to know Oscar Mendez, a Ph.D. candidate who is studying how the parasite common in cat feces affects neurons in the brain.

Feb. 20, 2020

Undergraduate Students Build Telescopes to Track Space Junk

Using less than a third of the money it’d take to buy them off the shelf, five UA undergraduates built two telescopes for satellite observation—one of which will live in a once abandoned observatory.

 

May 16, 2017
Dr. Vishnu Reddy's Design Day team poses with one of two telescopes they designed and built.

Q&A: Lizard-Loving PhD Student Earyn McGee

Earyn McGee is a PhD student who studies the effects of stream drying on lizard communities.

 

July 10, 2018
Earyn McGee holding a lizard in a dry stream bed in the Chiricahua Mountains

Q&A: Sophie Church, Master Art Conservator

Sophie Church, a master's student who works to preserve art and cultural artifacts, remarks on the importance and diversity of art. 

 

July 23, 2018
Art conservationist Sophie Church handles a piece of pottery at the Arizona State Museum.

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

Thomas Moon, a postdoctoral scholar who studies how enzymes function and interact with each other, talks about the process of research and getting out of one's comfort zone. 

 

Aug. 13, 2018
Thomas Moon sits in front of two computer screens in the lab.

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.

Nov. 13, 2018
Briggs Carhart examining a sample under a microscope.

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.

Jan. 16, 2019
University of Arizona students handling a sample in the laboratory
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