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2017

Science Builds Bridges, Not Walls, Diplomacy Experts Tell UA Audience

Feb. 27, 2017  |  Jill Goetz
Speakers at a recent University of Arizona conference -- including a Nobel laureate, ambassadors and advisers to secretaries of state -- know firsthand how science can build trust where politics cannot.
Science Dignitaries Stress Truth over Politics >>

Alumna Takes Lettuce Growing to Big-City Rooftops, Bigtime

Feb. 23, 2017  |  Tom Beal
Using skills she attained in the UA’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Center, Jenn Frymark, co-founder of Gotham Greens, grows 10 million heads of lettuce and other greens year-round, without soil, inside greenhouses in New York and Chicago.
No Soil, No Problem >>

UA Engineering’s Student-Run Career Fair Showcases Full Spectrum of Employers, Jobs

Feb. 23, 2017  |  Jill Goetz
Multinational giants, local firms and the military promote jobs from working on the world’s biggest laser to designing sutures for the tiniest blood vessels.
Something for Everyone at iExpo 2017 >>
UA-invented sustainable building material

Mining Engineer Turns Waste into Concrete Substitute

Feb. 23, 2017  |  Paul Tumarkin
Lighter, stronger and less expensive than concrete, Acrete -- brainchild of Jinhong Zhang, associate professor of UA mining and geological engineering -- uses three times as much waste and converts it into useful building material.
Startup Takes Concrete Approach to Sustainability >>
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U.S. Policies Trouble Scientists Bound for Global Summit at the UA

Feb. 6, 2017  |  Jill Goetz and Karina Barrentine
Researchers and diplomats from around the world converging on the University of Arizona for a conference on science diplomacy and policy share concerns about the new administration.
U.S. Policies Trouble Scientists >>
Bane Vasic, UA professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his Codelucia team

UA Startup Codelucida Secures $700K in Angel Funding

Feb. 3, 2017  |  Paul Tumarkin
Company launched by UA College of Engineering faculty is commercializing its error-correction technology for data storage and communications.
Error-Correction Technology Heads to Market >>

UA Licenses Tunable Laser Technology to Startup

Jan. 27, 2017  |  Paul Tumarkin
A new laser invented by UA optical engineers, which emits spectrally tunable light from ultraviolet to far infrared, is being commercialized.
Device Fills Spectral Gap >>
Jianqiang Cheng, expert on network and energy system risk analysis

UA Researchers Win Four of Five State Bisgrove Scholar Awards

Jan. 26, 2017  |  UA RDI
Four University scientists have received this year’s highly competitive Bisgrove Scholar Awards in support of their excellence in research. Each will receive $200,000 in funding.
Systems and Industrial Engineer Wins Bisgrove >>

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