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Programs News - July 2019

A student pulls on a rope to launch a bottle rock, which is making a big arc through the sky and back toward the ground.

Summer Engineering Academy Helps High Schoolers Design Their Future

Hundreds of teenagers from across the United States spend their summer launching bottle rockets, racing cardboard boats and melting iron at the University of Arizona.
CubeSat in space

$3M in NASA Funding to Help Students Build CubeSats

UA team to collaborate with students from Arizona and Puerto Rico on the next generation of space exploration technology.
Two men and a woman pose for a photo with Wilma and Wilbur Wildcat

UA Establishes Global Micro-campus in Lima, Peru

Launching in the fall as the first UA location in South America, UA Lima at La Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas offers six academic paths, including industrial engineering.