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Biomedical Engineering News - October 2020

Headshots of Kathie Melde and Mark Van Dyke

New Leadership Reinforces Commitment to Ensuring Diversity and Growing Research Enterprise

It’s all about listening, inclusion and collaboration for the college’s newest associate deans.
Jennifer Barton

Jennifer Barton Named Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair

BIO5 director will foster interdisciplinary research and education efforts in bioengineering.
Judith Su wearing a white labcoat and leaned over a complicated array of sensors.

$1.8M to Advance Device for Detecting COVID-19, Cancer, Contaminants

A biomedical engineering professor's technology detects and distinguishes ultra-low levels of disease particles, performance-enhancing drugs, contaminants and "anything worth sensing."
A Latino student wearing sunglasses, a graduation cap and gown and a "Class of 2019" sash raises his fist into the air in excitement. Red and white text on the blue background reads, "Excelencia in Education: Examples of Excelencia."

UA Program Named 'Example of Excelencia' in Recognition of Service to Latino Students in STEM

The Arizona's Science, Engineering and Math Scholars program provides services to support students in graduating with a STEM degree, focusing on students who are underrepresented in STEM.