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Faculty News - February 2021

Isabel Barton wearing a red vest and standing next to the entrance of a mine in a desert setting.

Award-Winning Geometallurgist Breaks Down Barriers

In the field and in the classroom, NSF CAREER awardee Isabel Barton is bringing together people and ideas from multiple industry specialties, academic disciplines and demographic backgrounds to lend everyday understanding to mining sustainability.
Arvind Raman and Justine Schluntz

Former Elite Swimmer and Her Once Adviser Buck Tradition

The two started in academia worlds apart, each are in same-sex marriages today, and both are set on preparing students for what’s next.
A graphic design of different colored hands coming together in the center, with the word "Diversity" over the top.

Engineering Success Reflects the Makeup of Society

A message from the dean about the Winter 2021 edition of Arizona Engineer
A man sits on a folding chair using a laptop, next to the steps of an airplane. The building behind him has a sign that says, "Langley Research Center."

ACTIVATE Begins Year Two of Marine Cloud Study

A NASA airborne study led by Professor Armin Sorooshian has returned to the field for a second year of science flights to advance the accuracy of short- and long-term climate models.