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Lundin Family Giving $2M to UArizona Mining and Mineral Resources Programs With Challenge That Could Bring Millions More

The $2 million initial gift, plus a $2.5 million challenge grant, is helping the university upgrade facilities, provide financial support to students and work toward an interdisciplinary school of mining engineering and mineral resources.
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ACTIVATE Makes a Careful Return to Flight

Chemical and environmental engineering professor Armin Sorooshian continues leading a multimillion dollar NASA mission from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A spacecraft above an asteroid's terrain (artist's impression).

OSIRIS-REx Successfully Touches Asteroid Bennu in Sample Grab

Ten years after NASA selected UArizona to lead the OSIRIS-REx mission, the spacecraft successfully completed its most treacherous and rewarding task: sample collection.
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NASA Takes Virtual Tour of Mini-Labs for Studying Asteroids

The pandemic on Earth doesn’t stop progress in space as researchers present their work on $3M STEM-engagement project.

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