News Archive

Janick Artiola Gives AZ Well Owners’ Workshop in Dewey-Humboldt

UA SRP investigator and Extension Water Quality Specialist Janick Artiola educated private well owners in Yavapai County on issues of testing and treatment of drinking water from private wells.

UA SRP Promotes Sustainable Mining through UNAM@UA Collaboration

Raina Maier, Jim Field, and Mexican colleagues spoke at the UNAM@UA Center for Mexican Studies Inaugural event.

UA SRP Speaks to State Legislature

UA SRP Director Raina Maier and investigator Mark Barton spoke to the AZ State Legislature Mining Caucus about sustainable mining practices.

Gold King Mine Presentation to Yuma, AZ Community

Dr. Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta delivered a talk on the impacts of the Gold King Mine spill on water quality in January 2016.

Jon Chorover Gives Radio Interview

UA SRP investigator John Chorover was interviewed about his Superfund research on KTEP’s Science Studio Program.

Investigator Update: Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta

Welcome Back! Assistant Professor Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta continues to advance the science of metals uptake in garden vegetables.

Investigator Update: Dr. Clark Lantz

UA SRP Associate Director Clark Lantz practices research translation and community engagement

NIEHS SRP 2015 Annual Meeting

UA SRP travelled to Puerto Rico for the November, 2015 meeting.

UA SRP Invited to Michigan State University

Denise Moreno Ramírez and Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta travelled to Michigan to work with collaborators in November 2015.

UA SRP Grant Renewal

The UA Superfund Research Program has been renewed through March 31, 2017.

Tech Launch Arizona Gets Boost as NSF I-Corps Site
The UA's commercialization office has been designated as an Innovation Corps site and will have funds to distribute to dozens of applicant teams over three years.
Carbon Mineral Discovery Program Invites Public Participation
UA geoscientists are part of the hunt for new carbon-containing minerals and will be at the Carbon Mineral Challenge booth this week at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.
UA Inventions Deliver Cleaner Copper, Energy Capture
A toxin-free method for extracting copper from raw ore and other procedures using molten salts represent an opportunity for a sizable impact in both mining and energy storage.
UA Startup Caltrode Tackles Galvanic Corrosion
Researchers have invented a new type of sensor designed to work effectively in high-temperature environments, and it has implications for solar power, nuclear reactors and petroleum refining.
UA Tops $606 Million in Research Activity
Ranked by the National Science Foundation as one of the nation's top 20 public research universities, the UA expects to reach three-quarters of a billion dollars in research expenditures in the next decade.
How the Largest Lab Experiment in Earth Sciences Was Built
At the UA's Biosphere 2, scientists are observing each step of landscape evolution, from the purely mineral and abiotic to living landscapes that will support microbial communities and vascular plants. With UANews video.
Pamela Wilkinson Receives Ivan B. Rahn Award for Mining Education and Outreach
EarthWeek 2016 to Feature Student Research
The annual showcase of research by undergraduate and graduate students in the UA School of Earth and Environmental Sciences will be held this week.
3 Mentors Bring Experience to UA Startups
Tech Launch Arizona has hired three seasoned technology entrepreneurs to advise its teams and the UA research community, helping to develop the pathways for successful ventures.
UA Scientists Challenge Conventions of Irrigation
A team of researchers, including several from the UA, will test alternative sources of water for agriculture with $10 million in grant funding from the USDA over four years.

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