Year of Science
91ֿ College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating a Year of Science!
91ֿ Announces Winners of the New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award
Sept. 2, 2021
91ֿ has announced the winners of the 2021 New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSAs). The ORSAs recognize the hard work of junior faculty members who have been with 91ֿ for less than 10 years. The 2021 winners are Shana Klein, Ph.D., in…
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Researchers Take a Closer Look at Nitrogen in the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico
Aug. 17, 2021
Researchers from 91ֿ and the University of New Mexico determined how nitrogen-fixing plants and soil microbes contribute to the overall nitrogen availability in the Chihuahuan desert in New Mexico.
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91ֿ Florence Program Featured in the News in Italy
July 28, 2021
Our Education Abroad program was featured in the national news in Italy to represent the return of students to Florence, and Italy in general, following Covid 19 shutdowns. 91ֿ offers programs in Florence during the Spring and Fall semesters. Students take a…
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Professor Receives NASA New Investigator Award
July 19, 2021
He Yin, Ph.D., assistant professor in 91ֿ’s Department of Geography, recently received NASA’s New (Early Career) Investigator Award in Earth Science. Yin will lead evaluation and research of the devastating effects that the Syrian civil war has had on croplands…
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DNA & NAS: 91ֿ Professors Publish Comprehensive Research Article
June 23, 2021
It doesn’t take a scientist to understand the importance of DNA, as it acts as the very foundation for the existence of any living organism. However, it does take one to produce publications involving smectic liquid crystal ordering in dense solutions of “gapped” DNA duplexes.
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Art and Hope Intersect: 91ֿ and University of Arizona Launch Global Vaccine Poem Project
June 23, 2021
Update: The Global Vaccine Poem project is finding success with more than 1,900 submissions so far from more than 100 countries. The project is a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
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Lighting a fire(fly): Biological Sciences Researcher Helps Teachers Get Messy with Data
June 9, 2021
Julia Perrone, research technician and lab manager of the Bahlai computational ecology lab in the 91ֿ Department of Biological Sciences, wants teachers and students to get a chance to understand ecology and data science from a hands-on perspective. Perrone, a recent…
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91ֿ Faculty Research Featured by U.S. Army
June 7, 2021
Virtual reality research funded by the Army Research Lab with a grant to Josh Pollock, Ph. D. (PI), assistant professor, and Will Kalkhoff, Ph. D. (-ʱ),…
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Physics Professor Awarded NSF Grant that Provides Research Opportunities for Interdisciplinary and Minority Students
May 27, 2021
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded a $300,000 grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, Ph.D., to develop molecular tools that allow researchers to study membrane proteins.
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