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Sen. Sinema Voices Support for Mining and Mineral Resource Programs at University of Arizona Visit

Aug. 12, 2022

At a recent University of Arizona roundtable on securing the defense supply chain, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema spoke about the importance of the mining and mineral resource sector in paving the way to a more sustainable future.

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New Mining Professor Wins SME Career Boost Grant

Aug. 8, 2022

Angelina Anani uses award to bring virtual reality to teaching and more automation to industry.

Virtual Reality and automation

Kray Luxbacher new Department Head in Mining and Geological Engineering

Aug. 4, 2022

Kray Luxbacher, who will be heading Mining and Geological Engineering, is one of three new department heads in the College of Engineering.

Meet the incoming faculty

UArizona reports record number of inventions

Aug. 2, 2022

For the first time, University of Arizona innovators have reported more than 300 world-improving inventions in a single year.

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UArizona ranked among world's best in water resources

July 22, 2022

The University of Arizona is ranked No. 2 in the U.S. and No. 6 in the world for its water resources program, according to ShanghaiRanking's 2022 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.

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Tailings Center launches website and continues short course program

July 14, 2022

The Tailings Center, a collaboration between three universities, dedicated to providing mining industry members with professional development opportunities and researching mine tailings, has launched its own website.

Find out about short courses

Water miles below Earth's surface isn't as old as scientists once thought

July 6, 2022

A University of Arizona-led team discovered that as the Colorado River carved the Grand Canyon, it flushed away ancient deep saline groundwater. The methods the researchers developed to determine the age of groundwater could be used to date and understand the conditions of deep groundwater elsewhere.

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Solving renewable energy challenges with a new kind of nontoxic battery

June 29, 2022

With a new startup called CarbeniumTec, researchers in the College of Science and the College of Medicine aim to bring to the market technology that reimagines how electricity is stored.

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UArizona joins alliance of nation's 20 largest Hispanic-serving research universities

June 21, 2022

The alliance's key goals include doubling its institutions' Hispanic doctoral student enrollment by 2030 and increasing the number of Hispanic faculty members by 20%.

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