Water issues pivotal in the 21st century | February 21, 2000 UANews | A third of Earth's continental land masses is arid or semiarid. What happens to water supplies in these regions is going to have a big impact on political stability, environmental quality and the quality of life for millions of people, UA Regents Professor Soroosh Sorooshian emphasizes at the AAAS meeting in Washington, D.C. | Science and Technology
Warming globe needs reliable forecasts | February 17, 2000 UANews | New research confirms what we've heard before - 21st century global climate will be warmer. It's high time we get serious about climate forecasting, UA's Jonathan Overpeck says today (Feb. 17) in Nature. | Science and Technology
Larry Lebofsky wins 2000 Carl Sagan Award | November 23, 1999 UANews | Larry A. Lebofsky, a senior research associate at the UA Lunar and Planetary Lab, has won the 2000 Carl Sagan Award given to scientists who excel in communicating with the public. | Science and Technology
Ziurys First Female to Win Morino Lectureship | October 25, 1999 UANews | Lucy Ziurys,University of Arizona professor of astronomy and chemistry, is the first female scientist to receive the Morino Lectureship from the University of Tokyo for her scientific work in the field of molecular spectroscopy and its application to astrochemistry. | Science and Technology
Project aims to put minority women into technology-based careers | September 28, 1999 UANews | Minority women are being left out in huge numbers, says Monk, director of the Southwest Institute for Research on Women at the University of Arizona in Tucson.A 1990 study showed that only 7.5 percent of the 10,500 electronic and electrical engineers in Arizona were minority or female. | Science and Technology
UA scientists say ocean tides create Europa's unique 'cycloid' cracks | September 16, 1999 UANews | Until now, there have been no good ideas as to what formed these bizarre "cycloidal" features. Now, planetary scientists at the University of Arizona in Tucson provide a model for how these features are created. It is perhaps the most convincing evidence yet for a global ocean. | Science and Technology
UA astronomers deliver far-infrared detectors for SIRTF | September 10, 1999 UANews | A team at Steward Observatory of the University of Arizona has built the first true detector arrays for the far infrared. These arrays will be mounted into an instrument for the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), a major NASA observatory to be launched in late 2001. | Science and Technology
UA Students Place First in Aeronautics Competition | September 9, 1999 UANews | University of Arizona doctoral student Barry B. Goeree and UA senior Brian Shucker placed first in the student paper competition at the 13th Annual American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics/ Utah State University Conference on Small Satellites held Aug. 23-26 in Logan, Utah. | Science and Technology
