Tag: University of Arizona

Persistence Pays Off for UA Electrical and Computer Engineering Grad Student

Jerrie Fairbanks

Jerrie Fairbanks didn’t let rejection stop him.

Fairbanks, a fifth-year electrical and computer engineering graduate student, applied for the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists program in previous years but never received it.

This year, Fairbanks was one of the 16 University of Arizona graduate students to be named an ARCS scholar. With scholars coming from the colleges of science, engineering, optical sciences and medicine, he is the only one from the College of Engineering.

Read the rest here at the UA’s College of Engineering website. 

Garden Kitchen educates Tucson community about healthy eating

On a sunny Saturday morning, underneath the shade from a tent in the corner of a parking lot, a breeze spreads the aroma of cooking broccoli throughout the crowd. Bowls of green onions and mushrooms are on the counter. Potatoes are boiling in one pot and cauliflower is cooking in another.

Sitting on metal folding chairs and sipping sweet tea, Tucsonans gathered to learn how to cook healthy meals at the Garden Kitchen.

Read the rest here at the Arizona Daily Wildcat.

UA Army ROTC hosts golf tournament at Vistoso Golf Club

The UA Army ROTC is hosting a golf tournament on April 19 to raise funds and work toward creating an alumni association.

Besides giving participants a chance to play at The Golf Club at Vistoso at a discounted rate, the first annual Army ROTC Alumni and Friends Golf Scramble will also include raffles, silent auctions and golf competitions. The tournament, which begins at 1 p.m., will help raise funds for scholarships, grants and team-building activities, as well as serving as part of a larger effort to create a UA Army ROTC Alumni Association.

Read the rest here at the Arizona Daily Wildcat.

Radio Boot Camp

This Saturday I participated in a Radio Boot Camp class. Led by journalists from Arizona Public Media the 12 hour crash course taught us the basics of how to write, record, voice and edit an audio story. This is the product of that experience. 

Businesses say construction for the Tucson Streetcar has deterred customers from visiting shops along University Boulevard. Kayla Samoy reports.

UA professor works on autonomous car

When Jonathan Sprinkle was young, he invented his own crossword puzzles and convinced his dad to make copies of them at work.

For Sprinkle, now an assistant professor in the UA Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, inventing those crossword puzzles led him to realize that he had the ingenuity he needed to pursue his current career.

Now, one of the main projects Sprinkle is working on is an autonomous car that can drive itself.

Read the rest here at the Arizona Daily Wildcat.

UA campus members to showcase research, business plans at Innovation Day

Students have the opportunity to showcase projects, like a website that would help users achieve their life goals, at the UA’s 10th annual Innovation Day on Thursday.

Innovation Day began when the Office of University Research Parks wanted to encourage UA faculty and students to think of ways to commercialize technology instead of publishing research.

Read the rest here at the Arizona Daily Wildcat.

UA astronomy professor participates in Science for Monks program in India

Published March 6, 2013 – Arizona Daily Wildcat

Paper timelines fan out across the floor, filled with pictures of the universe and human culture. They’re all supposed to show moments between the Big Bang and now in chronological order, but all of them vary.

Around these pieces of paper stand groups of Tibetan monks debating and defending the timelines they’ve arranged. To an outsider who doesn’t speak Tibetan, the energy in the room would be overwhelming. The monks are shouting and shoving, but if you look closely, you can see the smiles on their faces and hear the laughter amidst the arguing.

Read the rest here at the Arizona Daily Wildcat.

UA dean to retire, tackle sex trafficking issue in India

Published March 20, 2013 – Arizona Daily Wildcat

Ray Umashankar isn’t in the habit of taking “no” for an answer. After having a total hip replacement surgery nearly 10 years ago, he was told that in the best-case scenario, he’d walk with a cane for the rest of his life.

A little more than a year after the surgery, Umashankar and his wife hiked the Grand Canyon.

Read the rest here at the Arizona Daily Wildcat.