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Tipoffs for Tucson, Arizona (City) Newsletter for Wednesday February 16, 2022 ( 3 items )  

University of Arizona Center Awarded $1.5M for Borderlands Research and Education
TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 16 (TNSOps) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2022: The University of Arizona Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to continue a borderlands research, education and storytelling program. The "Fronteridades: Nurturing Collaborative Intersections in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands" program aims to broaden understanding and inclusivity in portrayals of the border by  more

University of Arizona Students Confirm Errant Rocket's Chinese Origin, Track Lunar Collision Course
TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 16 (TNSOps) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: The presumed SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster that's on a course to hit the moon March 4 is actually a Chinese booster from a rocket launch in 2014, a University of Arizona team has confirmed. UArizona students in the university's Space Domain Awareness lab at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory have had their eyes on the piece of space junk for weeks as they studied its rotation. They have been gath  more

University of Arizona: 'Chipping Away' at the Iceberg of Health Disparities
TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 16 (TNSOps) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2022: When the ultimate endgame for your life's work involves eradicating diabetes or eliminating the world's health disparities, it can be tough to know whether any given day in the office, classroom or lab was a success. For Kelly Palmer, an assistant professor in the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, knowing she's part of a larger cause keeps her   more