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UArizona Gets $30 Million From National Science Foundation for New Sound Center

Sept. 8, 2023

The New Frontiers of Sound Science and Technology Center will focus on topological acoustics, an emerging field in which researchers exploit the properties of sound in ways that could vastly improve computing, telecommunications and sensing.

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Health Sciences Design welcomes Matthew Briggs, MFA

June 9, 2023

The University of Arizona Health Sciences and the College of Engineering are pleased to welcome Matthew Briggs, MFA, who will serve as a professor of practice at Health Sciences Design and the Craig M. Berge Engineering Design Program. Briggs joins the two programs as an instructor in digital design and makerspace technology.

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UArizona Health Sciences researchers receive Flinn seed grants to develop health care innovations

June 8, 2023

Seven research teams at the University of Arizona Health Sciences received funding to advance new products or services addressing significant clinical needs.

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Meet the Expert: Kasi Kiehlbaugh, PhD

June 8, 2023

Kasi Kiehlbaugh, PhD, is the director and an assistant teaching professor of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Design Program. Her passion is design thinking and helping students develop new tools and mindsets that can magnify change.

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Diving Technology Brings Blue Economy Innovation from Ocean State to Desert

May 16, 2023

A diving science and technology exercise held earlier this month some 2,580 miles away successfully demonstrated a concept born in Rhode Island about five years ago.

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Health Sciences Design and VIP announce seed grant awardees

May 12, 2023

Proposals from more than 10 academic units were among the recipients of the 2023 Catalyst Seed Grants from Vertically Integrated Projects. The focus of the grants was the creation of new undergraduate research opportunities that are embedded in faculty- or staff-led projects.

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National Cancer Institute Includes Travis Sawyer in Second Cohort of Early Investigator Advancement Program

Feb. 21, 2023

Travis Sawyer, PhD is one among twenty-five scholars selected from across the country for the second annual cohort. In 2021 NCI launched the program to, "facilitate the advancement of scientists from diverse backgrounds to become independent investigators."

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Delivering Health Care Solutions Through Device Design

Jan. 26, 2023

A University of Arizona Health Sciences Design course teaches students to use a human-centered approach to develop new technologies to improve lives.

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Data Mining Collaboration Brings Researchers Together

Oct. 31, 2022

Researchers at UArizona Health Sciences and the Eller College of Management are using data mining to improve medical communication and diagnoses.

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Students Learn Design Thinking in Unique Research Project

Sept. 15, 2022

It was the beginning of fall semester 2020, and Sydney Phan was logging into a new course at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. The goal of the course was to find ways of using artificial intelligence to improve patient-provider interactions. Once students received that directive, the rest was up to them.

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