UA Space Grant Success Stories

View of the canopy structure of the rainforest, as seen from the ground. (Photo: Marielle Smith)

Check out a recent article co-written by Intern Emily Walla, in UANews!

"A team of ecologists used lidar technology to scan the leaf canopy of an Amazon forest and found that trees responded to drought in some surprising ways."

Angelita Denny interacts with students at STEM Outreach activity.

2002 Space Grant Intern, Angelita Denny, leads STEM Outreach activities on the Navajo Nation.

Angelita Denny, leads STEM Outreach activities on the Navajo Nation, as Department of Energy Legacy Management Site Manager.

Adams, Danielle

2015-17 Space Grant Fellow, Danielle Adams, discusses her current research with AZPM radio.

Danielle Adams discusses her research as a cultural astronomer, someone who studies the astronomical systems of different cultures, often ancient ones.

Portrait of Marissa Heffernan

2018-19 Space Grant Intern, Marissa Heffernan, reports on current UA student research at AZ Daily Star.

A group of UA students is working to install generators that make drinking water out of humid air in impoverished communities in Peru.

Illustration of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arriving at asteroid Bennu.

Congratulations to 1992 Space Grant Intern, Dante Lauretta and Team: OSIRIS-REx Arrives at Bennu!

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrives at asteroid Bennu after more than two years traveling through space.

Ruby O'Brien-Metzger poses in the Superfund Dust Lab.

2018-19 Space Grant Intern, Ruby O'Brien-Metzger, featured on KXCI's Thesis Thursday!

Ruby O'Brien-Metzger, discusses her research in the UA Superfund Dust Laboratory.

Space Grant students stand on boulders in a creek at Seven Falls, AZ.

University of Arizona Space Grant Advisors and Interns hike Seven Falls!

University of Arizona Space Grant Intern Advisors planned a hike up to Seven Falls on Nov. 17th to enjoy the beautiful Fall weather.

A caterpillar of the cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) readies to devour a boll of cotton. (Photo: Wenxue Pan/Nanjing University)

Article on genetics by 2017 - 2019 UA Space Grant Intern, Emily Walla, published in UANews!

Emily works with her mentor, Daniel Stolte, for UA News as a science communication writer. She is an astronomy and physics Junior.

A large group of UA Space Grant Interns, SEDS and Astronomy Club members watch sunset at Kitt Peak Observatory, with telescopes in background.

UA Space Grant Interns, SEDS and Astronomy Club students join for Kitt Peak Star Party

University of Arizona (UA) NASA Space Grant interns, fellows, mentors, and UA Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) club joined together this past weekend for an educational trip to Kitt Peak National Observatory.