HSD News

Even though the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) Building at the University of Arizona has been closed since mid-March, Materials Labs Manager Paulus Musters has been hard at work in CAPLA’s state-of-the-art Materials Labs.

Win Burleson has lately been spending most of his weekend waking hours on ventilator designs. He’s associate director of the University of Arizona School of Information. He’s also an inventor.

As initial responses to the COVID-19 pandemic began to unfold, Kasi Kiehlbaugh, PhD, director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Design Program, noticed a trend that was uplifting and concerning at the same time.

Frontline health-care workers in Tucson are getting much-needed protection during the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to a local effort to quickly fabricate scarce face masks and shields with 3D printers and laser cutters.

With the appointment of University of Arizona College of Nursing Professor Marylyn Morris McEwen, PhD, RN, FAAN as UArizona Nursing Associate Dean for Global Nursing, the College has begun a major new initiative in global education.

Students at two Arizona universities are volunteering at a local migrant shelter as a part of a new course aimed at health care.

The new program is called Milagro, which stands for Migration Interprofessional Leading to Action and Growth.

A $4.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation will help create a stronger path for Pima Community College students who transfer to the University of Arizona to pursue bachelor's degrees in STEM fields.