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Biosphere 2 News

Biosphere 2 News - September 2017

• $30M Gift Announced for UA's Biosphere 2
• Letter from the Director of Education and Outreach at Biosphere 2
• Biosphere 2 Faculty Receives Grant to Support Water Quality Research
• Biosphere 2: Where Science and Art Lives. An Interview with Isan Brant

Biosphere 2 News - May 2017

• Biosphere 2 - Letter from the Deputy Director
• Researchers Plant Seeds to Make Renewable Energy More Efficient
• Slack Chat: What's Desert Living Got to Do With Good Eating?

Biosphere 2 News - January 2017

• Biosphere 2 Summer Science Academy Apply Now!
• Harnessing Biosphere 2 to Advance Soil Sustainability
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates Summer Program Apply Now!
• Food, Energy, and Water Sustainability at Biosphere 2

Biosphere 2 News - November 2016

• Breakthrough LEO Experiment Begins
• NSF-Funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates
• “What If?” Series Kicks Off For Fall 2016
• Behind the Scenes Tour Adventures at Biosphere 2

Biosphere 2 News - April 2016

• How the Largest Lab Experiment in Earth Sciences Was Built
• UA South and Biosphere 2 Receive $1.4M STEM Grant
• One Young World launches Environment Summit in Arizona
• Middle and High School Students Have Fun Doing Science

Biosphere 2 News - November 2014

• Mini LEO Experiment
• Agnese Haury Gift Supports Biosphere 2 Outreach Scholars
• International Collaborative Research Linking US and French Scientists
• Biosphere 2 & UA Science Partner with Bookstore to Offer SciPass!

Biosphere 2 News - July 2014

• Building an "Ocean" in the Middle of a Desert?
• Teenagers Ask Big Questions at Biosphere 2's Summer Academy
• New Instrumentation at LEO
• Where Do Trees Get Their Water?

Biosphere 2 News - May 2014

• New NSF Funding for LEO
• UA Students Mentor Next Generation of Scientists
• Arizona Center for STEM Teachers (ACST)
• The Biosphere 2 Volunteer Program

Previous Newsletters

Volume I Issue 7, Fall 2011

• LEO gains momentum as steel is delivered to Biosphere 2
• Biosphere 2 leads multi-institutional $1.35 million grant
• New water oasis comes to Biosphere 2
• Flandrau Science Center's newest traveling exhibit

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Volume I Issue 6, Spring 2011

• Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO) at Critical Step Toward Renovation
• UA Outreach: Sense of Place Institutes Cross-Programming in the College of Science
• Biosphere 2 Unveils New OmniGlobe Exhibit
• High School Students Conduct Research Inside Biosphere 2

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Volume I Issue 5, Fall 2010

• New Grant Supports Study of Plant, Microbe Effects on Weathering
• Building Mountains in Biosphere 2
• New SkyCenter Telescope Benefits Visitors
• AZ Center for STEM Teachers Summer Institute
• Gift Supports Storm Water Research by Undergrads

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Volume I Issue 4, Spring 2010

• Biosphere 2 partners with Solarmax
• Featured Research Projects
• NSF Awards $400K for REU Site Program
• New Tour Route Implemented
• Letter from Dean Ruiz

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Volume I Issue 3, Fall 2009

• UA Phoenix Mars Mission Lander Mock-Up on Display at Biosphere 2
• Featured Research Projects
• STEM Collaboration Inspires Authentic Inquiry
• Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter
• Letter from Biosphere 2 Director Travis Huxman

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Volume I Issue 2, Spring 2009

• Arizona Center for STEM Teachers: Off to a Great Start
• Featured Research Projects
• Earth Day Celebration
• B2 plans to go Solar
• Letter from Provost Meredith Hay

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Volume I Issue 1, Fall 2008

• B2 Institute awarded $1.5 Million grant from Science Foundation Arizona to train science, technology, engineering and math teachers
• Letter from President Shelton and Dean Ruiz

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