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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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