Tag: #UA

News

University bears ridicule for creating UArizona

By ELLIANA KOPUT The University of Arizona has been referred to by an array of nicknames since the dawn of time … or at least since it was founded in 1885.  Among those, “UofA” and “UA” have reigned most popular.  However, the UA recently has sought a change in nicknames in hopes to increase search engine optimization, or SEO.  So, the old abbreviations have been booted and replaced by “UArizona.”  The school also didn’t want any mix-ups with other UA schools (think University of Arkansas, University of Alaska and University of Alabama).  We don’t know about you, but we could think of worse things than being confused with a winning football program such as Alabama’s. Then again, at least UArizona has a football team.  Upon doing a quick observational experiment, we found that the p...
PCC holds space for Team 18029’s weed-killing device
News

PCC holds space for Team 18029’s weed-killing device

By DRAEDON LEDBETTER Pima Community College has started a partnership with the University of Arizona’s ENGR 498 class.  UA Engineering needed more space to work, which meant moving the initiative moved its operation to the Mechatronics lab at the Downtown campus.  The capstone project that Team 18029 has been working on is a weed-killing device.  The weed-killing device uses a pneumatic punch which pinches and can drill holes  to kill to weeds and increase crop production. The device identifies weeds through its manual operation as well as a camera positioned on its surface as of right now the machine is operational.  The pneumatic punch will position itself over the weed and stomp it. Its overall purpose is to work in shaping the new frontier of agricultural technology.   The Cap...