Teaching and Students

SIRLS Earns Federal Grant to Train More Tech Savvy Librarians | June 19, 2009
UANews | The nearly $1 million grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will allow the UA's School of Information Resources and Library Science to offer scholarships for its digital information graduate certificate program. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
UA Flies High at International Competition | June 17, 2009
UANews | UA engineering students and their micro air vehicle placed second in an international competition in Florida. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Literacy, Technology and Health Training Community Center Opens in Mexico | June 15, 2009
UANews | The Resplendor International Cultural and Education Center, a new UA-sponsored community development center, recently opened in Guanajuato, Mexico.  | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
CESL Turns 40, Earns Maximum Accreditation Term | June 9, 2009
UANews | The UA's Center for English as a Second Language is turning 40 and has also received national accredidation from the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation for the maximum 10-year term. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
High School Students Develop Multimedia Skills, Produce Newspaper at Journalism Diversity Workshop | June 8, 2009
UANews | Fifteen high school students from Metro Phoenix and Tucson are attending a journalism "boot camp" to learn multimedia and other skills to make them better journalists. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
UA Program Working to Improve Math Instruction, Learning | June 2, 2009
UANews | G-TEAMS, a project at the UA that was initiated with National Science Foundation funding, aims to improve math instruction and learning in K-12 classrooms by placing UA graduate students in schools to  serve as mathematics experts. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Financial Educators Meet in Tucson | May 29, 2009
UANews | For the eighth year, the UA is hosting the National Financial Literacy Training, a seminar to help educators train students and others to be better money managers. | Business and Law | Teaching and Students
Camp for Disabled Veterans Merges Athletics, Education | May 29, 2009
UANews | The UA's first "Guide to Personal Success: Ultimate Athletics Experience" camp allowed disabled veterans the opportunity to train in adaptive athletics and learn about opportunities to pursue higher education. | General News | Teaching and Students
UA Journalism Professor Wins Top Teaching Prize | May 27, 2009
UANews | David Cuillier, an assistant professor of journalism and Freedom of Information Act authority, is the winner of this year's Promising Professor award given by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Thousands to Attend New Student Orientation | May 26, 2009
UANews | The UA welcomes more than 12,000 students and parents for summer orientation sessions aimed at getting the students ready for classes in August. | General News | Teaching and Students
NSF Funding Nine UA Doctoral Students in Geography, Regional Development | May 22, 2009
UANews | Nine graduate students in the UA geography and regional development department have NSF grants to pursue their doctoral degrees. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
High Demand Interpreters, Translators in Training | May 21, 2009
UANews | The UA is one of a few higher education institutions in the U.S. training students to become certified translators and interpreters, a field that has become hugely important given the nation's demographic changes. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Long-Serving UA Dean Returns to Full-Time Faculty Seat | May 21, 2009
UANews | James E. Rogers College of Law Dean Toni Massaro will return to the classroom after having helped transform the college into a highly regarded hub of learning, teaching and outreach. | Business and Law | Teaching and Students
New UA Residence Hall Construction to Generate More Than 1,500 Jobs | May 20, 2009
UANews | Construction of UA new residence halls also will generate more than $13 million in tax revenues, according to an analysis by the UA Economic and Business Research Center. | Business and Law | Teaching and Students
UA is 24th in the Nation in Awarding Bachelor Degrees to Hispanics | May 19, 2009
UANews | Each year, the Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education releases a list of the top 100 colleges and universities to award degrees to Hispanics. | General News | Teaching and Students
Saving the World … Through Technology | May 18, 2009
UANews | UA Commencement speaker Dean Kamen will well-known for his inventions, but he is equally passionate about young people science and technology. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
UA Co-Hosting Conference on American Indian Advocacy | May 15, 2009
UANews | The UA is hosting the College Board's Native American Student Advocacy Institute this month. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Success In and Out of the Pool | May 14, 2009
UANews | For graduating seniors Justine Schluntz and Craig Sheedy, their participation in the UA's national championship swimming and diving teams was a major factor in their excellence outside of the pool. | General News | Sports | Teaching and Students
Eller College of Management Launches One-Year MBA | May 13, 2009
UANews | The accelerated MBA option is designed for professionals with undergraduate business degrees. | Business and Law | Teaching and Students
Phoenix Mars Mission Lands a Doctorate for Peter Smith | May 12, 2009
UANews | The UA scientist who led one of the best missions ever to land on Mars is getting his Ph.D. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Angels & Demons: The Science of Antimatter and the Large Hadron Collider | May 8, 2009
UANews | UA physicist Erich Varnes will discuss the science behind the upcoming movie Angels & Demons | Arts and Humanities | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
BFA Students to Screen Films | May 6, 2009
UANews | UA media arts seniors will screen their thesis films at the annual "I Dream in Widescreen." | Arts and Humanities | General News | Teaching and Students
UA Professor to Take Fine Arts Interim Deanship | May 5, 2009
UANews | Jory Hancock, who has molded the UA School of Dance into one of the nation's premier programs, will become interim dean of the College of Fine Arts on July 1. | Arts and Humanities | General News | Teaching and Students
UA Hispanic Alumni Recognize Outstanding Contributions | May 5, 2009
UANews | The University of Arizona Hispanic Alumni Club will hold its 2009 Celebration of Excellence reception and luncheon on Friday and will honor the contributions to UA students made by Richard Ruiz and Socorro Carrizosa. | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Undergraduate Researchers to Present their Work | May 4, 2009
UANews | More than 50 UA student research projects will be presented Tuesday as part of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Annual Undergraduate Thesis Poster Session. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
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