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  • Sonoran Desert Research Being Centralized | February 25, 2008
    The UA Libraries is heading up a project that will bring together knowledge about the Sonoran Desert that nearly three dozen organizations have collected over time. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • The Struggle for Open Information Systems | February 22, 2008
    Renowed author Paul Duguid will be at the UA to give a talk on Web 2.0 and the movement toward more open forms of information systems. | Social Sciences and Education
  • Century of Federal Documents Offered Online via UA Library | February 21, 2008
    Many of the documents are online, which has earned the UA library the unofficial title of "the nation's first virtual depository." | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • Project Vote Smart Launches Online Resource for Voters | February 20, 2008
    The nonpartisan organization, which keeps an office at the UA, launched a service that contains information on more than 40,000 candidates and elected officials. | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • USAID Senior Official to Speak at the UA | February 20, 2008
    Mark S. Ward oversees the agency's programs in the Middle East and South and East Asia. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • Car Show to Display 'Green' Vehicles | February 19, 2008
    Students will be educating the public about "green" cars and a program that could bring firmer vehicle emissions practices to Arizona. | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
  • eBlocks Put the 'Fun' into Math and Science Education | February 19, 2008
    Engineering professor Susan Lysecky is working with graduate students to provide a fun resource for middle school science students. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
  • Memorial Scheduled for Hopi Anthropologist | February 19, 2008
    A formal rememberance for Emory Sekaquaptewa will be held on March 9 at the Al-Marah Arabian Horse Farm in Tucson. | Campus News | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • UA Mineral Museum Receives $1 Million Gift | February 18, 2008
    The gift from the Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Foundation will boost what is already one of the top university mineral and meteorite collections in the country. | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
  • Wisconsin Congressman David Obey to Appear at Book Signing | February 18, 2008
    Rep. David Obey will discuss and sign copies of his book, “Raising Hell for Justice." Obey has been in the U.S. House of Representatives for nearly 40 years. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • Biosphere 2 Offers Special Events for Saturday Visitors | February 15, 2008
    The B2 Institute is bringing Biospherians, researchers and the Physics Factory to Biosphere 2 this spring. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
  • College of Education Takes National Award | February 14, 2008
    UA education faculty received national recognition for a 3-year study into ways first-year teachers taught and managed their classrooms. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • Flandrau Hosting Viewing, Presentation During Lunar Eclipse | February 12, 2008
    Flandrau: The UA Science Center will host a free public viewing of the upcoming total lunar eclipse on Feb. 20. | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
  • Freshman Financing the Subject of Major Study | February 12, 2008
    A number of UA researchers, attempting to understand how college-age students spend and save their money, are launching a project that should span 22 years. | Business and Law | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • SBS Honors Its Magellan Circle Scholars | February 12, 2008
    The award is given annually to undergraduate students who have demonstrated academic achievement, financial need or both. | Campus News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • Future Boundaries of Iraq is Focus of Annual Sabbagh Lecture | February 11, 2008
    Architect-turned-author Kanan Makiya will talk about the future of Iraq at this year's Sabbagh Lecture. | Campus News | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • Two International Journalists Take on the World at Feb. 27 Forum | February 11, 2008
    Alan Weisman and Mort Rosenblum, both award-winning authors and UA journalism professors, will host a symposium on a range of Earth-related topics. | Campus News | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • UA to Aid Ethiopians in Combating Famine | February 8, 2008
    Researchers from several UA departments will help create a risk management center to train experts in mitigating disasters. | Social Sciences and Education
  • Faculty Member to get National Teaching Award | February 6, 2008
    Charlene M. Kampfe will receive the Rehabilitation Teacher of the Year Award  from the National Council on Rehabilitation Education. | Campus News | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • ASM Exhibit Traces Southwest's Gem Trading History | February 5, 2008
    "Set in Stone" traces 1,000 years of gem history in the Southwest and showcases jewelry by artists of today. | Arts and Humanities | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • Biosphere 2 Opens Rain Forest Experiment to the Public | February 5, 2008
    For the first time ever, Biosphere 2 will invite tourists into its tropical rain forest under glass. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
  • Project Vote Smart: Powered by Interns | February 4, 2008
    UA interns at Project Vote Smart are becoming a significant resource for voters in the 2008 elections. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • Television Skewing Your View of Minorities? | February 1, 2008
    UA researcher Dana Mastro suggests that television may have a stronger influence on our unconscious minds than originally thought.    | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • MathMovesU Day Comes to the UA | February 1, 2008
    The event engages middle school students in a math and science project. | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
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