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  • Camping for College | April 30, 2008
    It takes more than 100 volunteers and thousands of dollars to operate Camp Wildcat, but UA students make sure the youth who participate in the organization's programs get in for free. | General News | Teaching and Students
  • Model Mars Lander Part of NASA's 50th Anniversary Celebration | April 30, 2008
    A replica model of the Phoenix Mars Mission lander will be on display during the celebration this week. | General News | Science and Technology
  • May 5 Science Cafe Offers Background on Phoenix Mars Mission | April 29, 2008
    This month's Science Café is all about the upcoming Phoenix Mars Mission. | General News | Science and Technology
  • Contest Offers Chance to Recognize Moms at UA Women's Plaza of Honor | April 29, 2008
    The University of Arizona women's studies department and the Women's Studies Advisory Council are launching a special Mother's Day campaign for the Women's Plaza of Honor. | Campus News | General News
  • Asian Pacific American Student Affairs Honors Graduates | April 28, 2008
    Vice Provost Jacqueline Mok and Cecilia Lou-Atler, the Arizona Asian Pacific American Student Affairs founding assistant director, were honored at the Lotus Laureate convocation. | General News | Teaching and Students
  • A Gift of Sight, Breath | April 28, 2008
    Two retired high school teachers from Phoenix left an endowment to fund research positions at the UA College of Medicine.  | General News | Health
  • Regents Cut Universities' Budgets | April 25, 2008
    The Arizona Board of Regents voted to cut more than $26 million from the latest Arizona higher education budget. | Campus News | General News
  • Raúl H. Castro Documentary to Premiere at UA May 4 | April 25, 2008
    Arizona's first Hispanic governor honored in documentary co-directed by UA graduate student.  | Arts and Humanities | General News
  • Business Leaders Back Universities' Economic Stimulus Plan | April 24, 2008
    A group of Arizona business and academic leaders gathered on the UA campus yesterday to highlight the benefits of the Stimulus Plan for Economic and Education Development. | General News
  • New Regents' Professors Appointed | April 24, 2008
    Regents' Professor is the highest honor awarded by the University to its faculty members. | General News
  • Professor Tom Holm Publishes First Novel | April 22, 2008
    A prominent Native American scholar, Holm joins the ranks of acclaimed historical mystery writers with this debut novel. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • Keeping Silent to Promote Rights of LGBT | April 21, 2008
    Students across the nation have honored the Day of Silence since 1996 to raise awareness of the challenges faced by people who identify as LGBT.   | General News | Teaching and Students
  • Tree Tour Highlights Arbor Day at UA | April 21, 2008
    An Arbor Day tour at the UA will highlight rare and historic trees that live on campus. | Campus News | General News
  • Viewership Increasing for Local Public TV's News | April 18, 2008
    Viewership for "Arizona Illustrated," public television's local news program, has increased more than 38 percent. | Campus News | General News
  • Students Bring Attentions to Human Trafficking | April 18, 2008
    UA students coordinated the Human Trafficking Awareness Week to educate students and the local community about trafficking victims around the world and what must be done to help them. | General News | Health | Teaching and Students
  • Operations Back to Normal Following Power Outage | April 16, 2008
    The outage affected much of west and central Tucson. | General News
  • Campus Open During Power Outage - 2:50 p.m. UPDATE | April 16, 2008
    Many parts of west Tucson are experiencing a power outage that includes nearly all of The University of Arizona main campus and Arizona Health Sciences Center. | General News
  • Faithkeeper to Speak about Seventh Generation | April 15, 2008
    Oreon Lyons, an Onondaga Nationa Turtle Clan elder, will speak at the UA about leadership and reasons why decision makers must keep the next seven generations in mind. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • Peru's Former First Family to Speak at UA | April 14, 2008
    Alejandro Toledo, who served as president of Peru from 2001 to 2006, will speak during an event focusing on health care issues among low-income populations. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • Going Green: The UA Celebrates Earth Day | April 11, 2008
    Activities at the UA's Sustainability Fair include a taste test challenge between Tucson tap water and bottled water.  | Campus News | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • Dean Named to Head Architecture, Landscape Architecture | April 10, 2008
    Janice Cervelli, a landscape architecture professor and former dean at Clemson University, will succeed Charles Albanese. | Campus News | General News
  • UA Sophomore Presenting Research to Congressional Members | April 10, 2008
    Undergraduate researcher Kevin Keys will present his work in Washington, D.C., during a national conference aimed at promoting federal and state funding of student research. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • 'Astrobiology and the Sacred' Lectures Explore Possibility of Alien Life | April 9, 2008
    Astrobiologists urge humans to think about the possibility of meeting non-Earthly life. | General News | Science and Technology
  • Alum Daisy Jenkins Named Phenomenal Woman | April 9, 2008
    The University  of Arizona Alumni Association's Black Alumni Club will honor Daisy Jenkins later this month with the 2008 Phenomenal Woman Award. | Business and Law | General News
  • Beyond the Glass Ceiling | April 8, 2008
    Alice H. Eagly, a psychology professor and gender relations expert, will speak at the UA about the challenges women face while moving into upper management positions. | General News
  • Lute Olson Celebrity Golf Tournament to Benefit Arizona Arthritis Center | April 8, 2008
    Funds raised during the two-day event will go toward research at the Arizona Arthritis Center at the UA College of Medicine. | General News | Health
  • PetSmart Endows Second Faculty Chair in Norton School | April 7, 2008
    Pet care retailer PetSmart has given $1 million gift to create an endowed faculty position at the UA Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences. | Business and Law | General News | Teaching and Students
  • UA Hosting U.S. State Dept. Seminar for Mexican Researchers | April 7, 2008
    The University of Arizona has been selected to host a one-week seminar for visiting Mexican researchers. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • Archaeologist Cooks Up His Own Pottery For Sale | April 7, 2008
    An unusual sideline by UA archaeologist Michael Brian Schiffer generates scholarship funds for the UA anthropology department. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • Next Science Cafe Explores Tree-Ring Research | April 4, 2008
    Paul Sheppard from the UA Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research will discuss how tree-rings answer important questions in science. | General News | Science and Technology
  • UA Journalism Prof Continues Gathering Praise for Book | April 3, 2008
    Where would Earth be without humans?  It's a question that has sent thousands to buy copies of Alan Weisman's "The World Without Us" to find out. | Campus News | General News
  • Art and Artists in Dialogue Over Divergent Religions | April 2, 2008
    Sama Alshaibi and Beth Krensky come from entirely different religious and cultural backgrounds but, through their art, they explore the similiarities in their lives. | Arts and Humanities | General News | Teaching and Students
  • Drachman Institute Offering Community Design Assistance | April 1, 2008
    The UA Drachman Institute is calling for proposals for community improvements for low-income areas in Arizona.  | General News
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