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  • UA President Shelton Shares Thoughts About Budget With Campus | June 27, 2008
    UA President Robert N. Shelton informed the campus community about the approved 2008-2009 budget. | Campus News | General News | Teaching and Students
  • UA to Host Solar Energy Development Conference | June 27, 2008
    UA's AzRISE program and U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords join to host a conference for government policy makers to promote development and widespread adoption of solar energy. | General News | Science and Technology
  • UA Researcher to Address UNESCO Forum on Water | June 26, 2008
    Juan Valdes, head of civil engineering and deputy director of SAHRA at the UA, will address UNESCO ambassadors and state department officials Friday at a forum on water issues. | General News | Science and Technology
  • Tucson Firefighters Conduct Training on UA Campus Today | June 26, 2008
    Three specialized teams are honing their skills practicing high angle missions at the Henry Koffler Building today. | Campus News | General News
  • Hundreds of Students Participating in UA Algebra Academy | June 26, 2008
    The four-week program the UA holds in collaboration with several partners is an attmept to draw more low-income students and people of color into college. | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • Grant-Funded Students Researching, Training This Summer | June 25, 2008
    The UA maintains numerous programs that enable students to spend their summers researching, training and getting ready for graduate school. | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • UA Graduate Student Crowned Miss Arizona | June 24, 2008
    UA public health student wins Miss Arizona title and credits the program with the strength of her healthy habits platform message. | General News | Teaching and Students
  • Communication Professors Honored for Their Research | June 23, 2008
    Ed Donnerstein and Dale Kunkel have been honored for their research on the impact of mass media on society. | Campus News | General News | Teaching and Students
  • Lowering the Cost of Textbooks | June 19, 2008
    Initiatives at the UA have resulted in more than $2.7 million in savings to students. | General News
  • UA to Lead Volunteers Mapping Arizona Rivers | June 19, 2008
    The UA Water Resources Research Center will help map two critical streams, the Agua Fria and the San Pedro, on Saturday. Volunteers will collect data on the wet and dry areas of the Agua Fria and San Pedro rivers. | General News | Science and Technology
  • Public Health Has a New Dean | June 18, 2008
    The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health has named its new dean, Iman Hakim, a national leader in health promotion. | General News | Health
  • NASA's Mars Lander to Dig, Team Probes Flash Memory | June 18, 2008
    As a precaution, science data won't be stored on the spacecraft overnight. | General News | Science and Technology
  • UA's Library Science School Receives $1M Grant | June 18, 2008
    The grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will support an existing program that is working to increase the number of American Indian and Hispanic library professionals. | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • U.N. Report Calls for More Sustainable Real Estate Development | June 17, 2008
    A U.N. report written by an urban planning professor at The University of Arizona asks institutional investors and others to collaborate on more environmentally friendly real estate development. | Business and Law | General News
  • Elwin G. Wood Distinguished Professorship Established in Engineering | June 16, 2008
    Loren M. and Sally Ann Wood created the professorship to honor Loren Wood’s father, a longtime UA faculty member. | Campus News | General News | Science and Technology
  • UA Faculty and Students On Leading Edge of Adult Autism Treatment | June 13, 2008
    Non-profit adult residential program partners with the UA to teach independent living to 17 men and women on the high end of learning ability on the autism spectrum. | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
  • Arizona Youth University Inspires Future Career Paths and Enriches Summer Experience | June 13, 2008
    CPR certification, first-aid skills, balance, self-esteem and respect, crime scene dos and don'ts, electronic knowledge and how to conduct a trial are a few of the lessons learned during the Arizona Youth University summer camps. | General News | Teaching and Students
  • The Zombie: "A New Monster for a New World" | June 13, 2008
    UA doctoral student Kyle W. Bishop argues that that while the zombie has become a hugely popular cinematic device, the creature is a remnant of an imperialistic and racist era. | Arts and Humanities | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • Electricity Load Shifted for Cost Savings | June 12, 2008
    The UA's water chilling and ice storing project is reducing the amount of electricity needed to cool the campus, which is more cost effective and environmentally conscious. | Campus News | General News
  • Debt-Free Guarantee | June 11, 2008
    The Arizona Assurance program is providing UA students the opportunity to graduate in four years without student loans. | General News | Teaching and Students
  • New ART Season Announced | June 10, 2008
    During its 2008-2009 season, the UA's theater students will perform "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Love's Labour Lost." | Arts and Humanities | General News | Teaching and Students
  • Young Authors Recognized for Creative Writing | June 10, 2008
    Thirteen K-3 students from southern Arizona were recently honored for their entries in the 14th annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest. They represent the best of more than 400 entries from 26 area schools. | Arts and Humanities | General News
  • Public Invited to Meeting on Higher Education Challenges | June 10, 2008
    Ernest Calderón, vice president of the Arizona Board of Regents, will discuss challenges facing higher education. | Campus News | General News
  • Health Information Underload for Dial-Up Users | June 9, 2008
    A UA communication professor suggests that another kind of inequity is forming in the digital age, one that creates have-nots among dial-up customers seeking health information online. | General News | Health | Social Sciences and Education
  • U.S. Religious Congregations Might 'Limp' But Don't Often Die | June 6, 2008
    A team of UA doctoral students helped complete a study about religious congregations and determined that the national mortality rate for such organizations is 1 percent. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • The Nearest Thing to Mind Reading | June 5, 2008
    UA psychology researchers studied the age-old literacy device known as stream of consciousness to determine its use as a more accurate measure of personality. | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • Baseball Team Advances to NCAA Super Regional Tournament | June 4, 2008
    The Cats-Canes three-game series will be played in Florida Friday through Sunday at Mark Light Field in Coral Gables. | General News | Sports | Teaching and Students
  • Kanto Scholarships Support Students Working on Formula and Baja Cars | June 4, 2008
    Program supports students who spend long hours working on race cars that compete in national Society of Automotive Engineers events. | Campus News | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • UA to Train Iraqi Students | June 3, 2008
    The UA has been named one of six host sites across the United States to hold an institute that will train Iraqi students to become socially conscious leaders. | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • New Arizona Quarter Available at UA BookStore, Web Site | June 2, 2008
    The store will be the exclusive southern Arizona retailer for the commemmorative displays and its Web site will be the exclusive online retailer. | Business and Law | General News
  • Middle School Students Work on Research Projects at the UA | June 2, 2008
    The UA is collaborating with the Wildcat School, a charter school, to offer a summer camp where students will be presenting their own projects. | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
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