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  • Shelton Talks With Staff About Transformation Plan | September 24, 2008
    In front of a standing-room-only crowd, Shelton fielded questions about the University's restructuring plans. | Campus News
  • UA Employees Volunteer as 'International Friends' | September 24, 2008
    A number of UA employees are part of International Friends, a community-based organization that is working to improve the experience of international students studying at the UA. | Campus News | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • UA Asphalt Gets Makeover During Park(ing) Day | September 24, 2008
    Several UA groups rented campus parking spaces and decorated them as part of National Park(ing) Day, an event that promotes parks and public places. | Campus News | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • ABOR to Study Salaries, Proposed Budgets, New Construction | September 24, 2008
    Among the items before the board are recommendations on improving compensation for faculty and staff plus new and remedial construction. | Campus News
  • MOSAIC: Changing the Way We Do Business | September 24, 2008
    The project will replace aging administrative systems in five key areas – Student, Financials, HR/Payroll, Research and Business Intelligence – with state-of-the-art technolog. | Campus News
  • APAC to Host Forum With Shelton | September 24, 2008
    Shelton will discuss the future of the UA and takes questions. | Campus News
  • UA Faculty Win State Biotech Awards | September 19, 2008
    ARL Director Michael Cusanovich and noted genomics researcher Rod Wing were honored by the Arizona Bioindustry Association. | Campus News | General News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
  • CSW Accepting Nominations for Vision Awards | September 17, 2008
    University staff, faculty, administrators, graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to nominate individuals who are known for cultivating diversity and working to advance the commission's goals. | Campus News
  • NIH Gives One of First EUREKA Grants to UA's Hurley | September 17, 2008
    The grants are for exceptionally innovative research projects that could have an extraordinarily significant impact on many areas of science. | Campus News | Health
  • Multisensory Adventure for Visually Impaired Offered at Arizona State Museum | September 17, 2008
    The Arizona State Museum will offer those with vision loss a museum experience centered on the Pottey Project exhibit. | Arts and Humanities | Campus News
  • 'Transformation Plan' Detailed in Town Hall | September 17, 2008
    A town hall held last week for deans and department heads detailed what will happen through the end of the semester as the University works to reorganize. | Campus News
  • Anthropology Professor Named to International Panel | September 17, 2008
    UA medical anthropologist Mark Nichter has been appointed to an international panel of health experts to look at emerging animal diseases that threaten humans. | Campus News | General News | Health
  • NPR's Science Friday to Set Up Shop at Phoenix Mission | September 15, 2008
    Host Ira Flatow will broadcast from the UA Science Operations Center, the hub of the NASA Phoenix Mars Mission. | Campus News | General News | Science and Technology
  • Anthropology Names New Head | September 12, 2008
    Barbara Mills has been named head of the 93-year-old anthropology department at the UA, only the seventh in the department's history and the first woman. | Campus News | Social Sciences and Education
  • Farmers' Market Partnering With Marshall Foundation | September 12, 2008
    The new partnership with the Marshall Foundation will give the Farmers' Market more visibility, flexibility and improve access for community members. | Campus News | General News | Health
  • Journalism Department, New America Media to Sponsor Ethnic Media Conference | September 11, 2008
    New America Media, a collaboration of ethnic media organizations, and the UA journalism department will host a daylong conference on media issues. The conference will feature a number of speakers from news organizations and government. | Campus News | Social Sciences and Education
  • Pharmacy Prof to Receive Award for Textbook | September 10, 2008
    "Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice" addresses a vast range of disease states, including cardiovascular, neurological and endocrine diseases | Campus News
  • Komen Brings Breast Cancer Tour to Mall | September 10, 2008
    The event features a customized pink trailer that opens into an interactive learning center outfitted with computer stations where participants can learn about proper breast health practices. | Campus News
  • Shelton, Others Outline Reorganization Process at Faculty Senate | September 10, 2008
    UA President Robert Shelton met with members of the Faculty Senate for the first time since his Sept.4 memo on academic reorganization. | Campus News
  • Biosphere 2 Adds Space, Synergy to Campus Sustainability Effort | September 10, 2008
    The UA is making Biosphere 2 a more sustainable facility. | Campus News
  • Journal Edited by UA Prof is Nominated for Best New Scholarly Journal | September 3, 2008
    The Journal is co-edited by UA professor John Warnock and staffed by graduate students at the UA's Rhetoric, Composition and the Teaching of English Program. | Campus News
  • Drive to Collect Clothing, First-Aid Items for Migrants Begins Friday | September 3, 2008
    The UA's Mexican American Studies & Research Center is leading a drive on campus to collect clothing and first-aid items. | Campus News
  • UA Selects Project YES as Focus of Second Annual 'Cats in the Community Day' | September 3, 2008
    UA volunteers will help with landscaping, painting and cleaning at Project YES, an after-school tutoring and mentoring program in South Tucson for students in grades 1-8. | Campus News
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