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UA Studies Socioeconomic Impacts of Deepwater Horizon Spill The UA's Brian Mayer is conducting a long-term study to examine and mitigate the socioeconomic impacts of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf Coast region. During the five-year project, funded by a $1.7 million grant, Mayer and a team of collaborators are working to assess social vulnerability and community resiliency in Gulf communities.

Criminal Justice Major to Prep Students for Law Enforcement, Courts Careers UA students interested in studying criminal justice will find a more robust program on campus starting this fall. Expanding from a concentration within the public policy and management program into its own major, the criminal justice program will prepare students for careers in law enforcement, corrections, courts systems and an array of related fields.

New Degree to Prep Students for Real Estate Development Careers A new master's degree offered this fall will help prepare students for careers in real estate development. The Master of Real Estate Development degree program is a fast-track, 12-month program geared toward individuals who already have had two to five years of post-undergraduate experience and would like to move into a career in real estate design and development.

The Steward Observatory is nestled in a lush grove of old trees directly behind the Sonett Space Sciences Building.

Happy 90th Birthday, Steward Observatory This year marks the 90th anniversary of the UA's Steward Observatory and the department of astronomy. "We have the best location of any educational institution in America. The University ought to make itself famous with a telescope." With those words, part of his long and persistent effort to bring a world-class observatory to the UA campus, pioneering astronomer Andrew Ellicott Douglass set forth his best argument.

UA Boosts HIV Early Intervention Services The UA's Petersen Clinics are working to promote early detection of HIV while connecting newly infected patients with care and services as soon as possible. More than 1.1 million people in the United States are living with HIV, and nearly one in five are unaware of their infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Early detection and intervention can go a long way in improving patient outcomes and preventing the spread of the virus.

UA Sees Growth in Demand, Opportunities for Agriculture Grads At the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, undergraduate enrollment has increased nearly 18 percent since 2008, with students gaining the hands-on, real-world skills.
UA Studies Socioeconomic Impacts of Deepwater Horizon Spill The UA's Brian Mayer is conducting a long-term study to examine and mitigate the socioeconomic impacts of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf Coast region.
Surprise-Area Rose Fields in Bloom Leyton Woolf was going to law school at the UA in the 1970s, never thinking for a minute that he would be one of the country's largest rosebush farmers three decades later.
UA Researcher Studies Protein's Link to Heart Disease The largest protein known to exist in the human body functions as a molecular spring, and UA researchers are gaining new insights into its role in heart disease.
A Father's Search Finds Reason for Daughter's Epilepsy The UA's Michael Hammer, an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, is an expert in population genomics. His lab found the source of his daughter's epilepsy.

UA Research Demonstrates How Bilinguals Switch Between Languages Individuals who learn two languages at an early age seem to switch back and forth between separate "sound systems" for each language, according to UA research.
Wildcats Have No. 2 Fan Base in Nation A recent study by Emory University Sports Marketing Analytics found that the UA men's basketball fan base ranks No. 2 in the nation. Arizona posted a 27-8 record in 2012-13.
Astronomers Gear Up to Discover Earth-Like Planets UA astronomers are developing a technique to detect faint dust clouds around stars other than our sun, many of which might hide Earth-like planets.
Pediatric Residents Shoot Hoops for Charity
The New Face of Mining: Bree McMaster UA alumna Bree McMaster never thought she'd end up in mining. Now, the former president of the UA's Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration can't see herself anywhere else.

'Grammy in the Schools' Jan. 12
WOSAC's Presents Writers_ Journeys: Real and Imagined
Code of Ethics The Faculty Senate adopted a Code of Research Ethics at the Dec. 7 Senate meeting.
UDWPE Needs Graders The University Composition Board invites all teaching faculty and administrators to devote one morning or afternoon this spring to evaluating essays written by undergraduates taking...
Extended U Offers Preschool Programs Extended University is offering several programs this spring designed to stimulate and educate children between 2 and 5 years of age.