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Gov. Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1353 at the UA College of Medicine-Phoenix.

Governor Signs Telemedicine Bill at UA College of Medicine-Phoenix Gov. Jan Brewer participated in a ceremonial signing of Senate Bill 1353, also known as the Telemedicine Reimbursement Parity Act, requiring telemedicine services be covered by health insurance in rural areas of Arizona. The signing took place in the T-Health Institute on the UA College of Medicine-Phoenix campus. The institute is part of the award-winning Arizona Telemedicine Program based at the UA College of Medicine-Tucson.

Mining engineering students train at the UA San Xavier Mining Laboratory Training Center. (Photo by Norma Jean Gargasz/UANews)

The New Face of Mining: Women Carving Out a Place in Surging Industry For years, women have been making a place for themselves in an industry where their exclusion is as old as the profession itself - but where their inclusion today is critical to meeting a shortage of skilled workers. The UA is helping to fill the mining industry pipeline, and this includes educating and guiding female engineers. This is the first story in a series about women in mining.

Three UA Students Named Tillman Military Scholars In advance of Memorial Day, the Pat Tillman Foundation has named its new class of Tillman Military Scholars. The program helps servicemembers earn higher education degrees. Of the 60 students across the nation to receive the honor, three are UA students: Felisa (Hervey) Dyrud, Adam Ratesic and Jose Cervantes. All three recipients served in the U.S. Air Force.

Students will spend three weeks in Verona, Italy.

Italy-Bound Students to Learn Cooking the Mediterranean Way Several UA students are headed to Verona, Italy to study the Mediterranean diet and its health benefits through the University's new Mediterranean Diet and Health study abroad program. While in Verona, they will visit an olive oil processing plant, a cheese factory and a pasta factory and will practice cooking with the pros as they learn about the diet's role in disease prevention.

The UA is partnering with Kabul University in Afghanistan to help build the school's heritage conservation program. Project director Suzanne Bott and colleague Atifa Rawan recently visited Kabul to meet with faculty there. Pictured here is the Municipality Building (left) and Abdul Rahman Mosque in downtown Kabul. (Photo courtesy of Suzanne Bott)

UA Helps Build Heritage Conservation Program in Afghanistan In an effort to help Afghanistan preserve its past, the UA is partnering with Kabul University to help build the college's cultural heritage conservation program. Three faculty members from Kabul will come to Tucson this summer to work with UA faculty and learn the latest techniques in conservation, research, artifact examination and documentation, and more.

Seed Funding Leads to Major UA Grants What began as one family's financial investment to improve ALS research has developed into UA faculty members being able to gain greater external funding.
The New Face of Mining: Women Carving Out a Place in Surging Industry The department of mining and geological engineering is helping to fill the mining industry pipeline, and that includes ensuring female engineers continue to gain ground.
UA Orientation Primes Wildcats for Life Hundreds of students will be visiting the University with their families to attend New Student Orientation, now under way on the UA campus.
'Helicopter Parents' Cause Long-Term Issues When it comes to parenting, can there be too much of a good thing - too much attention, guidance and problem solving? Yes, says UA communication professor Chris Segrin.
Governor Signs Telemedicine Bill at UA College of Medicine-Phoenix The signing of Senate Bill 1353, also known as the Telemedicine Reimbursement Parity Act, took place in the T-Health Institute on the UA College of Medicine-Phoenix campus.

Archaeologists Unearth New Information on Origins of Maya Civilization A new UA study in the journal Science challenges the two prevailing theories on how the ancient Maya civilization began. The findings are based on seven years of excavations.
UA Researchers Solve Mystery of Lincoln's Funeral Train UA researchers have turned their attention to one of the last remaining mysteries about Abraham Lincoln's funeral - the color of the president's railcar.
Good Days, Bad Days: When Should You Make Sacrifices in a Relationship? A new UA study suggests that while making sacrifices in a relationship is generally positive, doing so on days when you are feeling especially stressed may not be beneficial.
UA-Led Asteroid Mission is a Go NASA has granted final approval of the OSIRIS-REx sample return mission led by the UA. Such samples are critical to understanding the origin of the solar system, Earth and life.
World’s Longest-Running Plant Monitoring Program Now Digitized Researchers at the UA's Tumamoc Hill have digitized 106 years of growth data on individual plants, making the information available for study by people all over the world.

'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.