Pediatric Residents Shoot Hoops for Charity

Submitted by carinaj on Wed, 05/22/2013 - 4:55pm

Fundraising for Poetry Center Director’s Fund Underway

Submitted by La Monica Evere... on Wed, 05/22/2013 - 10:25am

After serving for over a decade as the Poetry Center’s Executive Director, Gail

New Medicine: Nature, Nurture Matter

  • Arizona Public Media
  • May 22, 2013
A new approach to thinking about health - called life course theory - is helping researchers understand changes that result from exercise and healthy eating habits. This theory folds genetics, the environment, socioeconomic status and individual life events and behaviors into a complete, complex picture of a person's lifelong health, says Patricia Settle, a clinical nutritionist in the UA Pediatric Pulmonary Center.

Q&A: Jennie Finch, Arizona Softball Standout

  • Yahoo! Voices
  • May 22, 2013
UA alumna Jennie Finch made an impact during her time at the UA - so much so that the University retired her softball jersey number. In this Q&A with Yahoo! Voices, Finch discusses her time at the UA, the Olympics, softball camp and the Women's College World Series.

Chasing Demons with a Microscope

  • UANews
  • May 21, 2013
Describing the measurement of temperature across extremely tiny distances such as individual molecules, UA physicists have glimpsed a phenomenon mimicking the actions of Maxwell's Demon, a hypothetical figure in a thought experiment that seemingly defies the laws of thermodynamics. The research project and its unexpected results were several years in the making.

UA Alumna: 'Passion' Found Studying Abroad

  • UANews
  • May 22, 2013
Spending a year studying and volunteering in Guatemala, Chelsea Halstead discovered an important aspect of her college experience: passion. Halstead returned to the UA engaged, focused and full of ideas. She graduated with honors in 2012, began working as a research assistant and now is headed to Berlin as part of the Humanity in Action Fellowship.

Arizona Wins Fourth Straight Territorial Cup Series

  • UANews
  • May 21, 2013
Arizona once again has captured the Territorial Cup Series title, edging Arizona State University, 9.5-8.5, across 18 men's and women's sports in the 2012-13 athletics season. Said Director of Athletics Greg Byrne: "We are very proud of our student-athletes and coaches who helped us secure the fourth-straight Territorial Cup Series."

UA Students Earn Competitive National Awards

Submitted by La Monica Evere... on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 11:34am

The UA had an especially strong showing in this year's national Boren Awards competition, which supports students for international study to gain foreign language and international skills.

Yulex Pays Back UA with $3M Grant

  • Phoenix Business Journal
  • May 21, 2013
When Jeff Martin, founder, president and CEO of Phoenix-based Yulex Corp., wanted to thank the UA for all its support over the years, he didn’t bother with a hand-written note. He gave the university a $3 million grant. With it, the UA's Dennis Ray will lead an effort to produce guayule, an industrial crop of natural rubber that replaces petroleum-based synthetics.

"I Dream in Widescreen: BFA Thesis Films" Take Awards

Submitted by La Monica Evere... on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 4:04pm

The UA School of Theatre, Film & Television produced several award-winning graduates in 2013.

The FotoKem New Filmmaker Award, the grand prize in film services from Los Angeles-based postproduction facility, FotoKem, went to 2013 Bachelor of Fine Art graduate Jackie Hutchinson for "Unlovable," a short film she wrote, directed and describes as "Sesame Street" meets "Trainspotting."

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