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

Four Tucson-area neighborhood are getting $31,000 in grants for improvement projects thanks to a UA partnership.

As the UA sends off its most recent group of graduates, one University program has graduated nearly 80 Tucson-area parents who now are more adept at preparing their children to start college in the next decade.

In addition to graduating its parent advocates in April, the UA College Academy for Parents, or CAP, celebrated its 10th anniversary, marking one decade of promoting a college-going culture among families in the Tucson region.

For language learning, “the younger, the better.”

A life-like robotic fish, a lightweight mammal GPS tracker, a hybrid rocket engine test stand and a competitive autonomous underwater vehicle were among about 60 projects presented by several hundred UA engineering students during last week's Engineering Design Day.

Saguaro National Park in Arizona. (Photo credit: Hugh Mason, via Wikipedia)

What is a Ferocactus?

In an era of increasing climate instability, the southwestern region in the United States faces strained water resources, greater prevalence of tree-killing pests and potentially significant alterations of agricultural infrastructure.

Felled mesquite beans – you see them most everywhere around the UA campus during the summer months.

Is there a connection between genius and madness? Some say the connection is evident, given examples of Vincent van Gogh, Hildegard of Bingen and Theresa of Avila.

But how can the study of mental illness and spirituality during the Middle Ages help us to come to a more conclusive answer? Researchers attending symposium to be held at the UA in May have a number of compelling ideas.

In 1998 I was a 23-year-old white, Pentecostal woman. I was married to a pretty great guy and I was about to become the first person in my family to earn a college degree.