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CPAs Offer Insights, Answer Questions During 'Tax Tips Week'
A special week on "Arizona Illustrated" features Arizona CPAs in discussions about taxes and answering a wide-range of viewer tax questions.
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New Children's Medical Center to Provide Economic Clout as Well
The new Diamond Children's Medical Center will, according to a new study, boost the regional economy by more than $5 billion over the next five years.
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Vail Academy and High School Breaks Ground at UA Tech Park
The UA Tech Park will be home to the Vail Academy and High School, a new K-12 school that will emphasize math, science and engineering through partnerships with the UA and Tech Park tenants.
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'Solar Zone' Established at UA Tech Park
The "Solar Zone" is slated to be an interdisciplinary hub for education and industry in the development of renewable energy research.
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The Economics of Innovation
A UA economics professor has received a three-year grant to study the dynamics of pricing in the consumer electronics market.
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New Book Examines Growth of Casino Gambling
UA sociologist Jeff Sallaz spent years working in U.S. and South African casinos to understand their explosive growth over the last three decades and their parallels to economic trends.
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Improvements to Enhance Trade With Mexico
Arizona Republic | Mexican shoppers contribute $2.69 billion a year to the state's economy, according to research by the University of Arizona's Eller College of Management. Getting those shoppers across the border faster will encourage more trips - and more spending. -
CPAs Offer Insights, Answer Questions During 'Tax Tips Week' UANews | A special week on "Arizona Illustrated" features Arizona CPAs in discussions about taxes and answering a wide-range of viewer tax questions.
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Southeastern Water Wars Governing | Robert Glennon, the UA's Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy, suggests that much like Atlanta, other states in the nation will continue to struggle over issues of water as water tables continue to drop but the population rate continues to hike.
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Vail Academy and High School Breaks Ground at UA Tech ParkUANews | The UA Tech Park will be home to the Vail Academy and High School, a new K-12 school that will emphasize math, science and engineering through partnerships with the UA and Tech Park tenants.
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New Children's Medical Center to Provide Economic Clout as WellUANews | The new Diamond Children's Medical Center will, according to a new study, boost the regional economy by more than $5 billion over the next five years.
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Streetcar Would Ease Congestion, Enhance UA, Planners Say Arizona Daily Star | The route for the new modern streetcar in Tucson would begin in downtown, pass through the UA campus and continue on to the Arizona Health Sciences Center.
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Law Professor's Co-Authored Book Offers Advice to Seniors, FamiliesUANews | A newly published book co-authored by UA law professor Kenney F. Hegland covers medical, financial and legal issues for seniors and families.
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The State of Arizona's Economy Arizona Reporter | Arizona Public Media's nightly news magazine, Arizona Illustrated, will host a special program focusing on the state's beleaugered economy on Friday at 9 p.m. A panel of reporters will interview UA economists Marshall Vest and Gerald Swanson and include questions submitted by viewers.
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'Solar Zone' Established at UA Tech ParkUANews | The "Solar Zone" is slated to be an interdisciplinary hub for education and industry in the development of renewable energy research.
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Amid State's Push for Solar Power, Water-supply Worries Arise Arizona Republic | Arizona is looking to expand its solar energy enterprise, while at the same time being mindful of water consumption.
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UA Researchers Part of $44B Biofuel Program Phoenix Business Journal | The National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts, of which the UA is a member, has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy totaling more than $44 million for algal biofuels and bioproducts research and development.
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It's Not Always Good to Create Goals Marketplace | A research paper co-authored by Lisa Ordóñez in the UA Eller College of Management cautions goal-focused managers. She argues that the benefits of setting goals are overstated and sometimes have unintended consequences.
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Violence Expected as Mexican Drug Lord Arrested The Washington Post | Rather than seriously denting the formidable drug cartels, the arrest of Teodoro Garcia Simental and other high-profile traffickers could signal more trouble for an already violence-plagued Mexico, according to UA Regents' Professor Oscar Martinez.
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Law Professor Honored for Working to Advance Women LawyersUANews | Professor Barbara Atwood earned her law degree from the UA in 1976 and went on to become nationally known in the area of family law.
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The Economics of InnovationUANews | A UA economics professor has received a three-year grant to study the dynamics of pricing in the consumer electronics market.
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2010 Forecast Sees More Homeowners 'Upside Down' and 'Under House Arrest' Inside Tucson Business | UA economis Marshall Vest predicts that the unemployment rate in Arizona will hover around 10 percent through 2014 before dropping to 6 percent.
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Spotlight: Leah Lussier Student Lawyer |Leah Lussier, a third-year graduate student at the UA's James E. Rogers College of Law, has been recognized for her committment to service, the American Indian community and to the legal profession.
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New Book Examines Growth of Casino GamblingUANews | UA sociologist Jeff Sallaz spent years working in U.S. and South African casinos to understand their explosive growth over the last three decades and their parallels to economic trends.
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Local Heroes Tucson Weekly | Nina Rabin, an assistant research social scientist at the UA, has been named a "local hero" by the Tucson Weekly. Rabin, who also co-directs the James E. Rogers College of Law's immigration clinic, was recognized for working toward improving the rights of migrant female detainees in Arizona.
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Eller Undergraduates Top Honda Insight Marketing ChallengeUANews | A group of marketing students in the Eller College won a nationwide competition with their targeted ad campaign for a new hybrid vehicle.
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Rockefeller Foundation Funds Responsible Property Investment CenterUANews | The UA-based center will promote social and environmental progress in real estate investing.
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Marketing Researcher Takes on Human Decision Making ProcessUANews | A new study by Jesper Nielsen, a UA marketing professor and his colleague are shedding light on why people decide to avoid or gravitate to a consumer product. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE
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Arizona's Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.9% Arizona Republic | According to UA economist Marshall Vest, the Tucson area has not experienced the rise and fall in the housing market that Phoenix has.
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Marketing Professor Studying Adolescents' Sources of HappinessUANews | Lan Nguyen Chaplin, an assistant professor in the Eller College of Management, says children and teenagers, in finding happiness, do not always place material things before personal relationships.
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Raul Castro Honored with Portrait UnveilingUANews | Raul Castro, former Arizona governor and U.S. ambassador, was honored in a ceremony at the James E. Rogers College of Law. A floor-to-ceiling portrait in the school's lobby outlines his distinguished contributions to the state and nation.