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Drinking, Smoking Often Intertwine for Students
Mark and Mimi Nichter have published a series of articles recently about the smoking behaviors of college students, offering important insights about smoking related to drinking, gender and stress.
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UA Makes Top 20 List for Peace Corps
The UA, still the state's largest producer of Peace Corps volunteers, has once again reached top-20 status for involving students in the humanitarian organization.
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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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Area Math Teachers to 'Learn Something New' at UA Conference
The UA-sponsored conference is designed to help southern Arizona mathematics teachers with classroom strategies and networking opportunities.
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UA Program Offers Increasingly Broad Range of Research Opportunities
Nearly 100 students from the UA and San Miguel High School will presenting their research during the Undergraduate Biology Research Program's 21st annual conference held at the UA.
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Southwest Indian Art Fair Resurrected From Budget Ashes
Fair-goers can meet any of the 100 Native artists on hand and shop for top-quality handmade artwork including pottery, kachina dolls, paintings, jewelry, baskets, rugs, blankets and more.
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Drinking, Smoking Often Intertwine for StudentsUANews | Mark and Mimi Nichter have published a series of articles recently about the smoking behaviors of college students, offering important insights about smoking related to drinking, gender and stress.
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UA Makes Top 20 List for Peace CorpsUANews | The UA, still the state's largest producer of Peace Corps volunteers, has once again reached top-20 status for involving students in the humanitarian organization.
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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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Cochise, UA South Announce Transition Program for Baccalaureate Students
Douglas Dispatch | UA South is working with Cochise College to introduce a new suite of offerings for students through a new program. Called Cochise Cats, the program will offer counseling, workshops and financial support for transfer students. -
Housing Recovery Could Take a Decade, Economists Warn Washington Post | Given the drop in home values and the rate of forclosures, Brent T. White, a UA associate professor of law, warns that the future could hold tremendous problems for people across the country who are unable to save for college or retirement.
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Lecture Series to Focus on Higher Education and the EconomyUANews | A new lecture series, hosted by the UA's Center for the Study of Higher Education, will look at the economic challenges facing higher education in America and explore possible solutions.
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Area Math Teachers to 'Learn Something New' at UA ConferenceUANews | The UA-sponsored conference is designed to help southern Arizona mathematics teachers with classroom strategies and networking opportunities.
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Former D.C. Scholar Clayton Armstrong Will Study State of the Union Up Close Washington Post | Armstrong, a freshman political science major at the UA, already has worked as an intern in the White House, and will sit with Michelle Obama during tonight's presidential address to the nation.
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'Renaissance man' Maurice Grossman, 82, Dies After Surgery Arizona Daily Star | Maurice Grossman, an artist and University of Arizona professor emeritus, was known widely for his activism and promotion of human rights. Grossman died Thursday at age 82, having suffered complications after having heart surgery.
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Power Struggle in Indian Country is the Focus of UA ForumUANews | The High Country News and the UA School of Journalism will host a discussion on energy production and environmentalism in northern Arizona Jan. 27 on campus.
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Southwest Indian Art Fair Resurrected From Budget AshesUANews | Fair-goers can meet any of the 100 Native artists on hand and shop for top-quality handmade artwork including pottery, kachina dolls, paintings, jewelry, baskets, rugs, blankets and more.
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UA Program Offers Increasingly Broad Range of Research OpportunitiesUANews | Nearly 100 students from the UA and San Miguel High School will presenting their research during the Undergraduate Biology Research Program's 21st annual conference held at the UA.
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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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Pilot Program Preparing Pre-College Students with Learning ChallengesUANews | The UA Strategic Alternative Learning Techniques Center's Road Map to College program is aiding high school students who have learning disabilities to lay out a plan for college.
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SIROW Leading Project to Support LGBTQ YouthUANews | The UA's Southwest Institute for Research on Women has received a new $1.75 million federal grant to aid youth and young adults who are homeless and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning who are dealing with mental health and substance abuse issues.
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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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New UA School Poised to Become National LeaderUANews | The UA School of Government and Public Policy combines programs from multiple colleges to form one of the largest schools on campus.
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Not Quite Paradise Christian Science Monitor | Adele Barker, a UA professor of Russian and Slavic studies, left for Sri Lanka shortly after Sept. 11 to begin teaching as a Fulbright Scholar. Barker's ensuing experience has been encapsulated in her newly published book, "Not Quite Paradise: An American Sojourn in Sri Lanka."
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Dean Named for UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences UANews | John Paul Jones III, who directs the UA School of Geography and Development, has been named the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences dean.
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UA, Industry Use Robotics to Promote Engineering Among Less Privileged StudentsUANews | The popular summer Multicultural Engineering Program program helps funnel Hispanic and American Indian students into engineering.
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Seven Students Selected for New York Times Student Journalism InstituteUANews | Students from across the country are hand-picked for the session, held every other year at the UA, and taught by some of the best in the profession.
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Companies Fall Short in Advertising Healthy Foods to Children Los Angeles Times | A study led by Dale Kunkel, UA professor of communication finds that children in the U.S. are bombarded by ads for unhealthy foods.
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UA Professor Wins Germany's Humboldt PrizeUANews | Thomas Bever, whose research spans linguistics, cognitive science and several other areas, is the winner of the Alexander von Humbolt Research Prize.
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New Study Levels New Criticisms at Food IndustryUANews | A new report authored by UA communication professor Dale Kunkel faults food and beverage producers for continuing to saturate television with ads for high-calorie, low-nutrient products.
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UA-led Study Grapples With Health Effects of Low-intensity Warfare UANews | A study led by UA anthropologist Ivy Pike establishes a conceptual framework for measuring the health as well as the social impacts of violence in northern Kenya. The study has worldwide implications, as violent conflict is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality.