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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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Social Responsibility at Core of Student-Run Conference
The UA's student-run National Collegiate Leadership Conference, which trains students from around the nation in leadership skills, takes place on campus this month.
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Student Introduces New Self-Defense Club
Bridgette Larsen, concerned with the instances of women being victims of violence, initiated a self-defense club at the UA to train female students, faculty and staff how to defend themselves.
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Autism Chemistry Camp a Success
Thanks to an American Chemical Society grant, two UA departments joined forces to organize a camp designed to increase educational and professional opportunities for children with autism.
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UA Alumna, Faculty Organization Finalist in Facebook Competition
Nita Umashankar and her family established an organization to aid victims of sex trafficking in India. The organization is up for a $1 million donation in a Facebook competition.
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Pilot Program Preparing Pre-College Students with Learning Challenges
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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Think Tank Expanding ServicesUANews | After having a successful first semester, the UA's Think Tank has expanded services to the Park Student Union.
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Colleges Serving Hispanics on the Rise
Arizona Daily Star | UA South and Pima Community College are two of 10 federally designated Hispanic Serving Institutions in Arizona with many more colleges, including UA main campus, pursuing the designation. Colleges with the designation are eligible for federal grants to help improve academic outcomes for Hispanic or low-income students. -
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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Pepsi's Online Contest Joins Growing Number of Corporate Efforts The Chronicle of Philanthropy |UA Camp Wildcat's effort to host elementary school students during week-long camps to learn about college and potential careers is among 700 projects proposed for funding as part of the Pepsi's Refresh Project. The voter-driven project will prove organizations with the most votes grants between $5,000 and $250,000.
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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.
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UA Events Commemorate Black History MonthUANews | Lectures, art exhibitions, film screenings and a college planning day are among the range of events to be held at the UA this month to commemorate Black History Month.
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Social Responsibility at Core of Student-Run ConferenceUANews | The UA's student-run National Collegiate Leadership Conference, which trains students from around the nation in leadership skills, takes place on campus this month.
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UA Symposium Spotlights African American FilmmakersUANews | The symposium, sponsored by the UA Jack and Vivian Hanson Arizona Film Institute and the School of Media Arts, will speak to the historical representation of African Americans in Hollywood films.
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Textbook Rental Option Growing Arizona Daily Wildcat | UA BookStore officials are looking for ways to improve and expand the program to include more book titles and more avenues for getting materials and textbooks to students at a low cost.
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Student Introduces New Self-Defense ClubUANews | Bridgette Larsen, concerned with the instances of women being victims of violence, initiated a self-defense club at the UA to train female students, faculty and staff how to defend themselves.
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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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Autism Chemistry Camp a SuccessUANews | Thanks to an American Chemical Society grant, two UA departments joined forces to organize a camp designed to increase educational and professional opportunities for children with autism.
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UA Alumna, Faculty Organization Finalist in Facebook CompetitionUANews | Nita Umashankar and her family established an organization to aid victims of sex trafficking in India. The organization is up for a $1 million donation in a Facebook competition.
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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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New UA South Leader Known as an Advocate for Students Sierra Vista Herald | Jim Shockey, who has been appointed executive officer of UA South in Sierra Vista, has been a longtime advocate of students by working to increase opportunities for southern Arizona students.
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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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Disabled Filipino-American Pilot Back in RP The Philippine Star | UA alumna Jessica Cox, who was born without arms, is being called the first female pilot in the history of aviation to fly an airplane with her feet.
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Engineering Senior’s Robot Creates Industry Buzz UANews | Matt Bunting's six-legged robot uses cognitive software to "learn" how to navigate through various terrains and could be a precursor to devices that could go almost anywhere, including other planets.
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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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A New Take on Extra CreditUANews | Students from two UA classes team up to support the Tucson Community Food Bank.
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New Office to Centralize Faculty Support in Instruction and AssessmentUANews | The new Office of Instruction and Assessment will offer support to the UA teaching community in the areas of pedagogy, assessment and technology.
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Engineering Recruits Buttered Up Arizona Daily Star | A new and unique program at the UA is recruiting future engineers. The program places high school seniors an an introductory engineering course, allowing them to earn both high school and University credit.
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UA Students Funded to Study AbroadUANews | More than one dozen UA students have been named Gilman Scholars, earning a collective $70,000 in scholarship funds to conduct research and study abroad during the spring and summer semesters of 2010.
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Veterans to Walk From Tempe to Tucson for ‘Wounded Warriors’ KTVK-TV | UA student and veteran Mark Finelli is walking 100 miles (from ASU to the UA) with fellow veterans to raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Project.
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UA Top Scholars Earn Nationally Competitive AwardsUANews | Among them are history, international studies, engineering and mathematics students whose committment to research, leadership and service has earned them some of the most competitive scholarships in the country.