Teaching and Students

Aid for AIDS in India | May 8, 2008
UA students hope to raise upwards from $30,000 during a benefit Saturday to continue and expand their HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs in India. | General News | Teaching and Students
Diné College President Resuming UA Studies After Securing 10-Year Accreditation | May 7, 2008
Diné College also has been given the green light to offer its first bachelor’s degree. | General News | Teaching and Students
UA Graduate Focuses on Minority Health Care | May 6, 2008
Mai-Ly Duong, who graduates from the UA this month, organized the University's first known walk to raise funds for hepatitis research. | Health | Teaching and Students
UA to Honor LGBTQ Graduates With Historic First Convocation Ceremony | May 5, 2008
The UA Office of LGBTQ Affairs will honor and recognize LGBTQ and allied students who will  graduate in May during its first convocation ceremony since the office's establishment in 2007. | Teaching and Students
Award-Winning Photography Graduate Ventures Into Video | May 5, 2008
May 2008 UA graduate Tomiko Jones, who was praised for her black and white photography, recently won a national award for her work and will spend part of the year studying in France. | Arts and Humanities | General News | Teaching and Students
Text Undergoes Digital Transformation in Writing Showcase | May 5, 2008
UA writing students have turned their research papers into electronically based displays of information for the First Year Writing Showcase. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Dual MBA Program Graduates First Computer Science Student | May 2, 2008
Jamie Samdal, who has accepted a job with Google, hopes to someday own her own software development company. | General News | Teaching and Students
UA Mining Engineering Student Wins $3,000 in Michelin Essay Contest | May 2, 2008
Daniel Marsh, a junior in mining engineering, was the first runner-up in the Michelin Essay Contest. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Astronomical Society of the Pacific Honors UA Astronomer for Excellent Teaching | May 2, 2008
Chris Impey is nationally known as a top astronomy teacher. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Astronaut Frank Borman to Speak at UA's 138th Commencement | May 1, 2008
The University of Arizona celebrates its 138th Commencement on May 17. Astronaut Frank Borman will speak at the ceremony just eight days before the UA's Phoenix Mars Lander is scheduled to land.  | Campus News | General News | Teaching and Students
Future Leaders Grapple With Ethics Dilemmas | May 1, 2008
More than 50 area high school students will grapple with ethical problems on Friday, part of a forum sponsored by the UA Eller College of Management. | Business and Law | Teaching and Students
UA South Faculty to Research Deaf Education in Chile | May 1, 2008
Ruth Claros-Kartchner received an invitation from Chile to study the condition of deaf education, focusing on a number of the country's schools. | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Six UA Graduates to be Awarded Medals of Honor | May 1, 2008
Merril P. Freeman Medals will be awarded to Adeel Yang and Laurel Cox, Robie Gold Medals will be awarded to Matthew Hall and Grace Hsieh and  Robert Logan Nugent Medals will be awarded to Abbas Tuli  and Ruth Fesahazion during the UA's 138th Commencement Ceremony May 17.  | Campus News | Teaching and Students
Two Law Alumni Issue $100K Scholarship Challenge | April 30, 2008
Wayne Howard and Michael Trauscht decided to launch the scholarship challenge because they both received scholarships while studying at the UA during the 1970s. | Business and Law | Teaching and Students
Camping for College | April 30, 2008
It takes more than 100 volunteers and thousands of dollars to operate Camp Wildcat, but UA students make sure the youth who participate in the organization's programs get in for free. | General News | Teaching and Students
UA Team Ties for Micro Air Vehicle Win at Competition | April 29, 2008
The UA's Micro Air Vehicle Team tied for first place in the most difficult and complex competition yet presented to the tiny spy planes. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Asian Pacific American Student Affairs Honors Graduates | April 28, 2008
Vice Provost Jacqueline Mok and Cecilia Lou-Atler, the Arizona Asian Pacific American Student Affairs founding assistant director, were honored at the Lotus Laureate convocation. | General News | Teaching and Students
Students Compete for Cash During Engineering Design Day | April 28, 2008
This year's engineering seniors will offer the results of their research this year, and vie for $6,000 in prizes. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
UA Astronomer Xiaohui Fan Wins Guggenheim Fellowship | April 25, 2008
Fan is using the Large Binocular Telescope to find the oldest quasars. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
'Arizona Illustrated' Inspires UA Student Project | April 25, 2008
REVERB is a senior thesis project where students must present a half-hour news magazine by and for young adults. | Teaching and Students
McGuire Entrepreneurship Team Beats the Pros | April 24, 2008
LenSense, a startup venture established through the UA's McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, was the only university team among the 12 finalists in Nokia's "Mobile Rules!" Challenge. | Business and Law | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Materials Anthropology Class Transports Students Back in Time | April 23, 2008
Along the way, they get hands-on experience with what were cutting-edge technologies hundreds, thousands and even millions of years ago. | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
NSF Fellowship Goes to UA Computer Science Alumna | April 23, 2008
Ekaterina Hristova Spriggs, who completed her undergraduate degree last year, has earned a grant that will provide $90,000 over a three-year period. | Campus News | Science and Technology | Teaching and Students
Keeping Silent to Promote Rights of LGBT | April 21, 2008
Students across the nation have honored the Day of Silence since 1996 to raise awareness of the challenges faced by people who identify as LGBT.   | General News | Teaching and Students
Students Bring Attentions to Human Trafficking | April 18, 2008
UA students coordinated the Human Trafficking Awareness Week to educate students and the local community about trafficking victims around the world and what must be done to help them. | General News | Health | Teaching and Students
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