Browse Business and Law stories - February, 2009

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  • New Institute Centers on Families, Children, Young People
    Business and Law, Social Sciences and Education February 24, 2009
    UANews | UA alumna and longtime Arizona business leader Frances McClelland will become the namesake of a new research institute dedicated to the well-being of children and families.
  • Criminal Law Expert to Speak During UA Law Lecture Series
    Business and Law, General News, Teaching and Students February 18, 2009
    UANews | Former UA faculty member Bernard E. Harcourt, who is now a professor at the University of Chicago, will speak at the law school this month.
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Aims to Save Lives, Billions of Dollars
    Business and Law, Science and Technology February 17, 2009
    UANews | Research at the UA and two other schools is geared toward avoiding seismic damage like that of the 1989 Northridge Earthquake.
  • Conference to Probe Retail's Survival in Tight-fisted Economy
    Business and Law February 16, 2009
    UANews | The UA's 14th annual Global Retailing Conference will feature a lineup of retail executives, tech experts, authors and economists to examine the current economic climate and future of retailing.
  • Goals Gone Wild
    Business and Law, General News February 13, 2009
    UANews | The benefits of goal-setting by managers are often overstated, and the harm created in their wake has been largely ignored, according to a new report from a professor in the UA Eller College.
  • Law Dean Finalists Named
    Business and Law, General News February 12, 2009
    UANews | The committee searching for a new James E. Rogers College of Law dean has narrowed its selection down to five finalists.
  • Noted First Nations Professor to Deliver Deloria Lecture
    Business and Law, General News, Teaching and Students February 4, 2009
    UANews | John Borrows is regarded as one of the leading leading scholars in affairs relative to American Indian populations.
  • Cox Communications Pledges $100,000 to UA’s Arizona Assurance Scholarship Program
    Business and Law, Teaching and Students February 3, 2009
    UANews | Cox Communications is the first corporate sponsor of the Arizona Assurance scholarship program at the UA.
  • New Cancer Prevention Company Has Ties to the UA
    Business and Law, Health, Science and Technology February 3, 2009
    UANews | The work of Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals may one day help prevent colon cancer in those at high risk for the disease.
  • Renowned Researcher Dr. Fernando Martinez to Lead UA's BIO5 Institute
    Business and Law, General News, Health, Science and Technology February 2, 2009
    UANews | Martinez is one of the most highly regarded researchers worldwide in childhood lung diseases.