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Browse Teaching and Students stories - March, 2009

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  • Spring Fling Turns 35 |
    UANews | The family-oriented, UA student-run carnival will be held four days beginning Thursday. Pre-Spring Fling activities are planned at the UA on Tuesday. | |
  • GeoDaze 2009 Features UA Student Research in the Earth Sciences |
    UANews | GeoDaze is an annual showcase of earth sciences research by undergraduate and graduate students at the UA. | |
  • Awards Salute Outstanding Teachers |
    UANews | The University Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching recognize UA instructors for various contributions, including creative teaching methods, research outreach projects and more. | |
  • High Schoolers Learn Multimedia Skills at UA Journalism Workshop |
    UANews | The annual Journalism Diversity Workshop at the UA aims to train Arizona high school students and develop diverse newsrooms. | |
  • Local Students Learn to Manage Finances in Tough Times |
    UANews | Local students will search for answers to current financial woes at the annual Jr. Duel in the Desert case study competition at the UA. | |
  • Exhibition at UA Exploring Notions of Communication |
    UANews | New York sculptor Nick Georgiou, who is a visting artist at the UA this semester, will showcase works he has created during his stay in Tucson. | | |
  • Arizona Stadium Concert Announced |
    UANews | Jay-Z, Kelly Clarkson, Third Eye Blind and the Veronicas will be featued during an upcoming Arizona Stadium concert organized by UA students. Tickets go on sale Friday. | | |
  • Camp Wildcat Gets Kicked Off Friday |
    UANews | The UA student-run Camp Wildcat will inform underserved youth about what it means to be a university student and a Wildcat during a weekend-long retreat on campus. | |
  • Former Teacher, Administrator Thomas Hixon Passes |
    UANews | Thomas Hixon, who pioneered new research on physiology and speech production at the UA, died Saturday. He was 69. | | |
  • President Nominates UA Professor to Key Administration Post |
    UANews | President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Dr. Yvette Roubideaux to the position of director of the Indian Health Service. | |
  • National Organization: UA Chapter 'Affiliate of the Year' |
    UANews | The Black Graduate Student Association honored the UA's student chapter during its annual meeting this month. |
  • Conference for UA Women Focuses on Networking, Marketing |
    UANews | The UA student-run Women's Leadership Conference is hosting a conference for female UA students in business, engineering and science-oriented fields on ways to network and promote themselves. | |
  • Students Give Digital Voice to High School Freshmen |
    UANews | Four UA graduate students have helped high school students interested in learning new media and developing their writing skills. | | |
  • Students to Entertain Local Seniors |
    UANews | A philanthropic student group from the UA Norton School will entertain seniors at a campus-area residential home. | |
  • Student Earns Award From The Atlantic |
    UANews | Creative writing student Jonathan Walter earned the first place award in a fiction writing competition hosted by The Atlantic Monthly. One of his UA colleagues received an honorable mention. | |
  • New Regents’ Professors Appointed |
    UANews | The Arizona Board of Regents approved the designation of three new Regents' Professors at the UA, the highest honor awarded to its faculty members. | | |
  • Ecologist David D. Breshears Awarded Leopold Leadership Fellowship |
    UANews | Breshears will receive training in communicating with policy makers, media and the public. | |
  • Student Earns Integrity Award |
    UANews | UA junior Zachary Gibson was among only 10 students across a National Society of Collegiate Scholars award. |
  • Pac-10 Honors Four UA Players |
    UANews | Standout forwards Jordan Hill and Chase Budinger were named to the Pacific 10-Conference's first team, with guard Nic Wise making the second team and freshman guard Klye Fogg an honorable mention all-freshman. | | |
  • UA Design Team Helping to Revitalize Mexican Town |
    UANews | Undergraduate and graduate students are developing a design project for the 1,500 residents of Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico. | |
  • Free 5K Fun Run and Walk on UA Campus Saturday |
    UANews | The networking and health awareness event is open to the Tucson community. | | |
  • UA Solar Race Car Returns to Energy Expo |
    UANews | The Arizona Solar Racing Team will showcase one of its vehicles at The Sustainability and Energy EXP09 and the UA has a number of sustainability events planned. | | |
  • UA MFA Student Earns Writing Award |
    UANews | UA graduate student Cary Groner earned a first place award in the Glimmer Train Press Fiction Open competition. | |
  • Author, Journalist to Deliver Law Lecture |
    UANews | George Packer, who writes for the New Yorker magazine, will speak during a James E. Rogers College of Law lecture this month.  | | |
  • In Honor of Women |
    UANews | The UA's Women Herstory Month events get kicked off on Tuesday and will include film screenings, panel discussions, workshops and a talent show. | | |
  • UA Students Lead Fundraiser for Children's Hospital |
    UANews | Students hope to raise twice as much as they did last year for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which is known for its research on and treatment against pediatric cancers and diseases. | |
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