UA News

UANews | The UA's first "Guide to Personal Success: Ultimate Athletics Experience" camp allowed disabled veterans the opportunity to train in adaptive athletics and learn about opportunities to pursue higher education.

UANews | The UA welcomes more than 12,000 students and parents for summer orientation sessions aimed at getting the students ready for classes in August.

UANews | UA President Robert N. Shelton lauded Gov. Jan Brewer's action to secure federal stimulus funds for Arizona's universities.

UANews | Flandrau: The UA Science Center will extend its hours of operation prior to its June 1 closure.

UANews | The University Teaching Center worked with the Be The Match Registry to find a bone marrow transplant donor for Kristopher Weatherly. A near-perfect match has been found.

UANews | Each year, the Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education releases a list of the top 100 colleges and universities to award degrees to Hispanics.

UANews | PBS correspondent Ray Suarez will be in Tucson on May 26 to promote the network's new documentary series, "Blueprint America: Road to the Future."

UANews | For graduating seniors Justine Schluntz and Craig Sheedy, their participation in the UA's national championship swimming and diving teams was a major factor in their excellence outside of the pool.

UANews | An article by three UA researchers will be published in the May 14 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.

UANews | With more than $25,000 in donations, an archway at the UA's Women's Plaza of Honor will be etched with the names of American Indian women who have been nominated by the state's tribal nations.

UANews | The UA Alumni Association's announed its Alumni Achievement Award winner and the UA Hispanic Alumni club named its outstanding graduates.

UANews | The new School of Government and Public Policy joins faculty and degree programs from the Eller College School of Public Administration and Policy with the political science department in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

UANews | UA physicist Erich Varnes will discuss the science behind the upcoming movie Angels & Demons

UANews | The patient who received the first intestine transplant using a living donor in the entire Southwest is recuperating at University Medical Center.

UANews | Yvette Roubideaux, assistant professor of family and community medicine at The University of Arizona College of Medicine, has been named director of the Indian Health Service.

UANews | U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords announced that $522,402 in economic recover funds would be provided to the UA for disease research.

UANews | The public is encouraged to call in with questions during the program, which will air on May 8.

UANews | Interior Secretary Ken Salazar presented the department's "Partners in Conservation Award" to the Laboratory of Tree Ring Research, department of agriculture and resource economics and the Arizona Water Institute at a ceremony in Washington on Thursday.

UANews | Univision, the leading Spanish-language media company in the U.S., will dedicate portions of evening newscasts on Thursday to promote services, programs and research at the University of Arizona. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

UANews | Three UA College of Education faculty members have received two grants totaling nearly $1.5 million to improve teacher interactions with children who are visually impaired and who have emotional and behavioral challenges. 

UANews | UA Southwest Center researcher Maribel Alvarez has a Fulbright grant to study the historic and cultural significance of wheat farming in Mexico.

UANews | UA media arts seniors will screen their thesis films at the annual "I Dream in Widescreen."

UANews | The University of Arizona Hispanic Alumni Club will hold its 2009 Celebration of Excellence reception and luncheon on Friday and will honor the contributions to UA students made by Richard Ruiz and Socorro Carrizosa.

UANews | Jory Hancock, who has molded the UA School of Dance into one of the nation's premier programs, will become interim dean of the College of Fine Arts on July 1.

UANews | The day's events include a student symposium, music, keynote presentations by noted indigenous women writers, a scholarship announcement and a play.

UANews | UA research could one day lead to solar collectors thin enough to buy by the roll at the local hardware store.

UANews | The top-ranked MIS program at Eller College of Management has earned the designation through the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security.

UANews | Fernando D. Martinez, a UA Regents' Professor and director of the Arizona Respiratory Center, will give public talks on asthma and allergies in Tucson and Phoenix.

UANews | More than 50 UA student research projects will be presented Tuesday as part of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Annual Undergraduate Thesis Poster Session.

UANews | Ernest Calderón, a member of the Arizona Board of Regents, was elected board president during a regularly scheduled meeting held at the UA last week.

UANews | Campus health officials continue to encourage everyone to practice flu-prevention measures, including frequent hand-washing and staying home if sick.

UANews | A UA study will follow a group of young adults for several years to learn how their financal habits affect their lives.

UANews | The UA Press has published two new books, both in the area of archaeology.

UANews | The Underwood Family Sonoran Landscape Laboratory at the UA won top honors recently from the Arizona Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

UANews | Red Ink Magazine, which is published by UA students on contemporary topics affecting American Indians, is hosting a premiere party on Saturdy for the release of the magazine's new volume.

UANews | UA President Robert N. Shelton joined the Arizona Student Unions to acknowledge the achievements of several UA students and faculty, and also departments and organizations.

UANews | UA's Residence Life unit is collecting clothing, furniture and food items as University students prepare to leave campus for the summer. Items will be donated to two local organizations.