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  • Modern Streetcars On Track to Begin in 2011 |
    UANews | About a quarter of Tucson's proposed new streetcar system will run through the UA and will connect the campus with other Downtown areas. The project, one of the keys in the city's redevelopment, has been approved to move into the final design and construction stages.  |
  • Artists, Educators to Discuss Representations of Identity in the Arts |
    UANews | The Union Gallery is hosting a panel discussion with local artists, educators and community members on Nov. 5 to coincide with its "Finding Voice" photo exhibition, which features the works of local refugee and immigrant students. | |
  • Three SBS Faculty Earn Top Honor |
    UANews | The 2009 Magellan Circle Earl H. Carroll Fellows include Gary Goertz, Jake Harwood and Thomas Sheridan. |
  • Education Launches New Lecture Series |
    UANews | Luis C. Moll, a UA teaching, language and sociocultural studies professor, is presenting the inaugural speech in the Ernest W. McFarland Lecture Series. | |
  • UANews, Arizona Public Media Take Home Emmys |
    UANews | Arizona Public Media and UANews brought home a combined seven Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards at the recent awards ceremony held in Phoenix. |
  • UANews Makes Improvements, Boosts Readership |
    UANews | University Communications, the office behind UANews.org and UANow, has begun to aggregate news about the University and will be increasing its readership and offering a weekly version of UANow. |
  • Law Hosting Discussion on Real Estate Development, Environmental Law |
    UANews | The UA James E. Rogers College of Law is hosting a panel discussion on the use of land and how it affects the environment. | |
  • Education Professor Honored for Body of Work |
    UANews | Luis C. Moll, whose research contributions are credited with advancing the understanding of ways that Hispanic students learn, is being honored by the American Educational Research Association. | | |
  • UA Seeks to Broaden Diversity in Engineering, Geosciences |
    UANews | UA researchers will use a grant from the National Science Foundation to interest young people from underrepresented groups in pursuing engineering and geosciences. | | |
  • Project Vote Smart Hosting Debate Series |
    UANews | More than 20 scholars, researchers, elected officials and business executives will take part in a debate series that has been organized by Project Vote Smart, which is housed at the UA. | |
  • O'Connor to Sit with Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals at UA |
    UANews | Next week, retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will serve on a three-member panel that is hearing cases that are being appealed. | |
  • Upcoming Events Focusing on Open Access of Information |
    UANews | The UA Libraries is celebrating "Open Access Week" this month in celebration of the public's right to access to information and scholarship. | |
  • UA Poetry Center Presents New Work of Lucinda Bliss |
    UANews | Lucinda Bliss has completed a new collection of work that considers ecological and social challenges. Her work is currently on display at the UA Poetry Center. | |
  • UA Students Learning to Teach About the Holocaust |
    UANews | UA elementary education students are learning about ways to appropriately teach about the Holocaust during a conference being held in Tucson this week. | |
  • Family Weekend Gets Kicked Off |
    UANews | Hundreds of people are expected to attend the UA's Family Weekend events, which get kicked off this week. | | |
  • More Than $81M in Stimulus Funding Awarded to UA for 122 Research Projects, Creating or Preserving the Equivalent of 157 Jobs |
    UANews | The grants will will a wide range of endeavors and will influence the creation or preservation of the equivalent of 157 full-time jobs in Arizona. |
  • Improving the Sleep Cycle |
    UANews | Dr. Richard R. Bootzin, a nationally known sleep expert, will talk about about research related to treatment of sleep disorders and practical ways people can improve their sleeping patterns. | |
  • Documentary Takes Viewers Behind the Scenes of Phoenix Mission |
    UANews | A team of filmmakers from Arizona Public Media have produced a second documentary on the UA-led Phoenix Mars Mission. |
  • Law Professor to Serve on National Ethics Commission |
    UANews | UA law professor Ted Schneyer, an expert on ethics and regulation, will serve on a national commission that will make recommendations affecting the future of ethical codes and regulation in law. | |
  • UA Scores Well in Sustainability Report Card |
    UANews | The Sustainable Endowments Institute's "College Sustainability Report Card 2010" again lists the University of Arizona as one of the most environmentally sensitive campuses in the nation. | |
  • Truth, Tolerance in the Modern World |
    UANews | UA students worked with a statewide organization to bring a collection of paintings primarily by Chinese artists that explore the depth of human compassion, tolerance and understanding. | | |
  • Book Details Unraveling of Einstein Code |
    UANews | UA physicist and astronomer Fulvio Melia will discuss his new book, "Cracking Einstein's Code," at a book-signing event on Oct. 8 at the UA BookStore. | |
  • Drive-Through Flu Shot Clinic Offered for UA Employees and Students |
    UANews | Employees and students can get their seasonal flu shot by attending a drive-through clinic this weekend. | |
  • Author Examines Arab American Enclave |
    UANews | Los Angeles native Gregory Orfalea looks at growing up in the Arab American community in Los Angeles in his latest book. | |
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