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  • Students Debate Ethics of Job Creation, Environmental Consequences
    Business and Law, Teaching and Students October 21, 2009
    UANews | The seventh annual Eller Ethics Case Competition pits student teams from more than two dozen college and universities on moral issues that businesses face.
  • Philosophy Student Wins Greek Studies Prize
    Social Sciences and Education, Teaching and Students October 20, 2009
    UANews | The Phi Beta Kappa Society awarded its annual Sibley Fellowship to Michelle Jenkins for her dissertation on Plato.
  • Statewide Summit on American Indian Education Held at UA
    Teaching and Students October 19, 2009
    UANews | The event was the second in a series of planned meetings to formalize ways that will help American Indian students succeed in higher education.
  • Think Tank Reports High Demand
    Teaching and Students October 19, 2009
    UANews | The Think Tank, the UA's center for academic support services, offers tutoring, peer mentoring and weekly course reviews.
  • Solar Decathlon Team Leaders Celebrate UA’s Success
    Science and Technology, Teaching and Students October 17, 2009
    UANews | As the Solar Decathlon winds down, UA students can now celebrate a successful competition, which has garnered the team praise from thousands of visitors and national recognition.
  • UA Seeks to Broaden Diversity in Engineering, Geosciences
    General News, Science and Technology, Teaching and Students October 16, 2009
    UANews | UA researchers will use a grant from the National Science Foundation to interest young people from underrepresented groups in pursuing engineering and geosciences.
  • Even in the Rain, UA Solar Decathlon Team Shines
    Business and Law, Science and Technology, Teaching and Students October 15, 2009
    UANews | The chief executive officer of a power company, the head of a solar company and a member of Congress joined hundreds of visitors at the UA's Solar Decathlon house.
  • Writing Centers Focus on Peer to Peer Learning
    Teaching and Students October 14, 2009
    UANews | UA GEAR UP staff, which include master's and doctoral students from the College of Humanities, are helping develop peer to peer writing skills for Sunnyside Unified high school students. 
  • Family Weekend Gets Kicked Off
    General News, Sports, Teaching and Students October 14, 2009
    UANews | Hundreds of people are expected to attend the UA's Family Weekend events, which get kicked off this week.
  • Student Exchange Store Buying and Selling Sustainability
    Business and Law, Teaching and Students October 8, 2009
    UANews | UA students operate and manage the Student Exchange Store at the Park Student Union. The store purchases and sells gently used UA student items and sells new clothes, books and school supplies at a discount.
  • Truth, Tolerance in the Modern World
    Arts and Humanities, General News, Teaching and Students October 7, 2009
    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.
  • Dean of Students Appoints Advocacy Coordinator
    Teaching and Students October 2, 2009
    UANews | Erin L. Good, the new advocacy coordinator, hopes to support student's academic success in spite of trauma. 
  • UA Intervention Training Program Goes National
    Sports, Teaching and Students October 2, 2009
    UANews | The UA's STEP UP! program was developed to teach students about ways that they, as bystanders, can help prevent problematic situations or aid in remedying them.
  • UA Students Providing Free Computer Training on Saturday
    Science and Technology, Teaching and Students October 1, 2009
    UANews | The training will be offered in English and Spanish.