New Degree to Prep Students for Real Estate Development Careers A new master's degree offered this fall will help prepare students for careers in real estate development. The Master of Real Estate Development degree program is a fast-track, 12-month program geared toward individuals who already have had two to five years of post-undergraduate experience and would like to move into a career in real estate design and development.
Astronomy Camp participants speak with astronauts at the UA Steward Observatory.
UA Astronomy Campers Communicate with Space Station Astronaut Students with the UA beginning teen Astronomy Camp on June 8 got to ask questions of an astronaut orbiting 250 miles above Earth. And just like a rocket launch, the contact was a quick yet thrilling experience. The UA's Don McCarthy said the camp's first time having contact with an astronaut was hotly anticipated, even before the campers arrived in Tucson.
UA researcher L. Penny Rosenblum, program director for the AnimalWatch Vi Suite, said it has been encouraging to learn from students with low vision what does and does not work as they interface with the technology. The program, and supplemental materials, are designed to improve the accessibility of technology while teaching students about math and endangered species.
Team Improves Technologies for Youth with Visual Impairments Backed by a U.S. Department of Education grant, UA School of Information: Science, Technology and Arts and College of Education researchers are developing an iPad app for students with visual impairments. Early tests of AnimalWatch Vi Suite have been promising, enabling students to work with technology while expanding their understanding of math.
All told, 50 new and continuing NSF Graduate Research Fellows plan to attend graduate school at the UA in the fall – a record number for the University. (Photo credit: Patrick McArdle/UANews)
35 Wildcats Earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships The NSF annually awards 2,000 Graduate Research Fellowships to students across the nation. This year, 35 of those awards were granted to students who either currently attend or have attended the UA as an undergraduate or graduate student. Said Andrew Carnie, interim dean of the UA Graduate College: "We are tremendously proud of these students."
2012 KEYS interns Ariana Manson and Sam Gianelli
UA Science Internship Pairs High School Students, Research Mentors The UA will welcome 48 high school students from across Arizona for the annual Keep Engaging Youth in Science, or KEYS, internship program. During the seven-week immersion program, interns will train in bioscience techniques and communication skills and perform hands-on scientific laboratory research, working side-by-side with faculty and postdoctoral and graduate students in UA labs.
Astronomy Camp participants speak with astronauts at the UA Steward Observatory.
UA researcher L. Penny Rosenblum, program director for the AnimalWatch Vi Suite, said it has been encouraging to learn from students with low vision what does and does not work as they interface with the technology. The program, and supplemental materials, are designed to improve the accessibility of technology while teaching students about math and endangered species.
All told, 50 new and continuing NSF Graduate Research Fellows plan to attend graduate school at the UA in the fall – a record number for the University. (Photo credit: Patrick McArdle/UANews)
2012 KEYS interns Ariana Manson and Sam Gianelli

35 Wildcats Earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

  • UANews
  • June 6, 2013
The NSF annually awards 2,000 Graduate Research Fellowships to students across the nation. This year, 35 of those awards were granted to students who either currently attend or have attended the UA as an undergraduate or graduate student. Said Andrew Carnie, interim dean of the UA Graduate College: "We are tremendously proud of these students."

UA College of Medicine-Phoenix Student Earns Fulbright Scholarship

  • UANews
  • June 6, 2013
UA College of Medicine-Phoenix third-year student Michele O'Shea is about to take a big step in her quest to practice medicine overseas. O'Shea has been selected for a Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health from the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. She plans to travel to Malawi for the 2013-14 school year.

UA Classical Guitar Program Among World’s Best

  • UANews
  • June 4, 2013
The UA's classical guitar program is believed by many to be the top program of its kind in the country - and among the best in the world. Many students have found music, a home and a future in the UA's Bolton Guitar Program headed by professor R. Thomas Patterson.

The New Face of Mining: Allison Hagerman

  • UANews
  • June 4, 2013
Recent UA graduate Allison Hagerman was captain of the UA women's mine rescue team. She said she was among the 100 percent of her graduating class to walk into well-paying, stable jobs. This feature is part of a series on the role of women in the mining industry.

Marketing Dynamos

  • The Arizona Republic
  • June 4, 2013
UA alumna Alexis Krisay, a partner and vice president of marketing at Serendipit Consulting in Phoenix, has helped lead the company to 15 percent growth each year since 2009. Krisay’s marketing experience began while she was a student at the UA. Said Krisay: "No matter what, we'll go above and beyond for a client."

150 Feet Below: Into the San Xavier Mining Laboratory

  • Arizona.edu
  • June 4, 2013
As you walk into the shadowy depths of the San Xavier Mining Laboratory, an education and research project under the UA Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources, you're entering one of the most unique learning labs in the nation. Here, amid the dust and stone and heavy machinery, tomorrow's top mining engineers are literally drilling deep into their field.

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