Student EMTs Give Rapid Response to Campus Emergencies

  • UANews
  • May 21, 2013
Whether it's a bicycle collision or difficulty breathing, the UA community can count on quick help from students trained and certified as EMTs. The UA Student Emergency Medical Services group has been operational for three semesters and provides assistance in medical emergencies. Its leaders emphasize thorough training and certification.

High School Students Devise More Accurate Climate Modeling Method

  • Popular Science
  • May 20, 2013
High school students have co-authored a scientific paper with their UA graduate student instructor that could have a serious impact on the reliability of climate models. Their work details the impact of shrinkage on dried, fossilized leaves, which often is unaccounted for in climate models. By better accounting for this change in leaf size, researchers can significantly improve the accuracy of their climate models.

UA Regents’ Professors Named in College of Science, Eller College of Management

  • UANews
  • May 17, 2013
Three UA faculty members have been named Regents' Professors by the Arizona Board of Regents: Neal R. Armstrong in the department of chemistry and biochemistry, Hsinchun Chen in the Eller College of Management, and Xiaohui Fan in the department of astronomy. The title recognizes achievements of national or international distinction.

UA Ranks Second in U.S. for Peace Corps Coverdell Fellows

  • UANews
  • May 16, 2013
In addition to being one of the nation's top producers of Peace Corps volunteers, the UA also has the second highest number of Paul D. Coverdell Fellows. Today, 52 returned Peace Corps volunteers are enrolled in the UA's Coverdell Fellows program, which enables them to pursue their master's degrees.

Sprinkled with Smarts

  • Los Angeles Times
  • May 15, 2013
Sprinkles Cupcakes launched in 2005 with six workers, including founders Candace and Charles Nelson, a UA alumnus. The company has since expanded to 400 employees in 14 U.S. stores, two of which focus on ice cream instead of cupcakes. Sprinkles has hordes of celebrity fans, including Oprah Winfrey and Blake Lively.

East Asia's Miracle Economies Have Cruel Social Impacts

  • UANews
  • May 15, 2013
Countries in East Asia have long been thought of as economic powerhouses capable of pulling up the global economy. But a UA researcher and his colleagues studying such economies and the peoples' day-to-day realities say it likely isn't so and that the social impacts of neoliberal polices and practices have, in some cases, been devastating.

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