UA students often compete for Goldwater Scholarships and, each year, UA student recipients are named. (Photo credit: Beatriz Verdugo/UANews)
Two UA Students Earn Goldwater Scholarships Two UA students, Eric Hansen and Daniel Patrick Fried, have earned the 2013 Goldwater Scholarship. The nationwide scholarship, provided by the Goldwater Foundation, is the premier undergraduate award for those studying mathematics, science and engineering.
For the Walatowa High Charter School students, benefits of the recent UA excursion were manifold: Students were introduced to Arizona state universities, informed about UA fire ecology research around their home communities and learned about fire ecology from a scientific and cultural perspective in ways meant to inform their future studies and professional careers.
UA Fostering a New Type of Outreach A new movement is under way to shift the way in which the UA engages its community partners in outreach initiatives funded by research grants. Where academics of the past sometimes limited their outreach projects, the move today is toward tailored, multi-year culturally responsive initiatives that serve a range of people throughout Arizona and beyond.
UA student Jill Hamilton works at the Maricopa County Extension's Outdoor Water Conservation Demonstration area to improve irrigation efficiency.
Externships to Give UA Students Hands-On Experience This summer, students will work with Arizona Cooperative Extension on sustainability projects throughout the state - providing them valuable on-the-job experience and allowing them to contribute to the UA's land-grant mission of bettering the community. Said the UA's Mark Apel: "It really helps them to get ready for the job market, to understand sustainability and get some real-world working experience."
This weekend, 5,728 undergraduate degrees, 908 master's degrees, four educational specialist degrees and 255 doctoral degrees will be awarded at the UA.
UA Offers Continued Career Support for New Grads Entering Workforce More than 5,700 undergraduates just earned UA degrees, and while the job market is starting to look up, it remains competitive. For those still looking for jobs, a variety of UA Career Services resources continue to be available, including online job postings, career fairs, seminars, career counseling and more.
UA College of Medicine-Phoenix Holds Third Graduation Fifty UA College of Medicine-Phoenix students were conferred with their medical degrees at ceremonies on May 8 in the third graduation for the downtown Phoenix medical school. The college, which has graduated 114 physicians in three years toward addressing Arizona's doctor shortage, opened in 2007.
UA students often compete for Goldwater Scholarships and, each year, UA student recipients are named. (Photo credit: Beatriz Verdugo/UANews)
For the Walatowa High Charter School students, benefits of the recent UA excursion were manifold: Students were introduced to Arizona state universities, informed about UA fire ecology research around their home communities and learned about fire ecology from a scientific and cultural perspective in ways meant to inform their future studies and professional careers.
UA student Jill Hamilton works at the Maricopa County Extension's Outdoor Water Conservation Demonstration area to improve irrigation efficiency.
This weekend, 5,728 undergraduate degrees, 908 master's degrees, four educational specialist degrees and 255 doctoral degrees will be awarded at the UA.

The Universe in the Middle of Nowhere

  • UANews
  • February 15, 2013
The UA's Chris Impey has taught cosmology to Tibetan Buddhist monastics in remote parts of India each summer for the past five years. With a grant from the John Templeton Foundation, Impey, a Distinguished Professor and deputy head of the department of astronomy, detailed his experiences in a book, "Humble Before the Void," which likely will publish in 2014.

UA Alumnus, Ex-Giffords Intern Shares Life-Altering Events in Book

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • February 14, 2013
Daniel Hernandez Jr. has had many life-changing experiences. The 23-year-old UA graduate, author of "They Call Me a Hero: A Memoir of My Youth," takes readers back to when he was an intern for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, describing vivid recollections of Jan. 8, 2011. Hernandez will participate in the Tucson Festival of Books March 9-10 on the UA campus.

Remarkable Jessica Cox to Join Handicap International in Ethiopia

  • San Francisco Chronicle
  • February 12, 2013
UA alumna Jessica Cox, recognized as the world's first armless pilot, will travel to Ethiopia in April to speak with children with disabilities. Her visit, hosted by Handicap International, will be filmed as part of the documentary "Rightfooted," which tells the story of Cox’s life and her desire to redefine what it means to have a disability.

Runner Steps Up for Kindness

  • Arizona.edu
  • February 11, 2013
Megan Meyer, a Wildcat cross-country runner, is among a group of UA student athletes participating in the Be Kind Step Up program, a collaboration between UA Athletics and the nonprofit Ben’s Bells. Participants in the program wear handmade bracelets, which they pass along to people caught performing random acts of kindness. A website tracks each bracelet's journey.

UA's Olympia Club All About Thinking, Debating, Exploring

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • February 11, 2013
A new student club at the UA promotes intellectual conversation and exchange of ideas outside the classroom on topics like math, science, religion and politics. The UA Olympia Academy was created in homage to Albert Einstein, who created the first Olympia Academy.

From Backpacks to Chefs' Hats

  • Arizona.edu
  • February 8, 2013
The workday for Kevin Lau, executive chef of the Arizona Student Unions, can begin as early as 5 a.m. Preparing and serving thousands of meals every day, the students and staff of the Student Unions kitchen tackle an immense job - one that starts early, finishes late and never ends.

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