Student EMTs Give Rapid Response to Campus Emergencies 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.
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 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.

Campus Pantry to Open at UA

  • UANews
  • January 30, 2013
In line with other colleges and universities across the U.S., the University of Arizona is introducing an emergency food pantry for students, faculty and staff. To help UA students and employees with immediate food needs, a group established the UA Campus Pantry, which will launch Feb. 1 on the first floor of El Portal, the site for Residence Life offices.

The Making of a Researcher

  • Arizona.edu
  • January 30, 2013
Emile Brink Gordon’s zeal for research began at the UA, where he worked in a lab researching microviruses as a freshman. The Phi Beta Kappa student triple majored in microbiology, molecular and cellular biology, and human anatomy and physiology. After graduating in 2012, Gordon became an assistant research fellow at the National Institutes of Health, where he is working on two projects related to cerebral malaria.

Astro 203: A Class UA Students Recline to Take

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • January 29, 2013
"Stars" is one of six general education courses offered each year by the UA department of astronomy. The subject is vast, and the instructional theater is the dome of the Flandrau planetarium where, every Tuesday and Thursday, 135 students fill the reclined seats to journey across the universe and learn about science.

Students Use Facebook to Show How Much They 'Like' Their Peers

  • KVOA-TV
  • January 25, 2013
At the UA, students are using Facebook to spread positivity across campus with a page called "UA Compliments," which posts kind messages about students for all to see. Said senior Christina Manuele: "When you know it's genuine, I think it can go pretty far. It can make your day or week." The page receives about 30 messages a day.

Yoga Program Honors Memory of UA Student

  • UANews
  • January 24, 2013
Jessica Stebbins was deeply devoted to establishing a yoga program at the UA designed for individuals with low mobility and disabilities, such as herself. After Stebbins died in December 2011, UA students carried her dream forward and since have founded the Yoga for Any Body club and a class by the same name.

Certificate Program Brings Indigenous People Worldwide to UA

  • UANews
  • January 22, 2013
Students from the U.S., Canada and Australia are on the UA campus this month participating in the University's Indigenous Governance Certificate program. The program, which teaches basic principles of nation building and how to put those principles into practice, is designed for individuals working for or with indigenous governments throughout the world.

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