New Student Orientation, which will be held in various sessions throughout the summer, is a time for incoming students and their families to not only prepare for the fall semester, but to also learn about Wildcat life and network with one another. (Photo credit: Patrick McArdle/UANews)
UA Orientation Primes Wildcats for Life At the UA, New Student Orientation has gradually evolved from a simple, functional event to one full of interactive and engaging activities designed to introduce students to Wildcat life. Orientation today involves a continuation of contact and an experience that, in many cases, begins during a student's high school years. New Student Orientation is under way on the UA campus.
Mining engineering students train at the UA San Xavier Mining Laboratory Training Center. (Photo by Norma Jean Gargasz/UANews)
The New Face of Mining: Women Carving Out a Place in Surging Industry For years, women have been making a place for themselves in an industry where their exclusion is as old as the profession itself - but where their inclusion today is critical to meeting a shortage of skilled workers. The UA is helping to fill the mining industry pipeline, and this includes educating and guiding female engineers. This is the first story in a series about women in mining.
Students will spend three weeks in Verona, Italy.
Italy-Bound Students to Learn Cooking the Mediterranean Way Several UA students are headed to Verona, Italy to study the Mediterranean diet and its health benefits through the University's new Mediterranean Diet and Health study abroad program. While in Verona, they will visit an olive oil processing plant, a cheese factory and a pasta factory and will practice cooking with the pros as they learn about the diet's role in disease prevention.
Three UA Students Named Tillman Military Scholars In advance of Memorial Day, the Pat Tillman Foundation has named its new class of Tillman Military Scholars. The program helps servicemembers earn higher education degrees. Of the 60 students across the nation to receive the honor, three are UA students: Felisa (Hervey) Dyrud, Adam Ratesic and Jose Cervantes. All three recipients served in the U.S. Air Force.
Two UA students have been named Udall Scholars, individuals who commit to serving in careers centered on the environment, Native American health care or tribal public policy.
UA Students Earn 2013 Udall Foundation Awards Competing with hundreds of students across the nation, four UA students have earned Udall Foundation awards. Undergraduates Leah Edwards and Carol Seanez were named named Udall Fellows, and Cara V. Wallace and Thomas E. Jones, both graduate students, were named Native American Congressional Interns.
New Student Orientation, which will be held in various sessions throughout the summer, is a time for incoming students and their families to not only prepare for the fall semester, but to also learn about Wildcat life and network with one another. (Photo credit: Patrick McArdle/UANews)
Mining engineering students train at the UA San Xavier Mining Laboratory Training Center. (Photo by Norma Jean Gargasz/UANews)
Students will spend three weeks in Verona, Italy.
Two UA students have been named Udall Scholars, individuals who commit to serving in careers centered on the environment, Native American health care or tribal public policy.

UA Rube Goldberg Device Flush With Toilet Humor

  • UANews
  • February 23, 2012
With its bathroom-themed contraption, the UA's Rube Goldberg Club aspires to win a regional competition Feb. 25 as part of Engineering Week. Rube Goldberg competitions ask student teams to design elaborate devices that perform simple tasks.

UA Innovation Day to Celebrate Tech Development

  • UANews
  • February 21, 2012
The UA will host its ninth-annual Innovation Day at the UA on March 6. The event will celebrate the UA's success in technology development and innovation by highlighting the research achievements of students and faculty and staff members.

LGBTQ Program Director Recognized for Work, Service

  • UANews
  • February 20, 2012
LGBTQ Affairs program director Jennifer Hoefle is one of this year's Peter W. Likins Inclusive Excellence Award recipients. The awards are given to individuals who help create a diverse and inclusive environment on campus.

Bernard Lagat Sets 5K Record at Millrose Games

  • Sports Illustrated
  • February 17, 2012
UA student-athlete Lawi Lalang, the 2011 NCAA Cross Country individual champion, finished second in the 5,000-meter run at the Millrose Games in New York. Lalang, who finished just behind record-breaker Bernard Lagat – also a UA volunteer coach – shattered the American collegiate record by more than 10 seconds.

Cusanovich Golf Tournament to Fund Scholarships

  • UANews
  • February 17, 2012
The Michael A. Cusanovich Commemorative Weekend will be held March 2-3 in honor of the late UA researcher.

From Activist to Artist, and Everything in Between

  • UANews
  • February 16, 2012
Mary Ann Warren presented her undergraduate research project during the 25th annual Honors Research Expo. Her work focused on the misrepresentation of African American women in the media, while developing strategies to combat those stereotypes.

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