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.

Golf Cart Restoration Suits Engineering Class to a Tee

  • Yuma Sun
  • April 9, 2013
Unique projects for a college-level Engineering 102 high school course, made possible through a partnership with the UA, include building a cardboard canoe, a hovercraft and, most recently, a golf cart. The course not only helps students understand basic engineering concepts, it also allows those who complete it to receive college credit.

An Envelope Emblazoned with a Huge 'You're In!’

  • The New York Times
  • April 9, 2013
UA hopeful Candice Childress recently received her admissions packet, the space beneath the mailing label emblazoned with a huge "You're In!" Said Childress: "Kudos to the admission staff. Forethought like this saves a number of highly strung young folk a good deal of heartache during admissions season." She plans to attend the UA in the fall, a newly minted history major and part of the honors program.

UA STEM Learning Center Set to Launch

  • UANews
  • April 8, 2013
The UA STEM Learning Center will provide the structural organization necessary to unify those engaged in STEM learning and workforce development in Southern Arizona. The center is set to launch April 12 during an event at the UA Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium.

In 'Nine,' Professor Gives Lesson on How to Create a Character

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • April 8, 2013
Danny Gurwin, a visiting professor in musical theater at the UA, is directing Arizona Repertory Theatre's production of "Nine," inspired by Federico Fellini's 1963 film, "8 1/2." His cast of nearly 20 women and one man, all UA students, play mostly middle-age and/or world-wise characters in 1960s Venice. Gurwin says he's up to the directing challenge.

Care at Phoenix Children's Hospital Inspires Transplant Patient

  • KNXV-TV
  • April 5, 2013
Incoming UA freshman Danielle Rodriguez is not your typical 16-year-old girl. She suffers from autoimmune hepatitis, a disease where her immune system attacks her liver. She plans to attend the UA in the fall with hopes of entering the medical field and helping kids facing similar health struggles.

The Joy of Playing It Rough

  • Arizona.edu
  • April 5, 2013
Sophomore Chelsea Falnes came to the UA not just to pursue her degree in special education. She was recruited from Wisconsin to play quad rugby for the UA Adaptive Athletics Program offered through the Disability Resource Center. Quad Rugby Team Coach Bryan Barten describes Falnes, who serves as the team captain, as "an impact player."

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