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OSIRIS-REx 101: Brush up on the basics before Bennu's sample touches down
Learn about the asteroid, the spacecraft and the people starring in this historic mission.
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November 5, 2008
Employees of The University of Arizona and their families are invited to attend Arizona Football's UA Faculty and Staff Night on Nov. 22.
Tickets to the 5 p.m. game against the Oregon Sate Beavers are $22 for UA employees and... Read More
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October 29, 2008
Amid the maelstrom of white papers, some wonder how the nonacademic units of the University are addressing the transformation process and looming budget cuts. I'd like to offer the process we are using in Student Affairs as one example... Read More
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October 29, 2008
When you work or study at an institution that generates 1,000 tons of hazardous waste a year, you want to know those materials are being disposed of safely.
Enter The University of Arizona's Department of Risk Management and... Read More
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October 29, 2008
What if your laptop or personal computer login and password were the final security measures keeping your identity from being stolen and sold to the highest bidder on the Internet?
In fact, they are, says The University of... Read More
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October 29, 2008
Last year, in the context of economic realities of budget cuts coupled with no new money to balance the increasing inflation in library acquisitions costs, the University Libraries and Center for Creative Photography recognized the... Read More
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October 22, 2008
What do people do when the economy is in flux, gas and food prices are rising and the holiday season is just around the corner?
Most of them stress out, according to a nationwide survey the American Psychological Association... Read More
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October 22, 2008
Campus parking permits prices will rise this coming fall as part of a three-year plan to help fund new garage construction and on-campus sustainability programs, such as car and bike sharing programs.
The plan was developed in... Read More
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October 22, 2008
How do you host 50,000 to 60,000 people coming to campus this week for The University of Arizona's 94th Homecoming?
"Don't think people just show up, and poof – there's a party, because a lot goes into planning this," said... Read More
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October 22, 2008
The bell of the USS Arizona was rung last week to honor University of Arizona head softball coach Mike Candrea.
The bell – which is rung only on significant occasions in the life of the UA – is tolled at the Student Union... Read More
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October 15, 2008
Students are an important part of the Transformation process and are strongly encouraged to give their feedback on the proposals being considered for reorganization and consolidation, President Robert N. Shelton told students during a... Read More
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October 15, 2008
Jarita Holbrook, a research scientist in the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Arizona, has been elected as vice president of the European Society for... Read More
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October 15, 2008
The Mosaic Project, The University of Arizona's massive technology replacement program, is ahead of schedule with the human resources/payroll implementation reaching its first milestone several weeks early.
A test of the new... Read More
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October 15, 2008
It is an exciting time to be the new associate director of the Office of Outreach and Multicultural Affairs for the College of Medicine-Phoenix.
The campus is growing fast! CoM-P is located in the heart of downtown, at Van... Read More
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October 15, 2008
Seventy-five white papers have been submitted for reorganizations and consolidations of units from across campus. We have received proposals on how to merge and reconfigure colleges, recommendations on how to realign advising and... Read More
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October 8, 2008
The upcoming white papers are the first step in the first phase of the Transformation Plan process, which will continue through the spring and into next year. After we have reviewed how academic and business units are structured, we... Read More
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October 8, 2008
The University of Arizona's annual charitable campaign gives employees an opportunity each year to prove true that old axiom that to give is to receive.
Employees participating in the UA Cares campaign can donate to any... Read More
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October 8, 2008
The Transformation Plan proposals due next week will be posted on the provost's Web site as soon as possible and every one will be considered regardless of where it came from, Provost Meredith Hay told members of The University of... Read More
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October 8, 2008
The University of Arizona Office of Diversity has selected three individuals, a program and a department as winners of the 2007-2008 Peter W. Likins Inclusive Excellence Awards.
The recipients are a distinguished group of... Read More
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October 1, 2008
University of Arizona President Robert N. Shelton and Provost Meredith Hay fielded questions about the UA's Transformation Plan at a forum hosted by the Appointed Professionals Advisory Council.
The forum took place Tuesday at... Read More
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October 1, 2008
When you think of a great university, what springs to mind? Dramatic discoveries in science or medicine? Exceptional faculty? Award-winning architecture and well-appointed classrooms? Clearly, these are all part of the picture, but if... Read More