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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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September 3, 2008Faculty and staff are coordinating a drive to collect critical items needed to help migrants found in the desert.
The University of Arizona’s Mexican American Studies & Research Center, the Binational Migration Institute... Read More
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August 27, 2008Gary D. Esham, associate dean for finance and administration for The University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences, has been given the 2008 Distinguished Research Administrator Award.
The award, established by the UA’s... Read More
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August 27, 2008The University of Arizona Foundation has hired former UA administrator Edith Sayre Auslander to serve as a consultant for the newly created Arizona Assurance scholarship program.
Auslander, who recently retired from her post... Read More
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August 27, 2008University of Arizona employees and students will have not one but two opportunities to show their school spirit this week.
Tomorrow is "Sea of Red Day," when everyone on campus is... Read More
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August 27, 2008Astrophotographers combine a passion for astronomy with photography, capturing photons of ancient starlight with telescopes and digital cameras to make dazzling images of distant objects in the night sky.
Adam Block is one of... Read More
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August 20, 2008Most people recognize the formidable-looking prickly pear cactus more as a staple in local landscaping than as a staple in the kitchen. But many desert inhabitants know that there are edible rewards to be had once an opuntia has been... Read More
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August 20, 2008In an effort to increase the security of campus computers, employees and students who access University of Arizona computers remotely will need to follow new procedures.
Beginning Sept. 2, those who use... Read More
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August 20, 2008University of Arizona President Robert N. Shelton welcomed more than 70 new faculty members to the UA, “a premier institution of the world, nation and the state,†on Monday at a luncheon held during the New... Read More
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August 20, 2008An associate professor at The University of Arizona South is one of only a few people across the country who were selected to receive a federal fellowship that focuses on Hispanic students.
Ruth Claros-Kartchner, an associate... Read More
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August 20, 2008Junior faculty members have until Sept. 1 to apply for grants that will help cover the cost of international travel to multinational conferences.
The University of Arizona’s International Affairs division is accepting... Read More
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August 13, 2008Among the issues before the Arizona Board of Regents, which meets in Flagstaff this week, are the 2009 budget for the Technology and Research Initiative and a request for two new residence halls at The University of Arizona.
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August 13, 2008In what has become a tradition, between 250 and 300 volunteers help welcome incoming students to The University of Arizona campus each year.
Many of those are UA staff members, who help answer questions, direct students and move... Read More
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August 13, 2008The University of Arizona has joined in an effort to collect school supplies for Tucson schoolchildren who can't afford them.
The project, called Tools for Schools, is a partnership between KOLD News 13 and Tucson-based... Read More
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August 13, 2008This just in: News about The University of Arizona is spreading again. The news is good, and it is plentiful.
This truth, of course, runs cross-grain to a running institutional rant that... Read More
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August 6, 2008Vanessa Guess-Johnson recalls waking early on Saturday mornings with her mother and sister and singing to the rhythm of the wringer washing machine as they cleaned together.
Guess-Johnson, now a library assistant senior at The... Read More
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August 6, 2008This Friday, University Information Technology Services will implement two changes to enhance the quality of the computing experience for University of Arizona employees and students.
As part of its efforts to enhance the... Read More
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!["Wild Man Phil" Rakoci and friend.](https://uaatwork.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_thumbnail/public/atwork_images/import_WildManPhilCollardLizardbyPatsyAkers.jpg?itok=hTOGN5wB ""Wild Man Phil" Rakoci and friend.")
August 6, 2008Boyce Thompson Arboretum, located near the historic copper-mining town of Superior, Ariz., offers the quirky and popular “Learn Your Lizards†guided walking tour this Saturday.
Casa Grande ecologist and reptile enthusiast... Read More
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August 6, 2008National retailer Target has awarded a $5,000 corporate grant to a new University of Arizona program focused on increasing retention and graduation rates of Asian American and Pacific Islander students.
The program –... Read More
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July 30, 2008Imagine riding the bus into work four days a week and working from home on the fifth. Imagine using a University-provided car to take care of a midday doctor's appointment or attend a meeting off campus.
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July 30, 2008The Arizona Board of Regents held a special meeting Thursday to decide how to split up a $50 million reduction in state funding for the Arizona university system and to allocate $1 billion for new construction and building renewal... Read More
