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Understanding the brain science behind giving and receiving gifts
Jessica Andrews-Hanna, associate professor of psychology, describes what happens in our brains that makes gift-giving so rewarding.
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March 11, 2009The Arizona Board of Regents, during its meeting at Arizona State University this week, is expected to approve a two-year exception to board policies that would allow university presidents to release certain employees at any time... Read More
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March 11, 2009Carla Nunn has seen a lot throughout her years coordinating Arizona Board of Regents meetings – from heated budget battles to protesters dressed as wildlife. But it was this January's meeting on The University of Arizona campus that... Read More
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March 11, 2009University of Arizona planetary scientist and impact specialist H. Jay Melosh is this year's recipient of the Eugene Shoemaker Memorial Award presented by the BEYOND Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State... Read More
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March 11, 2009About  300 volunteers from The University of Arizona, armed with paint brushes and power tools, worked to make over the facility of the Tucson Urban League's Project YES, an after-school tutoring and mentoring center that serves about... Read More
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March 4, 2009A new committee is being created to examine The University of Arizona's investment in strategic priorities as budget struggles continue.
Miranda Joseph, chair of the Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee, said... Read More
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March 4, 2009Two University of Arizona employees will be honored Friday with a community service award for their leadership of Cats in the Community Day, the UA's annual volunteer project.
Jaime Gutierrez, the UA's associate vice president... Read More
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March 4, 2009It's a bookworm's paradise and an opportunity for aspiring writers to hear from the pros. The first-ever Tucson Festival of Books takes place next weekend on The University of Arizona campus.
About 400 authors and 200... Read More
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March 4, 2009The University of Arizona will host its sixth annual Innovation Day later this month, celebrating the UA's success in technology development and innovation by highlighting the research achievements
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February 25, 2009A Web site launched this month provides University of Arizona sudents and employees with a central hub of information on campus drug and alcohol policies and programs.
In addition to outlining the University's policies on... Read More
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February 25, 2009When children get sick, it can be hard for busy parents to rearrange their schedules or find a last-minute babysitter, but for University of Arizona employees and students enrolled in the Sick Child/Emergency Back-Up Care Program, help... Read More
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February 25, 2009Officials at The University of Arizona are turning to a widely used business tool to help guide the current Transformation process.
Several campus teams are using "Lean Six Sigma," originally developed to streamline... Read More
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February 25, 2009Leslie Porter began her career at The University of Arizona on the basketball court. Nearly 30 years later, the former student-athlete now works as director of recruitment and employee advising in the Human Resources department and... Read More
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February 25, 2009You may not know it, but University of Arizona School of Music faculty, students and guest artists have been performing, not just in Crowder and Holsclaw halls, but in your homes and cars.
But it'... Read More
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February 18, 2009It's a job that might send shivers down many people's spines, but giving dental exams to some of the world's oldest mummies will soon become part of a routine day at the office for one University of Arizona professor.
Jim... Read More
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February 18, 2009The white walls around the Project YES after-school tutoring facility in South Tucson are a magnet for graffiti. So, thinking a permanent mural might help deter the vandals, Sheri Ramirez, director of development and public affairs for... Read More
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![Welcoming panel of "Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians."](https://uaatwork.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/styles/story_thumbnail/public/atwork_images/import_ahsc%20library%20001.jpg?itok=1RACP2Ei "Welcoming panel of "Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians."")
February 18, 2009Several women physicians from the Arizona Health Sciences Center are being recognized in conjunction with a National Library of Medicine traveling exhibition that highlights the achievements of women physicians.
A reception... Read More
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February 18, 2009The bell of the USS Arizona was rung today to honor Lanin A. Gyurko, a professor in the Spanish and Portuguese department.
The bell – which is rung only on significant occasions in the life of The University of Arizona –... Read More
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February 18, 2009Want to use an official University of Arizona logo to dress up a T-shirt for your club or department? There's more to it than stamping the block A on a white pocket tee.
Whether you want to use a University logo on a banner,... Read More
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February 11, 2009The University of Arizona campus will be a little drier and a little less green, as the University prepares to turn off its fountains and cut back on replanting in an effort to trim costs.
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February 11, 2009University of Arizona President Robert N. Shelton has selected faculty recruitment and retention as the funding priority for a donor-supported discretionary fund.
Shelton has created a faculty chair position that will rotate... Read More
