Video Games Seek to Teach Smart Financial Strategies Can video games help people save money? SavingsQuest, an applied research project bringing together the UA and the Doorways to Dreams Fund under a Center for Financial Services Innovation grant, will test the theory in hopes of finding a mix of game features that will elicit smart savings behavior.
More than 100 UA law students will apply what they learned in class during their first year of law school to a summer job in the legal field.
First-Year Law Students Head to Summer Jobs Across U.S., Beyond About 96 percent of this year's first-year law students secured paid or for-credit work study and volunteer positions across Arizona, the United States and even internationally. The UA recognizes the importance of getting law students real-world experience as early as possible.
Marc L. Miller
Marc L. Miller Named Dean of James E. Rogers College of Law After an extensive national search, Arizona Law professor Marc L. Miller has been appointed dean of the UA James E. Rogers College of Law, effective immediately. Miller has been serving as interim dean since November. Miller is the 12th permanent dean to occupy the position since the law school was founded in 1915.
McClelland Hall
Eller College to Bring MBA Program Online The UA Eller College of Management's internationally recognized MBA program will be available online beginning this fall. Applications for the program now are being accepted. With a focus on innovation, application and communication, the Eller MBA experience is designed to give graduates what they need to effectively lead in today's changing global marketplace.
Eugene Gerner (left) and Jeffrey Jacob in the lab. (Photo by Chris Mooney)
UA Spin-Off to Test Cancer-Preventing Drug Combination The UA spin-off company Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is building on systematic basic research by UA researchers that explored molecular mechanisms underlying tumor growth. The company is embarking on a clinical trial to prevent the occurrence of colorectal cancer or high-risk polyps in colon cancer survivors.
More than 100 UA law students will apply what they learned in class during their first year of law school to a summer job in the legal field.
Marc L. Miller
McClelland Hall
Eugene Gerner (left) and Jeffrey Jacob in the lab. (Photo by Chris Mooney)

Surprise-Area Rose Fields in Bloom

  • The Arizona Republic
  • June 18, 2013
Leyton Woolf was going to law school at the UA in the 1970s, never thinking for a minute that he would be one of the country's largest rosebush farmers three decades later. The rosebushes from the Woolf farm alone produce more than half the wholesale product in the country. Ursula Schuch in the UA School of Plant Sciences said the rose industry is shrinking all the time.

New Degree to Prep Students for Real Estate Development Careers

  • UANews
  • June 14, 2013
A new master's degree offered this fall will help prepare students for careers in real estate development. The Master of Real Estate Development degree program is a fast-track, 12-month program geared toward individuals who already have had two to five years of post-undergraduate experience and would like to move into a career in real estate design and development.

Video Games Seek to Teach Smart Financial Strategies

  • UANews
  • June 7, 2013
Can video games help people save money? SavingsQuest, an applied research project bringing together the UA and the Doorways to Dreams Fund under a Center for Financial Services Innovation grant, will test the theory in hopes of finding a mix of game features that will elicit smart savings behavior.

3 Ways to Excel at Work

  • The Huffington Post
  • June 6, 2013
A giving workplace culture translates into a high-energy, thriving work culture. Giving yields higher profitability, productivity, efficiency and customer satisfaction, according to research by Nathan Podsakoff of the UA. Giving also translates to lower costs and turnover rates, and it makes people feel good - the key to excelling at work or in any endeavor.

First-Year Law Students Head to Summer Jobs Across U.S., Beyond

  • UANews
  • May 31, 2013
About 96 percent of this year's first-year law students secured paid or for-credit work study and volunteer positions across Arizona, the United States and even internationally. The UA recognizes the importance of getting law students real-world experience as early as possible.

No Silver Bullet in Search for More Water

  • Yuma Sun
  • May 30, 2013
A variety of creative ideas exist toward addressing the looming threat of water shortages across the Southwestern U.S. The UA's Robert Glennon and Thomas Meixner discuss several options such as conservation, desalination, turning off the lights (it takes water to produce electricity) and smart landscaping.

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