UA News

UANews | Diana Liverman's essay about how the arts and humanities can evoke human in ways to connect with the natural world has been included in a new publication.Diana Liverman's essay about how the arts and humanities can evoke human in ways to connect with the natural world has been included in a new publication.

UANews | Faculty are invited to vote online in the General Faculty Spring 2010 Primary Election through March 4.

UANews | The UA is celebrating its 125th birthday this year with the "Silver & Sage Celebration." The party starts on March 2, with a kickoff celebration complete with music, dancing and free cake on the UA Mall.

UANews | President Robert N. Shelton discussed the impacts of the state's economic crisis on the UA, which has been forced to look at a new funding model as a result of severe budget cuts.

UANews | Classified staff looking for financial help to meet the costs of taking courses or for books have until March 15 to apply for the Emily Krauz Staff Endowment Scholarship.

UANews | A group of volunteer "abuelitas," or grandmothers, gave free hugs to campus community members strolling past the Administation building in an event hosted by Chicano/Hispano Student Affairs.

UANews | George "Bo" Vanture works to keep the UA's athletics fields and grounds green and well-manicured for team practices and game days.

UANews | Maliaca Oxnam, associate librarian for University Libraries, is being honored with this month's Outstanding University Achievement Award for her work to provide researchers with unrestricted access to federal technical reports published before 1975.

UANews | The Watercarrier, which conveys the image of a woman with a water jar perched on her head, recently got cleaned and waxed.

UANews | Dr. Robert Sallis will speak about the health benefits of exercise and how physical fitness aids in disease prevention during the spring 2010 Well U Lecture.

UANews | The Pillars of Excellence reception will recognize the 2009 Regents' Professors, University Distinguished Professor, University Distinguished Outreach Professor and several outstanding Honors College scholars, whose portraits will be displayed at the UA BookStore.

UANews | Campus community members are invited to join in a campus walk led by UA President Robert N. Shelton as part of the Walk Across Arizona campaign to promote physical fitness.

UANews | Barbara Elgutaa works students preparing to transfer to the UA from other univeristies or community colleges to help make their transition as easy as possible.

UANews | The UA Collaborative for Community Outreach and Extension will host the UA Outreach Meet Yourself Event on March 4 to showcase campus outreach programs and bring together University community members working in outreach.

UANews | Thousands of UA employees, and their spouses, partners and children, have taken part in the University's tuition reduction program.

UANews | Elluminate offers a host of functionalities for online-based learning and interaction. UA employees and students can use the software for free.

UANews | The UA Web Developers Group was formed to bring together campus employees of all skill levels who are involved with developing or maintaining University Web sites.

UANews | UA instructors can refer their students to the Writing Skills Improvement Program to get help with writing basics. That gives them more time to focus on in-depth material in class.