UA News

UANews | UA Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid urges students to meet the priority date for grants and scholarship funds which is Monday.

UANews | The UA student-run conference welcomes undergraduates from the southwest region to a unique scientific conference.

UANews | The UA marks Founders Day for the 125th time with a Silver & Sage Celebration that begins on Tuesday and continues with events leading up to Homecoming in October.

UANews | In its second year, the Tucson Festival of Books, which will be held on the UA campus in March, has exceeded initial expectations.

UANews | A group of UA faculty members and those practicing at the Arizona Health Sciences Center have contributed to a new book about uninsured Americans in the United States, what problems they face and what resources are available to them.

UANews | UA researchers are heading up a project incorporating entomology and ethnology with high resolution remote sensing and insect modeling to understand the likes and wants of mosquitoes to better understand ways to control the insect population. 

UANews | Dr. David G. Armstrong, a UA professor of surgery and director of the Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance, has been named the 2010 Roger Pecoraro award winner and lecturer by the American Diabetes Association.

UANews | Univision, the leading Spanish-language news organization in the U.S., will broadcast live from the UA and dedicate portions of its Arizona newscasts to promote UA programs, services, athletics and research.

UANews | Having led the College of Engineering through a major reorganization as interim dean, Jeff Goldberg has been promoted to the permanent deanship. Duing the past year, the college has established a new School for Sustainable Engineered Systems and a new department of biomedical engineering.

UANews | UA students with the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers hosted the annual Advancement of Latinos in Engineering Day, which continues to grow each year.

UANews | The proposed increases in tuition and mandatory fees will enable the University to continue providing a high-quality education to current and future students in spite of unprecedented decreases in state funding.

UANews | The Fierce Visions" conference spotlights UA research on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community issues that has been presented at national conferences. 

UANews | The UA is offering a growing number of high-quality, four-year college degrees at a lower cost by partnering with community colleges and offering more courses outside the main campus in Tucson.

UANews | Dan Beachy-Quick will be at the UA this week for a reading and discussion and, next month, the UA Poetry Center will host a tribute in honor of the late American-born poet, Gustaf Sobin.

UANews | Several UA programs work with area high schools to keep potential students and their parents informed on college costs and steps for admissions. Other UA programs keep current students on the path to graduation. 

UANews | A rare interview with Arizona's two U.S. senators will air this Friday, Feb. 19, at 6:30 p.m. on "Arizona Illustrated." John McCain and Jon Kyl will discuss a range of topics.

UANews | A USDA research grant will fund research designed to benefit at-risk families and young people.

UANews | Alternative Breaks, a UA student-led organization that engages in service projects during the week of spring break each year, has returned to the UA after a hiatus.

UANews | In 2008, the UA initiated a process to reorganize the University in a way that would position the institution for improved collaboration to meet the challenges of the future. 

UANews | Miss America 2008 will speak during Love Your Body Day, an annual UA event that takes place Feb. 22 during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Feb. 21-27.

UANews | The six-part lecture series, "Mind and Brain," starts the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 23 and will explore how brains are built, how minds are made and how cognitive and neural science is changing the way we think.

UANews | After having a successful first semester, the UA's Think Tank has expanded services to the Park Student Union.

UANews | Shelton will address the University's presence and future in Maricopa County, as well as the overall direction of the University.

UANews | A special week on "Arizona Illustrated" features Arizona CPAs in discussions about taxes and answering a wide-range of viewer tax questions.

UANews | A group of researchers at the UA Steele Children's Research Center have discovered a genetic link between inflammation in the digestive tract and premature aging.

UANews | UA's Flandrau Science Center and Mineral Museum highlight Bisbee's colorful mining town past through an exhibition of rarely seen minerals, period cothing and photographs.

UANews | The UA Astronomy Club will continue to host its monthly star parties at Sabino Canyon on the first Saturday of every month. These informal star parties include telescope viewing, constellation mapping and an introduction to the programs offered at the Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter.

UANews | UA scholars explore and share the treasure trove of art and history found at the UA Libraries Special Collections with the public during the 7th annual Early Book Lectures.

UANews | In "Let's Talk Science: Extreme Water," a  lecture series hosted by Biosphere 2,   seven UA scientists and thinkers discuss pressing topics such as America's coming water crisis, Arizona river hydrology, the vulnerability of societies to climate change and the search for life in the Earth's driest environments.

UANews | The UA has been selected by the Pat Tillman Foundation as a Tillman Military Scholar University Partner for the 2010-2011 academic year.

UANews | Lectures, art exhibitions, film screenings and a college planning day are among the range of events to be held at the UA this month to commemorate Black History Month.