UA News

UANews | The University of Arizona is undergoing a budget redesign that will apportion tuition dollars to the colleges with the most students and teaching activities.

UANews | The UA's chilled water system, how campus stays cool in the summer, has undergone a complete overhaul, done largely out of sight for more than a decade.

UANews | UA employees are invited to review lactation resources offered by Life & Work Connections, in light of the new national health care bill, which includes a section that calls for employers to provide time and space to accommodate nursing mothers.

UANews | For the last decade, thereactor has performed neutron experiments for research facilities on campus and throughout the nation.

UANews | It's a "significant honor" that national awards were given to all three of the advisers nominated by the UA.

UANews | Members of the four-woman custodial team that works to keep the College of Law clean were named Staff Members of the Year by the Student Bar Association.

UANews | Larry Acedo manages the UA's Machine and Welding Center, part of the University Research Instrumentation Center, which produces parts used in scientific research.

UANews | The unique plaza and laboratory at the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture sets new standards for water conservation and use in the Sonoran Desert.

UANews | The UA Water Resources Research Center's annual conference will serve as a forum on developing the state's future water and environmental leadership.

UANews | Bob and Lee Woodruff, Fred Boice, Charles Vest and Dick Williams will be honored during the UA's Commencement ceremony.

UANews | A groundbreaking ceremony was held May 12 for the Health Sciences Education Building, which will allow the College of Medicine - Phoenix to expand its class size and offer more training space.

UANews | UA employees will soon move to a new e-mail and calendaring system that will replace WebMail and Meeting Maker and provide new features like instant messaging.

UANews | Registration is now open for the Staff Advisory Council's Crossroads Conference, a daylong professional development conference that will focus, in part, on helping UA employees adjust to changing times.

UANews | The UA Office of Marketing is putting together a pocket-sized brochure of "125 Fun Facts" about the UA in honor of the University's 125th birthday this year.

UANews | For more than four decades, the Diamonds have played a major role in advancing the UA and greater Tucson community as well as national and international health, education and service organizations.

UANews | To date, the club has awarded 1,998 scholarships to UA students for a total of nearly $4.5 million. The multimillion dollar accomplishment began humbly with the sale of green corn tamales made by club members.   

UANews | Emma Blake, assistant professor of anthropology, and Jeff Sallaz, assistant professor of sociology, are the first recipients of the George H. Davis Travel Fellowship, awarded to early-career faculty members to aid them with international travel.

UANews | The Faculty Senate heard from a committee charged with finding ways to meet impending budget challenges in 2012 and also passed two resolutions expressing opposition to Arizona's new immigration law.

UANews | Wiley Ross works with campus musicians of all sorts as coordinator of the UA School of Music Recording Studio.

UANews | The newly released Interior Signage Guide was developed to improve campuswide uniformity while also ensuring units are compliant with the Americans with Disabilites Act.

UANews | A remembrance for Michael Cusanovich will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 8, in the Student Union North Ballroom.