UA News

UANews | Families can enjoy a variety of Fourth of July activities at the UA and its off-campus attractions.

UANews | Derek Brown, who started playing wheelchair sports as a child, now coaches men's wheelchair basketball and wheelchair track and tennis at the UA.

UANews | UA employees making more than $40,000 will be required to take furlough days in the 2011 fiscal year in order to help the UA meet a directive from the Arizona Board of Regents.

UANews | Sheila Pitt, a professor in the UA School of Art, had to quit working when she was paralyzed after a horseback riding accident in 2008. This year, Pitt began teaching again and also began relearning to walk.

UANews | The Staff Advisory Council's fourth annual Crossroads conference attracted more than 200 University employees, who attended a variety of workshops for personal and professional development.

UANews | Isaac Villegas-Durgin, a research technician and prevention specialist at the University of Arizona's Southwest Institute for Research on Women, has helped ex-gang members and young addicts.

UANews | The artwork explores the print-making process, everyday life in pre-modern Japan, and the cultural exchange that took place between Japan and the Western world. The exhibition opens June 24.

UANews | In addition to working full time, raising children and pursuing advanced degrees - among a host of other commitments - UA faculty and staff members also carve out time to volunteer off campus.

UANews | Joel Valdez, senior vice president for business affairs at the UA, will continue to act as a special adviser to President Robert N. Shelton after his retirement on June 30.

UANews | The Steward Observatory SkyCenter is offerering a range of public programs over the summer.

UANews | Veterinarian Gail Stevenson works with rodents used in University research, taking images that can provide information about a variety of health ailments, including stroke, cancer and heart disease.

UANews | Human Resources has changed its policies so that all employees will have to sacrifice extra vacation hours at the first of the year instead of on the anniversary of their start date.

UANews | Thousands of freshmen and their parents will participate in the UA's New Student Orientation during the summer. Also, the New Start Summer Program hosts students looking to successfully transition from high school to college.  

UANews | The Arizona Board of Regents will be asked to approve articles of incorporation, bylaws and a board of directors for a new company that will act as an umbrella organization for University Medical Center Corp. and University Physicians Healthcare.

UANews | Collaborative projects in linguistics, art, anthropology, history and women's and gender studies have been seleced to receive funding through a grant program established by UA Provost Meredith Hay.

UANews | University employees are being asked to take precautions to prevent mosquito problems, such as eliminating standing water, keeping lids of trash cans and reporting issues to Facilities Management.

UANews | Lawrence Sanchez adds pizazz to special University table settings with his fruit, vegetable and ice carvings.

UANews | The University of Arizona has developed its own insurance plans for employees with domestic partners, after a state law made domestic partners and their children ineligible for state benefits.

UANews | Don Seeley, retiring director of the Applied Portfolio Management Program at the Eller College of Management, hopes a new endowment named after him will support students by strengthening teaching, research and mentoring.

UANews | Diana Liverman, who co-directs the UA's Institute of the Environment, has received a medal approved by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.