UA News

UANews | A new training program for charter school leaders is meant to help them become acquainted with laws and policies affecting the schools while also offering networking opportunities.  

UANews | The Pat Tillman Foundation named six UA student veterans Tillman scholars. The award provides educational scholarships for veterans and active service members and their direct dependents, helping cover costs beyond tuition and books. 

UANews | UA graduate student Kathy Stoehr has spent years involving her students in international service work. She is taking a group of high schoolers to Chile for volunteer work in July.

UANews | The four-member UA design team took best in show during the ImagiNations Design Competition. Also, three earned internships with Disney.

UANews | The UA is partnering with ASU to teach seventh, eighth and ninth-grade instructors innovative ways to use technology such as flip video cameras and YouTube to better teach and inspire students.

UANews | Five of the 500 Standard & Poor's companies chief executive officers earned their degrees from the UA, making the institution one of the top producers of CEOs for the list of companies.

UANews | The National Science Foundation has granted UA students funding for continued and new research projects in areas that include physics, geography, chemistry, ecology and astronomy.

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 | Three engineering programs offer distance learning degrees, which make graduate study easier for off-campus students.

UANews | Faculty and staff members and graduate students are invited to serve as mentors for the expected 1,000 new Arizona Assurance scholars. The program serves Arizona residents from families with an annual gross income of up to $42,400. 

UANews | Feminist Action Research and Rhetoric, a group comprised mostly of UA graduate students, was formed to promote feminist scholarship and improve community action and connection.

UANews | Areas of emphasis will include interactions between organisms and their changing environments and communicating research to the public.

UANews | The UA team's concept is set in the year 1940 and involves members of the Voyager's League, an elite group of explorers from around the world. The students will present their idea to Disney June 8-16.  

UANews | With 57 students involved, the UA is second nationwide for its number of participants. The program aids students in their pursuit of graduate studies and promotes community outreach and service.

UANews | The application, called Twitscape, allows users to see what those nearby are tweeting. A team of UA students developed the new app, available now through the Apple App Store.  

UANews | The Student Optics Chapter has built a laser graffiti system intended to spark public interest in optical sciences.