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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | DecUANews | Maria Teresa Velez and her team in the UA Graduate College have increased graduate school enrollment of underrepresented minority students by 82 percent since 1996.
UANews | K-12 students learn the exciting side of math and science in Lego Robotics Summer Workshops hosted by the UA College of Engineering.
UANews | The funding will enable the center to continue serving as a regional and national resource for training graduate-level students to care for children with chronic pulmonary disorders.
UANews | Juliana Campbell and Haley Caldwell completed a series of challenges in NBC's "Minute to Win It" game show, walking away with a $50,000 prize.
UANews | Students are working on research projects involving science, math, engineering and the social sciences through the summer, honing their skills to launch graduate careers.
UANews | Andrew Carnie, a UA linguistics professor, is heading a research project to analyze and document Scottish Gaelic, a language that is slowly being lost because natives more readily are learning and speaking English.
UANews | The grant will allow the center, located at the UA Tech Park, to purchase laboratory equipment, establish a "Mentor in Residence Program" and develop a commercialization training program that can be implemented statewide.
UANews | Astronomers have imaged a very young brown dwarf, or failed star, in a tight orbit around a young nearby sun-like star. The discovery is expected to shed light on the early stages of solar system formation.
UANews | A UA team is working to build a surveillance system that, in addition to capturing video, would be able to detect suspicious behavior.
UANews | The funding will support the Norton School's Retailing and Consumer Sciences program. UA alumnus Terry J. Lundgren, president and CEO of Macy's Inc., was honored for his continued support of his alma mater.
UANews | The UA Alumni Association and Parents & Family Association collaborate with volunteers across the nation to host events meant to launch new students into their first years as UA Wildcats.
UANews | UA School of Landscape Architecture and Planning designs are at the center of a project in the San Xavier District that will connect key parts of the community and encourage safe walking to school and the recreation center.
UANews | During a workshop, high school teachers attended sessions on building solar ovens, Lego robots and model canoes and catapults. Now they'll return to their classrooms and pass the knowledge to their students.
UANews | The UA ranked 2nd highest in the nation for producing the most graduate degrees for Native Americans in the fields of engineering and ethnic, cultural and gender studies. Several disciplines also placed highly for graduating Hispanic students.
UANews | A newly published UA study shows that media coverage of stem cell research remained generally positive despite opposition from the George W. Bush White House.
UANews | The funding will go toward training Arizona health professionals – physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, public health workers and social workers – in how to care for older adults.
UANews | Diana Liverman, co-director of the UA's Institute of the Environment, has led the development of a national report examining climate change response.
UANews | Students from throughout Arizona are working as paid researchers in the Summer Institute on Medical Ignorance, a UA College of Medicine program that runs through this week.
UANews | The UA College of Education has received a grant from the Helios Education Foundation to launch a new initiative for community-based early childhood education.
UANews | University of Arizona South has introduced its first campus-wide scholarship program, boosted funding to student organizations and expanded computer lab hours. The additions are possible because of a student-approved fee.
UANews | A UA study cites pressure from tribal authorities seeking to limit the First Amendment rights of Native journalists.
UANews | As the school year approaches, UA microbiologist Kelly Reynolds provides easy-to-follow suggestions that families can follow to keep healthy.
UANews | UA Athletics Director Greg Byrne, select head coaches and other department staff members will embark on a five-day journey across Arizona beginning Aug. 10.
UANews | The UA's Jeong-Yeol Yoon is using glass-slide laboratories to detect E. coli in water and vegetables and to monitor disease in livestock.
UANews | By using mathematical modeling to understand blood flow, researchers – including the UA's Timothy Secomb, a pioneer in the field – have proposed a novel approach to treating cancerous tumors.
UANews | For the first time, UA entomologists have genetically altered mosquitoes in a way that renders them immune to the parasite that causes malaria. Researchers hope someday to replace wild mosquitoes with resistant, lab-bred populations.
UANews | The Geological Society of America is a scientific society with more than 22,000 members from academia, government and industry located in 97 countries. Ruiz is known for his research involving the formation of metallic ore deposits.
UANews | A UA study looks at how Mexican American youth responded to proposed 2008 Arizona legislation that sought to ban ethnic studies in schools.
UANews | The countdown to fall camp and the highly anticipated 2010 season has intensified in the last two weeks. Team members are working with strength and conditioning coaches to prepare for Aug. 5, the day camp opens.
UANews | Each year, the UA welcomes students who are active duty personnel. They tend to have highly rigorous schedules while remaining committed to the military.
UANews | Proyecto Vision, led by UA optometrist Daniel Twelker, trains visual-health workers to perform vision screening and dispense over-the-counter reading glasses and eye drops.
UANews | UA researchers found that nearly 20 percent of the 348 women they studied with Type II endometrial cancer had a prior history of breast cancer, compared to only 3 percent in a control group of 830 women with the more common form of the cancer.
UANews | UA researchers participated in the discovery of an unexpected role played by a protein molecule, making it a candidate for a biomarker or drug target for breast cancer.
UANews | The funds will go toward improving the collection and dissemination of information, coordinating health resources and activities, and encouraging the recruitment and retention of health professionals in rural areas.
UANews | The UA ROTC program is now offering a formal military science leadership minor while Residence Life has approved a wing for ROTC students during the fall semester.
UANews | UA researchers are looking at summer thunderstorms in a variety of ways to learn how to predict them and mitigate their dangers.
UANews | In their evaluation of laws and public policy affecting the management of e-waste, Maya Abela and Jacob Campbell found that lax oversight and a lack of coordination are common.
UANews | Two UA College of Education faculty members and one graduate student have co-authored two studies finding that English learners in Arizona schools often are segregated and experience discrimination, both of which hamper their academic success.
UANews | The intensive academic program is for Arizona students entering their senior year of high school who are interested in health professions.
UANews | Chris Segrin has authored a book chapter detailing the often-ignored social aspects of depression. His research has found that not only do depressed people sometimes lack social skills, but the way in which their relationships operate can contribute to increased feelings of depression.
UANews | Ellen Bublick, a UA law professor, was the only U.S. scholar to speak at a conference in China that marked a profoundly important juncture in the development of Chinese tort law.
UANews | The UA's Paul Cohen and his team have been awarded $1.4 million for Teach Ourselves, which will engage students in problem-solving activities via established social networking sites.
UANews | UA administrator Francisco Marmolejo will share the UA's contributions to higher education as a blogger for the Chronicle of Higher Education. His contributions will appear in a blog for the Chronicle's new global edition.
UANews | The UA offers an institute twice annually for student leaders from Latin American countries. The intent is to help students build skills and relationships to improve sustainability efforts back home.
UANews | Adam Block's image of two colliding galaxies is on the popular Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
UANews | Jonathan Overpeck will be a lead author of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chapter on terrestrial and inland water systems. The report is intended to advance our knowledge of climate change.
UANews | In 2007, members of the James E. Rogers College of Law helped win a landmark case for Mayan villagers. This week, villagers won another land rights case with the help of UA faculty and staff members and students.