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UANews | DiscoveryDay atop Mount Lemmon on Saturday offers a cool opportunity to learn about science. UA scientists and students will host a variety of activities at the summit of the Catalinas.

UANews | The Arizona Student Unions and Residence Hall Association are collaborating to throw a block party on the UA Mall that's expected to draw upwards of 7,000 people Saturday, Aug. 21.

UANews | More than 300 UA volunteers – including President Robert Shelton – will help haul the luggage of 6,000 students, dish out barbecue or scoop ice cream during Wildcat Welcome, which runs Aug. 18-29.  

UANews | The annual rankings have been issued, and the UA made the top 50 Best Value Public Colleges and Best Western Colleges lists.

UANews | The collaboration will expand the breadth and depth of research conducted in Arizona to prevent, cure and treat childhood diseases and injuries.

UANews | The UA's High Resolution Stereo Color Imager was selected as one of five instruments for the first joint mission to Mars by NASA and the European Space Agency. HiSCI is designed to uncover interactions between the Red Planet's surface and atmosphere.

UANews | Efforts by the Mexican government to control the manufacturing of methamphetamine resulted in a drop in treatment admissions in Mexico and in neighboring Texas, a study led by UA researcher James Cunningham finds.

UANews | Distance to the border is more important for methamphetamine and heroin purity than for cocaine, according to study by UA College of Medicine researcher James Cunningham.