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UA Health Sciences VP Garcia Says He's Stepping Down

Dec 8, 2016 Will resume full-time research, teaching on medical school faculty at admin salary.
A picture postcard issued by the University of Arizona of Steward Observatory, 1955.

$60K 'Started Ball Rolling' on World-Class Astronomy Research at UA

Dec 8, 2016 Donation 100 years ago went for Steward Observatory at eastern edge of campus.

The Search Is On for Tucson's Next Poet Laureate

Dec 7, 2016 Nominations are being accepted until Feb. 1.

I-10's Benefits Speed Through Arizona; Research May Help

Dec 6, 2016 State gets the pollution, congestion, accidents, but not much economic benefit.
Flags highlight the outline of the USS Arizona at the ships' memorial on the University of Arizona campus. December 4, 2016

USS Arizona Memorial Dedicated Sunday

Dec 4, 2016 Hundreds gather at University of Arizona to dedicate site honoring those who died at Pearl Harbor.
The Hadza people, in north-central Tanzania, are among the last hunter-gatherers on Earth.

Healthy Hearts of Hunter-Gatherers Show Value of Exercise

Nov 30, 2016 Tanzania's Hadza foragers, and others like them, are around 14 times more active than people in industrialized societies.

Is Eller MBA Worth the Debt? Ranking Suggests It Is

Nov 29, 2016 Return on investment lands University of Arizona business school in 6th place on the list.
Students walk across the UA Mall as the sun sets in the background. Photo taken December 10th, 2015.

Student Enrollment At UA Grows Slower than ASU, NAU

Nov 16, 2016 Growth was 1.2 percent in Tucson versus 5.3 percent statewide.
University of Arizona students walk by the Old Main.

UA Reaches $1.5B Fundraising Goal Two Years Early

Nov 4, 2016 More than 100,000 individuals have donated during the 6-year capital campaign.
125 students gathered at the Tucson YWCA for the final day of Eller's Economic Development Program.

Free Classes a 'Win-Win' For Local Entrepreneurs, UA's Eller

Nov 4, 2016 Eller Economic Development Program teaches local small businesses the basics.
An example of atypical body placement from Early Agricultural Period (2100 BC - 50 AD) sites in the Sonoran Desert. The body is prone and splayed.

Revenge, Blood Feuds Among Early Sonorans Seen in Burials

Nov 4, 2016 An atypical interment of an enemy could be an attempt to gain prestige through defiance.

Do Thoughts of Death Lead to Higher Athletic Performance?

Nov 1, 2016 A study found athletes performed better when asked to think of their mortality.

Will Arizona Election be Fraud Free? Yes, and Here's How

Oct 28, 2016 Plus, meet the new CEO of the Downtown Tucson Partnership.
The UA's HiRISE camera's image of the European Space Agency's Schiaparelli Martian lander that crashed Oct. 19, 2016.

UA Space Camera Details Crash Site of Europe's Martian Lander

Oct 28, 2016 Meanwhile, the European Space Agency's orbiter is successfully circling the planet.
Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 virions budding from a cultured lymphocyte.

UA Study: HIV's First US Foothold Was in 1970s

Oct 26, 2016 A man referred to as "Patient Zero" was also misidentified, researchers said.

Regents Close Inquiry into UA Med Schools; Findings Secret

Oct 26, 2016 No further board action following two-month investigation and closed-door meeting.

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