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By muscles
unbound
By Cyndy Cole.
By studying
animal muscle
reflexes, NAU
neurobiologist
Kiisa Nishikawa
is looking to
design better
prostheses and
help those with
muscular
dystrophy.
(Arizona Daily
Sun:
http://www.azdailysun.com/news/local/article_e4f760a4-a2f8-5c4c-a847-458a40db1d06.html)
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Incubator
'graduates'
major tenant
By Joe Ferguson.
The departure of
Senestech late
last year from
the Northern
Arizona Center
for Emerging
Technologies is
both good and
bad news for the
fledgling
small-business
incubator.
(Arizona Daily
Sun:
http://www.azdailysun.com/news/local/article_6f293712-f8ef-11de-a3b7-001cc4c03286.html)
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Prevention
center receives
$3.9 M to
continue
operations
The Canyon Ranch
Center for
Prevention and
Health Promotion
at the
University of
Arizona Mel and
Enid Zuckerman
College of
Public Health
received a $3.9
million grant
from the Centers
for Disease
Control and
Prevention for
five more years
of funding.
(Inside Tucson
Business:
http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2010/01/02/news/doc4b3b9cb0a8865982899884.txt)
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Time to
celebrate Tucson
businesses
By Dale Quinn.
University
Medical Center
opened a new
emergency room,
waiting area and
trauma unit that
take up nearly
an acre. It
opened in June
on the ground
floor of a
six-story tower
as part of a
$184 million
expansion
project UMC
began in 2006.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/business/323485.php)
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Tucson
producer's
documentary
questions AZ
university
tuition
By Becky Pallack.
A Tucson
producer wants
more students to
question the
cost of college,
and she has
created a short
documentary on
the
tuition-setting
process.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/323619.php)
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Mayor: 2010
brings concerns
over ASU Poly
By Scott Smith.
The mayor's
concern
regarding ASU
Polytechnic's
future is that
with the
financial
pressures, with
budget issues,
that if
polytechnic
(continues to)
lose programs it
could lose its
focus on
becoming an
independent
training center,
an independent
educational
center. If it
becomes just a
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/2009/12/31/20091231mr-fivequestions0102.html)
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Plaza Cos. sells
bio plaza to UA
for $9.85M
[Scroll Down].
Plaza Cos. has
sold Phoenix
Biomedical Plaza
to University of
Arizona
Foundation for
$9.85 million,
after it paid
Ribomed
Biotechnologies
Inc. about $10
million two
years ago for
the 2.62-acre
parcel.
(Phoenix
Business
Journal:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/dailyedition.html#8)
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ASU West pushes
ahead despite
enrollment slide
By Lesley
Wright. ASU West
feels secure
enough to hire
nine faculty
members and move
ahead with plans
to build a
residence hall
and its first
dining hall.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/01/04/20100104asuwest0104.html)
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UA dean named
outstanding
researcher by
Mexican
government
Joaquin Ruiz
executive dean
of the
University of
Arizona’s
College of
Letters, Arts
and Science, was
named an
outstanding
researcher by
the Mexican
Government and
has been
admitted into
Mexico’s
National System
of Researchers,
known as SNI.
This year, for
the first time
in SNI history,
the organization
has opened its
membership to
outstanding
Mexican scholars
living abroad.
Ruiz was
accepted as a
“National
Researcher”
under the
organization’s
highest-ranking
category for
contributing
researchers. He
was recognized
for his
outstanding
scientific
contributions
and efforts to
enhance Mexico’s
scientific and
technological
capacity through
collaborations
with the UA and
research
institutions in
Mexico.
(Inside Tucson
Business:
http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2010/01/02/community_lifestyle/people_in_action/doc4b3b7f8e03d15495752490.txt)
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This doctor had
some memorable
house calls
By Bonnie Henry.
Recently
deceased Dr.
Preston Taylor,
who routinely
made house calls
back in the
1950s and '60s,
had been a
member of the
staff at
University
Medical Center,
teaching
clinical
medicine to
second-year
students. He
retired in 1995.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/bonnie/323777.php)
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Higher education
in California
should better
reflect the
times
By William
Tierney. As the
crisis persists,
it's time for a
new master plan
that would
streamline
curriculum,
bring funding in
line with
students'
ability to pay
and put UC, Cal
State and
community
colleges in
sync.
(LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-tierney3-2010jan03,0,7259745.story)
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