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TODAY'S LOCAL
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TODAY'S NATIONAL
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TODAY'S OPINIONS
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LOCAL HEADLINES
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Network's snake
stunt will
benefit UA VIPER
By Becky Pallack.
Venom
researchers at
the University
of Arizona's
VIPER Institute
will benefit
from a publicity
stunt by Animal
Planet involving
a snake pit.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/325195.php)
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UA researchers
part of $44B
biofuel program
By Angela
Gonzales.
Several
University of
Arizona
researchers are
part of a
consortium that
received a $44
million U.S.
Department of
Energy grant to
bring
algae-based
biofuels to
market.
(Phoenix
Business
Journal:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2010/01/11/daily49.html?s=industry&i=education)
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New grant to
help library
By Bethany
Barnes. A new
endowment has
been created by
Rich Stoffle, an
associate
professor of
applied research
in anthropology
at the UA, and
Carla Stoffle,
dean of
libraries at the
UA. The
endowment
consists of an
initial gift of
$10,000. Dobyns
died on June 21.
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/new-grant-to-help-library-1.1011294)
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NATIONAL
HEADLINES
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University of
Chicago sees
unprecedented
jump in
applications
By Jodi S.
Cohen. The
University of
Chicago saw a 42
percent increase
in undergraduate
applications for
next fall's
freshman class,
an astounding
number even
among
universities
accustomed to
double-digit
increases.
(Chicago
Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-university-of-chicago-admissjan14,0,1037524.story)
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Flogging the
Flagships
By Doug
Lederman.
"Opportunity
Adrift," from
Education Trust,
is a followup to
the advocacy
group's stinging
2006 report that
underscored the
underrepresentation
of low-income
and minority
students at
flagship
universities.
(Inside Higher
Education:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/14/flagships)
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When Tenure
Means Nothing
By Scott Jaschik.
Clark Atlanta
University
violated the
rights of 55
faculty members
-- 20 of them
with tenure --
when it
eliminated their
jobs without
faculty
consultation or
due process, and
without regard
to whether or
not they had
tenure,
according to a
report issued
Wednesday by the
AAUP.
(Inside Higher
Education:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/14/cau)
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Indiana U to
offer insurance
credits to
healthy workers
Indiana
University says
it will offer
its employees
new incentives
to become
healthier and
help hold down
their share of
health insurance
costs.
(Chicago
Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-iu-healthincentiv,0,3359835.story)
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OPINIONS
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Morrison
Institute: The
Consequences of
Cutting AHCCCS
By Jim Nintzel.
ASU's Morrison
Institute notes
that without
health
insurance, more
people will end
up in emergency
rooms, which
will mean more
losses for
hospitals and
longer waits for
emergency care.
(Tucson Weekly:
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2010/01/13/morrison-institute-the-consequences-of-cutting-ahcccs)
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