New energy-efficient NAU building earns 'greenest in state' distinction
Arizona Republic – 01/25/2008, 05:28 am
A new building at Northern Arizona University has earned the distinction as being 'greenest in
the state' for being energy efficient and using sustainable materials.
...building earns 'greenest in state' distinction A new building at Northern Arizona University has
earned the distinction as being 'greenest in the...

Asteroid to light up Arizona skies
The Arizona Republic - Jan. 25, 2008 12:00 AM
An asteroid passing by Earth on Tuesday will give star-gazers a reason to get out their telescopes.
Scientists at the University of Arizona discovered the 300-meter-wide asteroid in October while
doing routine surveillance work for the Catalina Sky Survey, a group that monitors any large objects
that could crash into the Earth. "It's not really all that close," said Ed Beshore, a member of the
Catalina team.

New building for ASU's downtown campus must be top-notch
AZCentral.com – 01/24/2008, 04:25 am
Every building that goes up in downtown Phoenix is shaping our future: Will it help our largest
city become a showcase for Arizona? A stronger economic engine for the state? The city and
Arizona State University are splitting the cost of expanding the nursing college.
...Arizona? A stronger economic engine for the state? The city and Arizona State University are
splitting the cost of expanding the nursing college. Yet...

AZ bill would let guns onto campuses
Arizona Daily Star – 01/25/2008, 01:51 am
CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES PHOENIX - Two Mesa lawmakers are drawing up legislation to give
teachers - and some students - a chance to carry firearms on campus.
...flexibility to set their own rules. Anne Barton, spokeswoman for the Arizona Board of Regents,
said its policies prohibit anyone from bringing a weapon...

'Fair' pact sought before dorm replaces home
Arizona Daily Star - January 25, 2008
As they press forward with plans for new dorms on East Sixth Street, UA officials have reignited
a long-running battle with an elderly couple whose home stands in the way of construction.
William and Barbara Kennedy have been offered $100,000 to leave the house, which the UA
bought 12 years ago in an agreement that allowed the couple to remain there as long as they
wanted. The Kennedys are asking for about $244,000, contending that $100,000 would cover
rent for just a few years ...

Fewer UA profs accepted outside job offers last year
Arizona Daily Star - January 25, 2008
The number of professors who left the UA for other universities hit in 2007 was the lowest it’s
been in a decade, according to the UA’s latest report on faculty retention and loss. Recent salary
increases and continued efforts by the University of Arizona’s central administration and college
deans to improve faculty salaries were key to stabilizing ...

UA told to seek fair deal in dorm project
Tucson Citizen - 01.25.2008
William and Barbara Kennedy say the University of Arizona needs more residence halls, but they
don't want to end up homeless as a result of dorm construction. That was the basic message
William Kennedy and his son Steven delivered at the Arizona Board of Regents meeting Thursday
at UA. The approval of UA's request to move forward with the design stage of its Sixth Street
residence halls was the hot topic ...

Phoenix UA med students learn at clinic
Tucson Citizen - 01.25.2008
First-year students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix are staying up
late providing assistance to minorities and low-income residents. Every Wednesday from
6 to 9 p.m., four first-year students, two upperclassmen and a volunteer physician take care
of patients at the Centro de Salud clinic ...

Forget brain drain: Colleges flood labor market with Ph.Ds
Tucson Citizen - 01.25.2008
College students are getting a raw deal, a recent New York report asserted. The problem is
they're taking too many classes from part-time, or adjunct, professors. But that same report
unwittingly revealed something about how higher education is more culpable than it likes to
admit when it comes to creating the problem. The issue is a huge one in higher education
far beyond New York, with about half of the nation's college faculty now on part-time contracts.
Adjuncts are cheaper for colleges, but they often lack the time and resources ...

Dean: students need help choosing majors
ASU Web Devil – 01/25/2008
Undeclared students will get more help with choosing a major if some of the plans of University
College's new dean, Frederick Corey, are implemented. Corey, who has been serving as director
of the School of Letters and Sciences since last fall, was appointed to lead the college on Jan. 2.
Corey's plan for the college would intensify efforts to teach undeclared students how to make
decisions using Web-based technology and academic advising ...

RHA: More options, hours for meal plan
ASU Web Devil – 01/25/2008, 06:33 am
Cost, flexibility and dining hours are among concerns students have about mandatory meal
plans, but these campus residents will have to wait a little longer for these worries to be
addressed.
...approved the mandatory meal plan in October 2005 - a primary reason the Arizona Board of
Regents cited in its approval of the meal plan in March...

New business, nursing buildings approved
ASU Web Devil – 01/25/2008, 06:33 am
Two key proposals were unanimously approved on Thursday that may result in the expansion
of ASU facilities both in Tempe and Downtown Phoenix.
...Tempe and Downtown Phoenix. At its Jan. 24 meeting at UA, the Arizona Board of Regents,
the governing body of Arizona's public universities, gave...

New dorms approved
UA Wildcat Online - Posted: 1/25/08
The Arizona Board of Regents approved the University of Arizona's request to begin constructing
new residence halls, despite one resident's 12-year fight over the UA's eminent domain action.
William Kennedy, 78, is a resident of the home on East Sixth Street east of North Euclid Avenue
and addressed the board ...

Regents hear from athletics
UA Wildcat Online - Posted: 1/25/08
All three of Arizona's university athletic directors briefed the regents with an annual update on the
financial condition of their programs, the status of student athlete welfare and the effectiveness
of NCAA reform efforts. Each university provided the regents with their school's report and certified
that all student athletes have met the minimum grade point average requirement. The universities
have also started evaluating the Academic Progress Report ...

Ex-New Yorker buys, hopes to preserve downtown warehouses
The Business Journal Phoenix – 01/24/2008, 09:16 am
OK, you're cruising in the warehouse district with Michael Levine, formerly of Brooklyn, in a part of
Phoenix that a few years ago was an area to avoid. Reiter, dean of the College of Architecture and
Environmental Design at Arizona State University. Reiter and Levine have talked many times.

GCU co-founder offers $400M for Rio Salado
The Business Journal Phoenix – 01/25/2008
The silent partner behind Grand Canyon University has made a $400 million offer to buy Rio Salado
College from Maricopa Community College District. Michael Clifford, a founding partner of GCU,
sent a letter of intent to MCC Chancellor Rufus Glasper to purchase the community college for
$5,000 per student or $400 million, whichever is greater. He is getting financial backing from his
merchant banking operation...

My View: School financing methods must be reconsidered
The Business Journal Phoenix – 01/25/2008
Arizona is projected to have a $970 million deficit in fiscal year 2008 and a $1.7 billion deficit in
fiscal year 2009, according to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. Faced with numbers like
that, it's clear the time for debate about how to pay for new K-12 school construction has passed.
Our current method of paying cash for new schools is archaic. A move toward long-term financing,
or bonding, for new school construction ...

CEO turns Grand Canyon into one of the nation's largest online universities
The Business Journal Phoenix – 01/25/2008
While Arizona State University gets much of the attention in the Valley for its mission to become
the country's largest and most innovative school, Grand Canyon University has emerged from
relative anonymity into the national spotlight. And behind that success is CEO Brent Richardson,
45. The lifelong entrepreneur has been instrumental in the computer-aided education community
for more than two decades. And since taking on GCU in 2003 ...

Antarctica prepares scientists for Mars
KVOA 4 – 01/23/2008, 20:49 pm
University of Arizona scientists working on the Phoenix Mission to Mars have just returned from
Antarctica. That's where they went to get a first hand experience of what the Mars lander will face
when it gets to the red planet.


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