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New data to
track high
school graduates
By Jackie
Leatherman. The
Arizona Board of
Regents, which
governs public
colleges and
universities,
and the Arizona
Department of
Education, which
oversees the
K-12 public
school systems,
finalized an
agreement Jan.
28 with the
National Student
Clearinghouse.
The nonprofit
organization
tracks student
degrees and
enrollment
verification,
according to its
Web site.
(Today's News
Herald:
http://www.havasunews.com/articles/2010/02/03/news/doc4b690c5f6549b052655647.txt)
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UA medical
school plans
Phoenix lab
By Ryan
Randazzo. The
University of
Arizona's
Phoenix medical
school will
build a $15
million
underground
laboratory with
a grant from the
National
Institutes of
Health, the
school has
announced.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/02/02/20100202biz-healthgrant0203.html)
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UA gene decoders
may save plant
that feeds 700M
people
By Otto Ross. A
UA research team
has taken the
first step
toward saving a
food source that
hundreds of
millions of
people rely
upon.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/article_1fcae02f-4e62-5d84-9156-60a2492472c5.html)
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Campus gun laws
concern ASUA
By Taylor Avey.
Arizona State
Senate Bill
1011, which, if
passed, would
allow teachers
with valid
permits to carry
firearms on
school grounds,
has caught the
attention of
ASUA Sen. Tyler
Quillin.
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/campus-gun-laws-concern-asua-1.1111806)
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How Canceling
Kidscare Could
Hurt Az Public
Health
Public health
advocates are
warning about
the consequences
of a plan to
eliminate
funding for
Arizona's
KidsCare, the
state health
program covering
47,000 children
of the working
poor. Gov. Jan
Brewer proposed
the move to deal
with Arizona's
$5-billion
budget deficit.
(Associated
Press:
http://www.articlesbase.com/insurance-articles/how-canceling-kidscare-could-hurt-az-public-health-1808170.html)
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Arizona space
experts respond
By Tom Beal.
Arizona's
planetary
scientists
aren't at all
surprised that
the Obama
administration
has canceled the
rocketry program
designed to
carry humans
back to the moon
by 2020. Kip
Hodges, director
of the School of
Earth and Space
Exploration at
Arizona State
University, said
that while the
NASA rocket
program has been
canceled, space
exploration has
not.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/science/article_e3af8fdd-0dc7-5be5-ad8e-5d964038573a.html)
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Business school
to offer new,
specialized
degree programs
By Joseph
Schmidt. The W.
P. Carey School
of Business is
expanding its
curriculum,
offering new
programs and
interdisciplinary
degrees for
undergraduate
and graduate
students at all
four campuses
next fall.
(ASU State
Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/10438)
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Brewery owner
gives up fight
with ASU over
Sun Devil Ale
By Edythe
Jensen. The sun
has set on Sun
Devil Ale; it's
just Devil's Ale
from now on.
SanTan Brewing
Company changed
the name rather
than fight
Arizona State
University in a
mascot trademark
infringement
dispute.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2010/02/02/20100202cr-sun-devil-ale-santanbrewing0205.html)
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GCC board
members want
staff to follow
policy
By Suzanne
Jacobson.
Frustrated by
their seeming
powerlessness,
two Gila
Community
College board
members have
written to
Eastern Arizona
College
President Mark
Bryce, urging
him to ensure
GCC
administrators
follow policy
set by the GCC
board.
(Payson Roundup:
http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/2010/feb/02/gcc_board_members_want_staff_follow_policy/)
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NATIONAL
HEADLINES
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Charitable gifts
to colleges down
11.9% in '09
Charitable
contributions to
colleges and
universities
plummeted an
average 11.9
percent
nationwide in
2009, the
steepest drop in
at least three
decades,
according to a
new report.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/national/article_94483e2c-313a-59d3-b9f8-b1fbb5ee4d63.html)
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To combat
piracy, UCLA
reaches for the
Clicker
By Jon Healey.
UCLA is
unveiling a new
feature for its
My UCLA portal:
a customized
version of
Clicker's
program guide
for online
video. The guide
will help
students find TV
episodes,
featurettes and
movies that the
studios and
networks have
made available
legitimately.
(LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/sl-mod-techz2,0,6448287.storylink)
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