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4 UA music
students above
the crowd
By Cathalena E.
Burch. They are
arguably the
most talented
artists in the
UA School of
Music: a singer,
a saxophonist, a
pianist and a
cellist, all
winners of the
prestigious UA
President's
Concert
Competition.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/article_b3cde99b-55e9-5bbb-8a4f-9f97a0b85d2d.html)
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Earn an
associate's
degree at Pima,
get a tuition
discount at ASU
By Becky
Pallack.
Transfer
Admission
Guarantee is a
new agreement
between Pima and
Arizona State
University
announced in
August. TAG is
part of a
broader plan by
the Arizona
Board of Regents
to increase the
number of
Arizona
residents
holding
bachelor's
degrees to 30
percent in 2020
from 25 percent
today.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/blogs/campus-correspondent/article_0a863d48-12b0-11df-857b-001cc4c002e0.html)
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University of
Arizona is
striving to talk
more 'corporate'
these days
By Joe Pangburn.
Nancy Smith, the
UA’s new
director of of
corporate and
business
relations, is
helping to make
the university
more accessible
to businesses
not only from
within the
Tucson region
but from around
the world as
well.
(Inside Tucson
Business:
http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2010/02/05/news/doc4b6c5cbdbfbe0867689159.txt)
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UA ranks on
Peace Corps top
college list
By Laura
Donovan. The
Peace Corps
ranked the UA
20th in its
annual list of
Peace Corps Top
Colleges and
Universities.
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/ua-ranks-on-peace-corps-top-college-list-1.1119463)
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The wet set:
Students deploy
underwater robot
By Hillary
Davis. Middle
schoolers at
Project New
Start designed,
built and are
testing a robot
that is
something of a
really smart
electronic
snorkeler. The
electrical
engineering
department at
Northern Arizona
University
stepped in to
help mentor.
(Arizona Daily
Sun:
http://www.azdailysun.com/news/local/education/article_0a40dad3-2c51-5648-be8f-1e12c810d001.html)
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Billions
expected from
kids hospital
By Dale Quinn.
With new
pediatric
medical
facilities near
completion at
University
Medical Center,
an economic
analysis by
Tucson Regional
Economic
Opportunities
says the medical
operations will
pump billions
into the local
economy.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/business/local/article_2477d9b6-7667-5855-b7c2-16fe9485d990.html)
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UA Extension
helping farmers
in the field
By Scott
Kilbury. The
University of
Arizona's
Cooperative
Extension has
offered
education in the
field for
generations.
(KOLD-TV (CBS)
Ch. 13:
http://www.KOLD.com/global/story.asp?s=11939310)
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Tai chi may move
stroke patients
to new lives
By Barbara
Grijalva.
University of
Arizona College
of Nursing
researcher, Dr.
Ruth
Taylor-Piliae is
the first U.S.
researcher to
study tai chi
for stroke
survivors.
(KOLD-TV (CBS)
Ch. 13:
http://www.KOLD.com/global/story.asp?s=11942604)
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Protest at ASU
focuses on
Iranians'
plight,
human-rights
abuses
By Kerry
Fehr-Snyder. A
small, quiet
protest at
Arizona State
University in
Tempe on Friday
drew attention
to the plight of
Iranians and
human-rights
abuses in that
country.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2010/02/06/20100206asu-iran-protest.html)
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Freshmen hear
about real
careers
By William
Roller. Career
Day at Arizona
Western College
was a great
opportunity for
students to
discover what
excites them and
how they can
attain the
professional
path they
desire.
(Yuma Daily Sun:
http://www.yumasun.com/news/nursing-56022-nurses-students.html)
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Donation spurs
ASU-Teach For
America
partnership
By Katie
Shoultz. After
receiving a
private donation
of nearly $19
million, ASU's
College of
Teacher
Education and
Leadership is
forging a new
kind of
partnership with
Teach For
America.
(ASU State
Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/10562)
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ASU Poly student
gets primo Super
Bowl internship
By William
Hermann. Every
school year
thousands of
Arizona State
University
students vie for
good
professional
internships, but
student Lorenzo
Lopez has won
the Super Bowl
of internships.
Lopez was
selected by The
Toro Company to
participate in
the eighth
annual Toro
Super Bowl
Sports Turf
Training Program
in partnership
with the NFL.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1425177)
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Tenured profs on
way out?
By Hillary
Davis. Mark
Montoya earned
his doctorate
from Northern
Arizona
University last
fall, then
landed a job on
the Mountain
Campus.
Academics say
there's a
widespread trend
toward putting
less-expensive,
temporary or
non-tenure-eligible
faculty in place
when and if they
replace retiring
or resigning
professors.
(Arizona Daily
Sun:
http://www.azdailysun.com/news/local/education/article_d0058e28-5fe4-5bbc-b239-c4ab9066123d.html)
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Lawmaker poised
to help ASU, GCC
By Pete Aleshire.
A bill that
would make it
possible for
Arizona State
University to
assume
management of
Gila Community
College's Payson
campus should
hit the
overflowing
docket of the
Legislature this
week.
(Payson Roundup:
http://www.paysonroundup.com/news/2010/feb/05/lawmaker_poised_help_asu_gcc/)
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New solar
telescope could
hurt UA, shut
facility on Kitt
Peak
By Tom Beal.
These are
perilous times
for solar
astronomy in
Tucson, which
has hosted the
world's largest
solar telescope
- the iconic
McMath-Pierce -
on Kitt Peak
since 1962. That
telescope could
close as its
operator, the
National Solar
Observatory,
takes on the new
monster: the
14-story-high
Advanced
Technology Solar
Telescope on
Haleakala Peak,
on Hawaii's Maui
Island.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/article_9b50201d-897a-56c9-ac48-4dd631cefaf9.html)
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New ag
technology
needed
By Joyce Lobeck.
The search is on
for new
agricultural
technology, with
the University
of Arizona's
help. It's a
search driven by
looming labor
shortages as the
aging farmworker
population
retires and
younger people
aren't following
them into the
fields.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/business/local/article_464ed1c7-637f-525f-84dc-8059a1c36e1f.html)
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His creation has
legs - lots of 'em,
and is garnering
big-time
attention
By Otto Ross. UA
electrical
engineering
senior and
creator of the
hexapod, Matt
Bunting, said he
plans to teach
the robot only
basic emotions.
Stewart
Christie, a
product-marketing
engineer at
Intel, noticed
Bunting's
creation on
YouTube.
(Arizona Daily
Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/article_c0a11bd5-93c1-5e5d-87fd-88e2482d3faa.html)
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Student offers
advice on 2-year
nursing training
Kati Wijdenes in
her final
semester of the
nursing program
at GateWay
Community
College gives a
rundown of what
those hoping to
enter the
nursing field
can expect.
(The Arizona
Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/02/07/20100207biz-healthjobsqampa0208.html)
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NATIONAL
HEADLINES
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US colleges
court Hispanic
families using
espanol
Some venerable
East Coast
universities are
trying to tap
the booming pool
of Hispanic
students by
offering Spanish
translations of
their admissions
and financial
aid material.
(Sierra Vista
Herald:
http://www.svherald.com/content/2010/02/07/us-colleges-court-hispanic-families-using-espanol-0)
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For UC's
Commission on
the Future,
nothing is off
the table
By Larry Gordon.
With
California's
public
university
system shackled
to a shrinking
budget, a group
of chancellors,
students and
others considers
ideas -- from
banal to radical
-- to keep
quality up and
costs down.
(LA Times:
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/local/~3/CNidTey1Z4I/la-me-ucfuture8-2010feb08,0,2561659.story)
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For Students at
Risk, Early
College Proves a
Draw
By Tamar Lewin.
48 SandHoke
Early College HS
seniors are in a
fast-track
program that
allows them to
earn their
high-school
diploma and up
to two years of
college credit
in five years —
completely free.
SandHoke enrolls
only students
whose parents do
not have college
degrees.
(New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/education/08school.html?partner=rss&emc=rss)
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OPINIONS
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They're just too
much
Excessive
requirements for
ASUA candidates
make for kiddie
election.
(UA Daily
Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/opinions/they-re-just-too-much-1.1119491)
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