Congratulations to these recent honorees: Ming Li, University of Arizona Health Sciences, George Rieke and the Mid-Infrared Instrument team, Dennis Zaritsky and John Hildebrand.

Volz is being remembered for his innovations in artificial joints. "Known as an innovator, visionary and collaborator, Dr. Volz combined his love for practicing medicine with his passion for teaching and research," Michael Abecassis, dean of the College of Medicine – Tucson, wrote in a tribute.

Sonia Colina, Regents Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, discusses the need for properly translated study materials to improve the diversity of research study participants. "Translators have their own positioning in the world that comes with a set of conscious or unconscious values and knowledge that bias how they read and write," she writes. "Translation is a process of interpretation regardless of how objective a translator aims to be."

If you want to build a better apology, be willing to break gender stereotypes. "Violating expectations can show that you've taken the time to really craft an apology that is going to matter to the person and effectively deal with the trust breach," says Sarah Doyle, associate professor in the Department of Management and Organizations.

This year's campaign also netted $191,000 in monetary donations for more than 200 charitable causes. "UA Cares initiatives definitely build a sense of community and help us be forward-thinking about what problems the community is facing now and may face in the future," says Nick Hilton, coordinator of UA Cares. "People want to be part of the solution."

Congratulations to these recent honorees: Wolfgang Fink, Douglas Loy, Dr. Marvin J. Slepian, Chad Shoopman and the Pride of Arizona, Teresa Rosano, Laura Carr, Michael Kothke, Savannah McDonald, Charles Pifer, Brian Farling, Shawn Swisher and Oscar Lopez.

Connect with history and culture through food with the latest Community Classroom offerings. And, get your creative and physical muscles moving with two University initiatives.

The action plan outlines the strategies the University will take to improve the institution's financial position and organizational structure. In a video message to the campus community, President Robert C. Robbins says he has been "especially inspired over this past month as our shared governance community indeed recognized the challenges we face, immediately mobilized and collaborated intensely to drill down into the financial issues and to develop potential solutions."

In this Q&A, Cathi Duncan, senior program coordinator for Steward Observatory, explains how the Mirror Lab transforms chunks of glass into giant mirrors for some of the world's largest and most ambitious astronomical observatories. "We are the only university – actually the only place in the world – that has such a facility," Duncan says.

Send a note of thanks to someone who has helped you this year; read what your colleagues have published on The Conversation; LQP returns Jan. 10.