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UA journalism student Justin Sayers spent most of his summer working as a sports copy editor.
Chelsea Hemphill served as a summer intern at Fox 5 News in Washington, D.C.
Noelle Haro-Gomez, a UA journalism senior, raised nearly $5,000 to fund her trip so she could take part in a summer program in Cambodia.
The UA's largest freshman class in history is also the first to enjoy the security provided by the University's Guaranteed Tuition Plan, which freezes undergraduate base tuition rates for four years. The plan aligns with one of the key goals of the UA's Never Settle strategic academic and business plan: to keep a UA education affordable for qualified students.
The UA, one of only eight sites in the nation chosen to participate in a major STEM education initiative, is innovating with course redesigns and unique faculty programs.
The UA was 121st in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best colleges and universities in the nation. The UA also ranked No. 31 on the publication’s list of best colleges for veterans.
From laboratories to the marketplace, a new UA program will help companies find success. Initiated with a $2.5 million gift from Tucson's Thomas R. Brown Foundations, the Catapult Corporation – dubbed "Cat Corp" – will provide early-stage capital to promising startup companies emerging from UA researchers and students.
A $5 million gift from the McKnight Brain Research Foundation and the matching contributions will help the UA to play a prominent role in the emerging field of neuroscience.
The UA is expanding the number of articulation agreements it has with community colleges and improving programs for transfer students. The move is part of a deliberate, cross-institutional effort to increase the number of Arizona residents with baccalaureate degrees.
The UA has named Jon Dudas, former director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as senior associate to the president and secretary of the university. In the new role, Dudas will help facilitate the UA's relationship with the Arizona Board of Regents and Arizona's other public universities.