University of Arizona in the News

CNBC March 31, 2010
Not Yet Time to Sell Assets, Hike Rates: Fed's Fisher

Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher, who spoke at the UA Eller College of Management on Tuesday, said that while the U.S. economy is getting stronger and will continue to do so. 
Washington Post March 30, 2010
Bipedalism Takes a Big Step Backward

UA-led research has pushed back the date for when hominins, the ancestors of humans, assumed a fully upright gait. Anthropologist David Raichlen and his team devised experimental evidence to show that Australopithicus afarensis frequently ventured out of trees to walk about 3.6 million years ago.
Arizona Republic March 29, 2010
Health-Sciences Building to Mean More Doctors, Jobs

After receiving approval for construction by legislators last week, the new Health Sciences Education Building on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus will not only help alleviate the state's shortage of healthcare professionals, but provide thousands of jobs to Arizonans as well.
Discovery News March 29, 2010
Earth's Biggest Tree Rings Tell Fiery Tales

Long dead giant sequoias still have a lot to tell scientists about living with fire over thousands of years. Tom Swetnam, director of the UA Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, and his colleagues spent years cutting, carrying and researching samples of fallen trees to recreate climate and fire patterns across three millenia in California.
Arizona Daily Star March 29, 2010
UA Junior is Named to Board of Regents

Billy Holmes, an economics and political science major from Chandler, Ariz., will serve a two-year term on the Arizona Board of Regents.
Arizona Daily Star March 26, 2010
Tucson's C-Path has Key Role in TB-treatment Hunt

The nonprofit Critical Path Institute is part of a new working to find drugs to treat tuberculosis. Dr. Raymond Woosley, the institute's president and CEO who also is a member of the UA's BIO5 Institute, said "Critical Path to TB Drug Regimens" is crucial even though the disease is no longer a pervasive problem in developed countries.
East Valley Tribune March 26, 2010
Personal Income in Arizona Slips 4 Percent

A new report indicates the personal income of Arizonans had one of the nation's greatest declines compared with last year. University of Arizona economist Marshall Vest said population growth and low wages are partially at fault.
Arizona Daily Star March 26, 2010
Novel Group Marries Dance, Music, Film

UA dance majors Ashley Bowman and Claire Hancock initiated Art.If.Act Dance Project, a company that presents performances that merge dance, film and live music. The company will present "Dance in Red" March 26 and 27.
Arizona Biosciences News March 26, 2010
New UA Institute Aims to Deliver Discoveries More Quickly to Arizona Patients

The University of Arizona's new Clinical and Translational Science Institute, a $20 million project that UA hopes will garner another $20 million from the National Institutes of Health, would provide Arizona patients quicker access to research discoveries with the potential to extend and save their lives.
Arizona Daily Star March 25, 2010
Baby Speech Studied at UA: Gauging a Babble Benchmark

Researchers at UA's department of speech, language and hearing sciences are studying babies to find a time range for when a baby starts using the valve made of skin and muscle at the back of the throat. That could someday help speech-language pathologists determine whether a baby's speech is developing normally.