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The UA made the magazine's inaugural list of America's Best-in-State Employers 2019, placing No. 11 out of 72 employers in Arizona and No. 1 in the education subcategory.

Liesl Folks joins the UA as senior vice president for academic affairs and provost; Betsy Cantwell has been appointed senior vice president for research and innovation.

Astrophotographer Adam Block talks about the galaxy known as Messier 87, home of the supermassive black hole photographed by the Event Horizon Telescope.

Keith Allred, the new director of the UA’s National Institute for Civil Discourse, discusses how the institute plans to stem a rising tide of incivility that strains interpersonal relationships and paralyzes effective governing.

Carol Stewart, former CEO of the Association of University Research Parks, has joined the UA to oversee Tech Parks Arizona, which includes the UA Tech Park at Rita Road, the Arizona Center for Innovation, and the future UA Tech Park at The Bridges.

Steve Moore, a strategic brand builder with international corporate, higher education and sports marketing experience, has been appointed senior vice president and chief marketing and communications officer for the University of Arizona.

For many UA faculty and staff, it's the season for turning the page. The complexity of family trees, teachings on leadership and style, and explorations of race relations are among the themes of books they have read (and re-read) in recent weeks. They were happy to share what they learned.

Seven years ago, the University undertook the creation of an online service to save students time and increase their ability to find scholarships. Now that technology, Scholarship Universe, has been licensed to a Phoenix company through the assistance of Tech Launch Arizona.