When the UA's Felicia Goodrum heads to the White House later this year, the assistant professorof immunobiology will do so as the only Arizona-based recipient of a presidential award. The award will give five-year research grants to about 100 scientists across the country.
While most bar-goers at the UA may have tried one or more of the Nimbus Brewery's six bottled beers, fewer college students are willing to brave a journey away from their local watering hole and travel to the source of Nimbus's finest ales. Jim Counts, owner and managing partner of the Nimbus Brewing Company, gave the Summer Wildcat a tour of Arizona's most productive brewery and provided a sneak peak of what Nimbus will be offering the college-aged crowd in the near-future.
Man flees from police on bike, gets caught later University of Arizona Police Department officers on routine patrol observed three men riding BMX bikes with no headlights on Aug. 2 at 1:56 a.m. Officers were driving northbound on Cherry Street and observed the suspects going southbound on Cherry across Speedway Boulevard.
Behind closed doors at the Dunbar Cultural Center on Second Street and Oracle Road is a studio painted the color of the sun, adorned with sparkling African wall hangings and filled with light from the mirrored walls. Community members, young African refugees, working students, and senior volunteers scramble among piles of fabric, shells and sewing machines - all for the sake, as owner Barbea Williams puts it, “of keepin' the culture alive.
Arizona men's basketball will play the Wisconsin Badgers in their first game at the Maui Invitational Monday, Nov. 23, at 9 p.m. The match-up, which ESPN2 will broadcast, pits point guard Nic Wise against coach Bo Ryan, who was on the University World Games coaching staff that cut Wise this summer.
Are you ready for the anti-romantic comedy? Then get in line for “(500) Days of Summer.” This summer's quirky, pseudo-indie movie is an interesting blend of romance and heartbreak held together with witty, sharp humor and a terribly adorable cast. Aspiring architect turned greeting card writer, Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt of “3rd Rock From the Sun”) is a hopeless romantic who is sure his life will not be complete until he meets “the one.
Lute Olson's legacy at Arizona does not stop at one national championship, four final fours, 11 Pacific 10 Conference championships and 25 straight NCAA tournament appearances. An ugly ending to a impeccable career possibly tarnished his tenure.
But the man could coach, and it's hard to argue the mark he left on Tucson.
If you didn't know, now you know: Snoop Dogg is a clever gentleman.
It was Sunday, July 26 and Snoop's concert at the Rialto Theatre had just ended. My partner in crime, Arizona Summer Wildcat photographer Giuseppe DeMasi and I were politely and graciously chauffeured into the backstage area by Snoop's men in suits, rumored to be members of the Nation of Islam.
Charles Kitubure lightly kicked escaped soccer balls back to his teammates on the practice field, hoping not to jar his neck nor the loosely-worn brace around it.
“It's too tight,” he said of the brace, smiling.
A light complaint considering the refugee and his fellow teammates have struggled through a June 3 rollover accident that killed six of their friends and family members.
Wednesday, Aug. 5 The current economic recession is a defining dilemma of our generation. “Confronting the Capitalist Crisis,” an on-campus exhibition by the Justseeds Radical Art Cooperative, begins today and shows how to engage this historic obstacle through radical art prints.
College is full of many life lessons: how to pull an all-nighter, how to date a complete hottie and, eventually, as is the fate of starving students everywhere, how to live on the cheap. Thrift stores are a great way to not only save cash but also to get unique finds that fit any student's budget, or lack thereof.
Learning the college game through summer pickup games is only half of the battle when entering a Division I basketball program.
Picking up the pace in the classroom is a big adjustment, too.
Enrolling in school for the second summer session of classes, both guard Lamont 'MoMo' Jones and wing Kevin Parrom are finding their way in Tucson before the fall semester begins.
1. The Center for Creative Photography has exhibitions where you and your date can see works of different photographers for free and at your own pace. Robert Mapplethorpe's portraits are on display until October and shows portraits of famous people throughout the '70s and '80s.
BOSTON - In a swap of outfielders, the Boston Red Sox traded Mark Kotsay and cash to the Chicago White Sox for former UA graduate Brian Anderson on Tuesday. The Red Sox are second in the AL East, and designated the 33-year-old Kotsay for assignment last week.
The first year of college can be a liberating experience for new students in more ways than one. While most incoming freshmen will hopefully use their newfound independence to dive headfirst into the collegiate world of learning, others could find themselves on the Dean of Students' naughty list.
(UA or U of A) is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885, when Arizona was still a territory and is considered a Public Ivy. UA includes Arizona's only allopathic medical school. In 2006, total enrollment was 36,805 students.
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