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AZ Grassland Faces Threats from Mesquite Trees, Woody Plants

These plants were not present in the landscape traditionally, continue to spread.

UA's First Day of Class Sees Student Increase in Some Areas

Growth in freshmen diversity to 41.3%; but first-year student numbers down slightly from last year.
St. Gregory College Preparatory School is installing one of the largest solar energy systems in a Tucson school, producing 140 kilowatts of electricity.

Arizona Universities Praised for Green Efforts

State schools receive high ranks in recent list of environmentally friendly colleges; UA highest of the three.
Mark Candy, collections manager at the University of Arizona Mineral Museum, gives insight and history of the Mineral Museum.

UA Mineral Museum Receives Its Largest Donation Ever

The collection will help create database used for non-destructive sampling technology.

AZ Week: School Funding Better, More Needed

New budget 'very good for education,' one lawmaker says; 'doesn't make up for' $1B in cuts, says another.
Old Main at the University of Arizona.

Regents Approve 3% Tuition Hike for UA

Board to explore tuition options for young immigrant students
Ross Zimmerman, father of Gabe Zimmerman, joins members of the January 8th Memorial Foundation to discuss plans for the second anniversary of the Jan. 8, 2011 shooting that killed his son.

Events Scheduled to Remember 2011 Shooting

Second anniversary prompts grant awards, long-term planning
University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart.

UA President Hart's Inauguration Friday

5 months into her tenure, ceremony will draw statewide dignitaries
Tutor Mudhafar al-Husseini works with David Forsythe, a US Air Force ROTC student, on an Arabic assignment. Project GO, which the duo are part of, works with more than a dozen ROTC students on Arabic language and culture.

ROTC Cadets Learn Arabic for Middle East Duty

UA program prepares students with language, cultural skills
We spoke with representatives from the Arizona State Museum to discuss and view some of the quilts made by artists of the Hopi Nation.

Hopi Heritage in Tucson

Colorful quilts part of history, culture

AZ Week: Solar Soars in the Desert

State's biggest utilities are on board, soon serving 100,000 customers

AZ Week: Health Care Happiness or Horror?

Across the spectrum, court-backed Affordable Care Act lauded, lambasted
UA President Eugene Sander discusses the year he held the president position at the University of Arizona and tells what the new president will be looking forward to.

Sander Reflects on Academic Career, Unexpected Presidency

He departs UA at end of month, after spending 24 years, including final in top spot
Libyan women played important roles in the rise against Gadhafi's regime.

New Egyptian Media Landscape Takes Shape

Press in Egypt gaining freedoms, adapting amid creation of new government
Jesse Gutierrez of the Tucson Department of Transportation updates us on the construction dates and expectations of the Modern Streetcar project.

Streetcar Project On Time, On Budget So Far

First 5 weeks of 68-week project to lay rails downtown, near UA

Report Cites Higher Education Gap for Latinos

'Intentional' help needed for success, report's author says

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