Third-year architecture student Brian Kolfage has loved to draw since he was a child. Growing up on the water, he thought he might become a naval architect. Today, as he rebuilds after sustaining injuries in Iraq, he looks forward to applying his creative drive -- along with his new perspective on form and function -- to revolutionizing building design.
November 14-18, 2011 marks the 12th annual International Education Week at the UA. For the second year running, teams of first-semester Eller College of Management students are putting on the week’s culminating festival – the Giveback Kickback – and raising thousands for a village in Sudan.
What does it take to achieve excellence? According to Jay Rees, director of the Pride of Arizona Marching Band, it boils down to a willingness to make the sacrifices and do the hard work. Named one of the top five bands in the nation in 2009, the Pride of Arizona knows how to get it done, and they bring the fans to their feet every time. Watch video.>>
Erin Clair, senior in the University of Arizona Honors College, will forever remember the first time she gazed at a Tibetan mountaintop monastery, made camp in the snow at 17,000 feet and tasted yak. This past summer, she traveled to Asia to study the movement of early humans. Her view of the world will never be the same.
University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections is home to one of the nation's finest collections of printed texts on Arizona and the borderlands of the Southwest. Luis Coronado-Guel, Ph.D. student in Latin American history, has delved into the collection and brought many of its images to life in the documentary, "Another Side of the Border."
Dr. David Wayne Smith has been with the University of Arizona for over 56 years. He remembers a time when there were no air-conditioned campus buildings or cars. Today, at 85 years young, he still continues to wear the many hats he has developed – as forensic examiner, as patient advocate, as advisor and mentor – and gives back more than ever before.
What if telling stories could make the world a better place? The Worlds of Words collection is doing exactly that. This one-of-a-kind collection of over 30,000 books from around the globe and a world-wide support network of experts is creating new ways to allow children, families and educators to learn about the cultures and peoples of the world.
The nationally prominent James E. Rogers College of Law prepares tomorrow's lawyers for leadership and community service. In fulfillment of that mission, Professor of Law Jean Braucher has created an innovative course through a partnership with Southern Arizona Legal Aid (SALA) where students get to apply their learning and help real clients who are suffering due to the economic downturn.
Over 45 percent of recruiters who come to the main UA campus hail from the state capital. Less than two short hours from Tucson, Phoenix is one of the nation's largest generators of jobs. This year, students and graduates have a new team member on their side to help them plug into this opportunity-rich market: Kara Weller, Assistant Director of Employer Development, Metropolitan Phoenix.
From the day he joined the UA planetary sciences faculty in 1973, Regents' Professor Michael Drake was a driving force in the world of space sciences. Today, we recognize his passing and honor his achievements, which include serving as principal investigator on the OSIRIS-REx mission, an $800 million effort now underway to retrieve a sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth.
Wearing feathered and beaded regalia, Native Americans from tribes across North America met on Bear Down Field to compete in the UA Wildcat Powwow. Elders and young children alike danced the traditional jingle dances, grass dances and gourd dances. The student-run event is a chance to showcase the richness of Native culture on campus.
On September 1, the UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences will begin a weeklong program, “9-11: How We’ve Changed.” Ten years later, UA doctoral student and retired Army Brigadier General John Adams continues to pursue his own questions that have arisen out of a long, distinguished career, as well as his own experience working at the Pentagon on that fateful day.
The Native American experience in Arizona is rich with history and tradition. Tribal libraries have long been capturing histories of elders and community members, and these collections represent valuable resources for their communities as well as the public. Now, Sandy Littletree and Jamie A. Lee of the UA Knowledge River program aim to use technology to better understand the value of these tribal resources.
Built in 1986 to develop space colonization technology, Biosphere 2 represents a one-of-a-kind large-scale laboratory for studying the ecology of global climate change. Now, the University of Arizona – through the generosity of CDO Ranching & Development and the Philecology Foundation – will take full ownership of the facility, allowing for even more meaningful, long-term research and experimentation.
UA sophomore Derrick Williams was selected in the 2011 NBA Draft, held Thursday at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Williams, a 6-foot-8, 241-pound sophomore forward, was snapped up by the Minnesota Timberwolves as the second pick of the first round. His selection equals the highest ever for a Wildcat.
In 2007-2008, Sander -- vice provost and dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences -- served as executive vice president and provost of the University during a search for a permanent provost. On August 1, he will take the position of president until a permanent replacement is named for Robert N. Shelton, who is leaving the UA to head the Fiesta Bowl.
Micky Thompson was raised on a tobacco and cattle farm in Tennessee. Then he discovered a knack for growing businesses. He started with lawn care, and then moved on to asphalt. Then it was agriculture software and two tech companies. Hungry for more, he came to the UA, met graduate student Jarret Hamstreet – and launched PostBidShip.com.
From initiating the Arizona Assurance program to providing a national rallying point in the wake of the tragic January 8 shootings, UA President Robert N. Shelton has led the institution through a period of unprecedented growth and scientific discovery. After five years as the UA’s 19th president, he leaves with a long – and much appreciated – list of accomplishments.
Kaitlyn Verfuerth started playing tennis when she was 14, just to hang out with friends. Today, as a junior psychology major with an athletic scholarship, she has been to two Paralympics and has just returned from the World Team Cup in South Africa. What makes Verfuerth a champion? Well, for starters, she’s got the heart of a Wildcat.
The editor of the Arizona Daily Wildcat has to have strong writing and reporting skills, naturally. But she also needs to have an eye for design, an instinct about what stories are worth pursing, and the ability to manage a 60-person newsroom. Junior Michelle Monroe, this semester’s Wildcat editor, says there’s one more essential quality necessary for the job: you have to be willing to take the heat.