http://www.yourstreet.com/news/university-of-arizona YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Lego toys have become the base for camps and clubs at the University of Arizona, California State University at San Marcos and elsewhere in the nation-including Ahwatukee. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6597438/kids-learn-legos-are-more-than-toys Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:00:08 -0700 Western Kentucky University’s Cyber Defense Laboratory has been awarded $1.35 million to work on cybersecurity research. The lab, which is at the WKU Center for Research and Development, is using the federal grant funding to embark on an 18-month... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6539415/wku-s-cyber-defense-lab-nets-1-35m-grant Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:22:08 -0700 If you have aging parents, you may already know how difficult it can be to chat about sensitive topics.  From our home office and communication expert Jake Harwood, Ph.D., University of Arizona, here are a few tips to help family caregivers make that communication... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6513802/7-tips-to-help-boomers-communicate-with-their-aging-parents- Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:13:08 -0700 The University of Arizona is canceling talks with St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center to jointly develop a cancer center in downtown Phoenix now that St. Joe’s has forged a solid academic affiliation with Creighton University School of Medicine. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6501182/ua-seeks-new-downtown-partner-as-st-joe-s-links-with-creighton Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:22:08 -0700 Narragansett, R.I. - The punishment, renters and homeowners in this beach town say, is tantamount to a scarlet letter: A large orange sticker plastered by police on homes that host raucous parties. Police have cited more than 300 homes since 2005 under a town law... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6496094/r-i-students-to-cops-don-apos-t-brand-our-party-houses Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:03:05 -0700 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY: Named Bruce Smith director of the Black/African American Cultural Center. Smith was formerly at the University of Arizona, where he served as director of African American Student Affairs. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6489764/people-on-the-move Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:32:08 -0700 Officials from Arizona State, the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University said that the $154 million in federal stimulus funds won't make up for all the cuts in state funding the three schools had to take, but it will go a long way in plugging some... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6484372/arizona-s-3-universities-get-154m-in-federal-stimulus-funds Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:01:08 -0700 "Writing well really is the best revenge," says J.A. Jance. The best-selling author never forgot what it was like to be shut out of the University of Arizona's creative writing program in 1964. "Girls become teachers or nurses -- boys become... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6425001/in-my-library-j-a-jance Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:36:08 -0700 Jenna Walters and Katie Rogers, students at Cactus High School in Glendale, served as delegates to Arizona Girls State in June at the University of Arizona in Tucson. The two were nominated by their teachers and counselors and selection was based http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6380045/cactus-duo-enjoys-girls-state Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:27:30 -0700 Every time I go home and tell a family member or friend of the family that I'm going to the University of Arizona, their reaction is always the same. "Oh man, Arizona!" they say exuberantly, as if they can already imagine themselves living vicariously through my... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6339336/when-reputations-rest-on-bikinis Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:00:08 -0700 Tenth place in the pole vault and eighth in the 300-meter hurdles at the 2002 California state high school meet and Arizona track and field head coach Fred Harvey knew he had a world-class athlete on his hands. Okay, maybe he didn't know it at all, but he gave a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6297554/hurdling-over-all-expectations Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:00:08 -0700 Scientists with the University of Arizona-led Phoenix Mars Mission are publishing research today that advances the theory that water once flowed and the Red Planet was once habitable. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6265034/evidence-mounts-that-mars-was-once-habitable Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:00:08 -0700 Coyotes regularly feed on outdoor cats, according to a scientific study Observations of Coyote-Cat Interactions by Shannon Grubbs of the University of Arizona and Paul Krausman of the University of Montana published in the Journal of Wildlife Management. The... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6261373/study-finds-outdoor-cats-easy-prey-for-coyotes Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:51:08 -0700 The Arizona Cancer Center at the University of Arizona in Tucson received $20.8 million from the National Cancer Institute. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6201142/ua-cancer-center-receives-20-8-million Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:18:08 -0700 LAS CRUCES — The Mayfield High football team split into two groups for 7-on-7 tournaments at Texas-El Paso and the University of Arizona over the weekend. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6093131/mayfield-football-team-splits-up-for-7-on-7-tournaments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:01:08 -0700 LAS CRUCES — The Mayfield High football team split into two groups for 7-on-7 tournaments at Texas-El Paso and the University of Arizona over the weekend. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6088756/mayfield-football-team-splits-up-for-7-on-7-tournaments-11-a-m- Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:44:08 -0700 Alumni and community members in Tucson are planning a rally Sunday afternoon against a plan by the University of Arizona to consolidate six student minority support groups into one. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6077015/tucson-leaders-rally-over-ua-s-minority-support Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:20:08 -0700  Bernadette Gray-Little is the second straight UNC Chapel Hill provost to leave Carolina for the top job at another major public university. Gray-Little, who was just tapped for the chancellorship at the University of Kansas, has served as provost at UNC-CH since... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6026224/unc-ch-needs-a-new-provost Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:24:08 -0700 New interim president . Pacheco is also a former president of the University of Arizona, the University of Houston-Downtown and Laredo State University. In 2006, he served as interim president of New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas. [...] http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5935581/la-sanbe-manuel-pacheco-i-don-t-know-him Wed, 20 May 2009 03:51:08 -0700 The University of Arizona is pursuing negotiations with St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center that could bring a branch of the Arizona Cancer Center to central Phoenix. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5931803/st-joseph-s,-ua-in-talks-for-phoenix-cancer-clinic Tue, 19 May 2009 23:00:08 -0700