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UA Science: They Don't Make Stars Like They Used To

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Published Feb. 12, 2010 at 3:58 p.m.
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A galactic mystery solved by UA astronomers? ... Daniel Stolte of University Communications tells us: ... Viewed through the Hubble Space Telescope at visible light (left), a galaxy does not reveal its full secret underlying star formation. Only when observed using a combination of radio emission and infrared wavelengths, the galaxy reveals a massive, rotating disc measuring about 60,000 light years across (right). This disc consists of cold molecular gas and dust, the raw materials from which

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UA's Dykes takes head coaching job at Louisiana Tech

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Published Jan. 20, 2010 at 6:35 p.m.

A person familiar with the hiring says Louisiana Tech has tapped Wildcats offensive coordinator as new coach ...

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¡Oye! Congratulations Dean Ruiz

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Published Dec. 30, 2009 at 2:30 a.m.
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According to UANews.org Joaquin Ruiz, executive dean of the University of Arizona's College of Letters, Arts and Science and professor of geosciences, has joined the list of outstanding researchers admitted into Mexico's National System of Researchers, known as SNI. Ruiz will be honored during a ceremony in early spring in which Mexico President Felipe Calderon will officially recognize the contributions of the council's newest members ... Over the years, membership in the SNI has become an

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UA proposal a finalist for NASA grant

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Published Dec. 30, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

The University of Arizona's proposal to send a spacecraft to an asteroid and return with a sample is one of three finalists for a $650 million NASA grant ...

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UA coach Sean Miller says Wildcats' NCAA streak 'in jeopardy'

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Published Dec. 19, 2009 at 9:35 p.m.

Arizona men's basketball coach Sean Miller, with a 4-5 record, says the Wildcats' NCAA Tournament streak of 25 is ''very much in jeopardy.'' ...

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UA student arrested in pot-smuggling attempt at border

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Published Dec. 7, 2009 at 1:00 a.m.

A 19-year-old University of Arizona student was arrested in Douglas on Sunday after attempting to smuggle two pounds of marijuana into the country ...

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Arizona Wildcats basketball: Wise to return soon

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Published Oct. 29, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — Even though his team was chosen to finish fourth in the Pac-10 this season, UA coach Sean Miller said his Wildcats have “never been more vulnerable.” ...

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UA QB Foles continues to impress

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Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 8:23 p.m.

It's way too soon to consider Nick Foles one of the greater quarterbacks in Arizona Wildcats history. But most accurate? That's accurate ...

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Study of vegetarian spider nets UA grad student national attention

Published Oct. 12, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

Christopher Meehan made good use of his January 2007 trip to the beach south of Cancun — documenting behavior of the first spider known to science to be deliberately and almost totally vegetarian ...

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"The Laramie Project-Ten Years Later" at UA tonight

Published Oct. 12, 2009 at 12:33 p.m.

Eleven years ago, early October found me crying as I sat in my home office writing my weekly column for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The subject was Matthew Shepard and how he had been picked up in a gay bar by ...

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