Campus News
Pharm Alum Saves Man Using Sarver Heart Center CPR Method
Chest-compression-only CPR is as easy as learning the three Cs: check, call, compress. The method was developed by the UA Sarver Heart Center.
Get Ready: UAConnect Migration is This Weekend
The migration concludes a nearly two-year effort to upgrade the employee email system and will allow users to take full advantage of the Microsoft Outlook email and calendar features.
Register Now for Campus Recreation Women's Basketball League
The league is open to all employees and students as well as women in the greater Tucson community. It provides a rare opportunity for women who were on high school or college teams to continue to play organized basketball.
UA Project Teaches Acupuncturists to Combat Smoking
Acupuncturists participate will learn skills and tools to help patients quit tobacco in ways that support behavior change, rather than threatening or lecturing the smoker.
Awards and Accolades
Marvelous medical professionals dominate the newest listing, along with an anthropologist in the mix. Read on to find out how to submit your own good news.
UA Climate Action Plan Sets Goals to Cut Emissions
The UA Office of Sustainability has completed a climate action plan to track the University's greenhouse gas emissions and provide concrete solutions to reduce them. Many efforts already are under way, with some involving faculty and students using the campus as a living lab for sustainability.
UA Relocation Program: Feeling at Home Before You Move In
New and prospective employees can benefit from a free service that helps with housing and provides information about other community services, such as schools and child care.
Employee Q&A: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Director Timothy Swindle
He's been to Antarctica four times and enjoys Mars fiction by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Exploring space, he says, helps us figure out how to solve problems on Earth.
Changes Planned for Administrator Performance Review Process
Proposed revisions to the process for administator review seeks to shorten the time it takes to do them while including input from faculty and staff.
Email Migration Instructions Coming to Your Inbox Monday
There are some do's and don'ts suggested for the migration, such as do restrain yourself from checking email during the migration and don't expect your out-of-office messages to get sent.
In Memoriam: Albert L. Picchioni
Picchioni, who founded the UA Poison and Drug Information Center, was a professor of pharmacology and toxicology as well as a researcher, pharmacist and mentor.
Employee Classification Change at NAU, ASU Not Likely to Affect UA, Appointed Personnel Told
Policy changes at the other two state universities don't affect how things are done at the UA, the head of Human Resources tells APAC members.
Parking Lots Disappearing, But All is Not Lost
The director of Parking and Transportation Services says eventually, the only parking available on campus will be in the garages, with a few exceptions. For now, some creative new programs will help ameliorate the ever-shrinking number of parking spaces, including cheaper bus passes and an innovative ride-sharing program that will be piloted in May.
Service Honorees Reflect on Changes, Improvements in Their Fields
Three employees from the Arizona Health Sciences Center who recently marked milestone anniversaries with the UA talk about the changes they've seen over time. Not surprisingly, many involve technology.
Sander Farewell and Thank-You Event is Friday
The outgoing president says he feels the University is in good shape as the arrival of President-Designate Ann Weaver Hart approaches. As far as his legacy, he hopes to be remembered as a good citizen who did the right thing.
Happening This Month
There's a lot more to May than commencement and Memorial Day. Check out our list of things that are happening before, after and in between.
Awards and Accolades
The dean of University Libraries, Life & Work Connections, two reporters and a writer have been recognized recently for their accomplishments. Do you have good news? Send it in.
Employee Q&A: Associate Athletics Director Phoebe Chalk
A lifelong Wildcat, she says she gives the best tours of the UA campus and can convince anyone to come to school here.
Life & Work, Visitor Center Looking for Feedback
Employees are encouraged to complete surveys created by Life & Work Connections and the Visitor Center.
College of Engineering Welcomes New ECE Head
Tamal Bose will join the UA College of Engineering July 15 from Virginia Tech, where he is a professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. At Virginia Tech, he was
director of the National Science Foundation's Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology and associate director of Wireless@VT, a universitywide wireless research group.