
Nine Wireless Everywhere Print Anywhere - WEPA - kiosks have been installed on the UA campus as part of a pilot project. WEPA employees are here through Thursday to help people learn how to use the kiosks.
What do you do when you are out and about with your laptop and need to print in a hurry? The new Wireless Everywhere Print Anywhere service brought to you by the Office of Student Computing Resources and the Arizona Student Unions can help.
WEPA (pronounced "wee-pah") is a cloud-based printing service, meaning that it is available anywhere you have an Internet connection. Send your project to print, and choose WEPA as the printer, and the print job will be stored on WEPA's servers, ready to print out from any WEPA kiosk you visit.
The service is available to anyone with a NetID and CatCard who is currently associated with the University, including current students, employees and department-sponsored visitors.
read more »The University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a month of heart-healthy activities for the UA and Tucson communities.
The center's vision of a future free of heart disease and stroke is a huge order that requires a constant emphasis on advancing research, education and patient care. During February – American Heart Month – the center will offer many opportunities for people to learn how to help themselves and others maintain healthy hearts:
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(From left) Postdoctoral research associate Will Pinc, assistant professor Corral and UA graduate students Melia Miller and David Pham at the 113th Annual Materials Science and Technology Conference. (Photo: MS&T 2011)
Erica L. Corral, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Arizona, has been given a national award in recognition of her "dedication to training and mentoring young people in materials science and engineering through educational outreach efforts."
Corral's ability to convey knowledge and enthusiasm of materials engineering to her students has earned her the 2011 Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers, an award given to professors in materials science and engineering by ASM International, a society of materials scientists, researchers and technologists.
The recognition is for excellence in the teaching of materials science, materials engineering, design and processing, as well as for encouraging young teachers in these fields.
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Eller Dean Len Jessup and Cindi Gilliland at an Eller College student event. (Photo courtesy of UA Foundation)
Her students call her Dr. G. They stream in and out of her office. They wait to talk to her after class. They ask what internships they should apply for or whether they should join the Peace Corps after college, and they stay in touch after graduating and moving away. They do this because they are drawn to her, a teacher who engages them in course concepts and asks them to make connections between these concepts and their lives.
Cindi Gilliland, senior lecturer at the University of Arizona's Eller College of Management, is the 2011 recipient of the Leicester & Kathryn Sherrill Creative Teaching Award. Established by donors through the University of Arizona Foundation, the award – generated annually with the payout of the endowed fund – has recognized outstanding UA faculty since 1969.
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Any time a person begins a new job, there's a litany of advice to go with it.
Some of it applies to just about any place you work: Show up on time. Be respectful to your boss. Don't sleep at your desk.
But sometimes, there are specific things about a place of employment – say, the University of Arizona – that a newbie can only find out from people who have been around the block a few times already, and not just because they're looking for a good parking space.
How do you sign up for insurance? What are the best perks? And just what do you do about parking?
It can be overwhelming. We decided to gather the wisdom in one place so newcomers as well as longtimers can benefit.
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