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TODAY'S LOCAL HEADLINES
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TODAY'S NATIONAL HEADLINES
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TODAY'S OPINIONS
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LOCAL HEADLINES
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Chasing Bioscience
By Anjanette Riley. Three years ago, advocates for the
bioscience industry touted the creation of the Arizona 21st
Century Competitive Initiative Fund as proof that Arizona had
emerged as a market primed for bioscience innovation. The $100
million grant program was designed to make Arizona a more
attractive location for bioscience companies as they scan the
globe, looking for cities in which to expand their operations.
Now, though, lawmakers have gutted the program as they confront
a massive budget shortfall, leaving zero dollars in the fund for
this year and considering another fund sweep in fiscal 2010.
(Arizona Capitol Times:
http://www.azcapitoltimes.com/freestory.cfm?ID=10854)
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UA research may lead to fewer limb amputations
By Alan Fischer. A University of Arizona study on wound shapes
could help people with chronic wounds avoid limb amputations.
Round wounds have a better chance of healing - and heal more
quickly - than wounds with a lot of concavities or squiggles,
said Dr. David G. Armstrong, UA professor of surgery and
director of the Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA)
at the UA College of Medicine.
(Tucson Citizen:
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/all_headlines/113687.php)
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UA lets the sunshine in
By Kaitlyn Venezia. With hand-made bugs and pottery painting,
volunteers for Project Sunshine kept patients busy Saturday
afternoon at the University Medical Center. Students involved in
the organization Project Sunshine gathered with children ages 3
to 15 in the Child Life Playroom of UMC, where they decorated
flower pots and made caterpillars as part of their craft party
to welcome the spring season.
(UA Daily Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/home/news/2009/04/06/News/Ua.Lets.The.Sunshine.In-3698329.shtml)
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ASU engineering professor has designs on origami
The ancient art of origami might be thought of as simply a fun
hobby, but one engineering professor uses folded paper to teach
the fundamentals of engineering. Goran Konjevod, a computer
science and engineering professor at ASU, said he applies the
concept of origami to engineering skills in order to keep his
students interested.
(KNXV-TV (ABC) Ch. 15:
http://www.abc15.com:80/content/news/southeastvalley/tempe/story/ASU-engineering-professor-has-designs-on-origami/oAATHHt4g0GbgqwwhFDhwQ.cspx)
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Stuck in the States
By Tye Rabens. It doesn’t matter what language they ask it in:
ASU students weighing their desire to study abroad against the
costs of living in the current economic climate are left
wondering, “How much money?” The Study Abroad Office at ASU has
received fewer applications from students looking to study
abroad during the summer term this year compared to last,
according to assistant director Dan Hart. He said the office
usually receives between 1,100 and 1,200 applications, but this
year about 900 ASU students have applied to study abroad.
(ASU State Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/5702)
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Shelton memo explains how UA will use stimulus funds
By Renae Schafer Horton. Employees at the University of Arizona
who are counting on the influx of federal stimulus money to save
their jobs may be misunderstanding how the stimulus funds can be
used, UA's president warned Friday. Also, students should
prepare themselves for an increase in mandatory fees, if not a
tuition surcharge, despite the money UA may receive from the
stimulus.
(Tucson Citizen:
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/113606.php)
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UA scientist helping TEP take the measure of solar energy
By Tom Beal. Alex Cronin is here to check on the measuring
devices he and his students have placed on an array of solar
panels just inside the gate. Cronin, an atomic physicist, has
built machines that measure matter waves on the subatomic level.
Measurement was the reason Tucson Electric Power built this test
lot of more than 600 photovoltaic panels from 20 manufacturers,
beginning in 2003. TEP took daily measurements. The system
installed by Cronin and three graduate students will provide a
second-by-second record of a variety of factors, including
weather conditions that affect the light getting to the panels
and the heat that affects their efficiency. It will be able to
compare the output of a variety of panels under different
conditions and eventually recommend the best products for our
climate.
(Arizona Daily Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/287467.php)
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Furloughs now in favor with many employers
By Ann Belser. Even as unemployment numbers continue to creep
up, the jobless numbers don't tell the whole story of how
companies are trying to cut back on payroll expenses.
Increasingly, workers are being asked -- or told -- to go
without pay for days or weeks as employers institute unpaid
furloughs. Georgia and California have announced worker
furloughs, and in Arizona, the president, vice president and all
of the college deans at Northern Arizona University will take
three-day furloughs in 2010.
(KNXV-TV (ABC) Ch. 15:
http://www.abc15.com:80/content/financialsurvival/yourjob/story/Furloughs-now-in-favor-with-many-employers/s-3C-rb75Em69HzVnXZaVw.cspx)
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Physicist Stephen Hawking cancels ASU appearance
Famed theoretical physicist and cultural icon Stephen Hawking,
who has been recovering from a chest infection, had to cancel
Monday's appearance as the headliner at Arizona State
University's Origins Symposium, where he was to deliver the
concluding lecture to the four-day conference.
(The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/988786)
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Financial aid may decrease with'10 budget
By Adam Sneed. Reductions to financial aid could hit ASU if the
state's 2010 budget takes more money from the university system,
a University financial-aid official said on Friday. In this
academic year, the University furloughed all employees and
eliminated more than 700 staff and faculty-associate positions
to avoid cutting financial-aid opportunities.
(ASU State Press:
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/5701)
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UA South grows despite cuts
By Shelby Hill. As the UA continues to wrangle with how to
handle its forced budget reeducations, UA South is trying to cut
costs and increase enrollment in the midst of its own budget
crisis. Gerald Jubb, associate vice president and dean of UA
South, said the campus is doing a variety of things to reduce
overhead, including layoffs, moving buildings and using
technology. UA South has laid off five staff members, effective
May 29, Jubb said.
(UA Daily Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/news/2009/04/06/News/Ua.South.Grows.Despite.Cuts-3698326.shtml)
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UA team preps solar car for eco-marathon
By Dan Sullivan. At present, class registration and availability
is a serious issue. Before I could register for classes last
Saturday at 1 in the afternoon, all of the general-education
math courses were completely full. It's frightening to deal with
this as an incoming senior because it tells me that I may not,
in fact, be let into a math course at all next year, and that
would set back my graduation.
(Arizona Daily Sun:
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/04/06/news/state/20090406_arizo_194055.txt)
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KUAT deals with cuts, focuses on content
By Gerald M. Gay. As KUAT celebrates its 50th anniversary, the
station is putting its best face forward as budget woes continue
to compromise its signature program. The face in question
belongs to Bill Buckmaster, longtime host of "Arizona
Illustrated," the weekday newsmagazine that used to air live but
is now taped three days a week. The studio on the University of
Arizona campus is dark the other two days, which saves money but
limits how timely the program can be.
(Arizona Daily Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/287284)
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NATIONAL HEADLINES
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For Most, a Furlough Is No Day at the Beach
By Thomas Bartlett. A furlough is a cross between a vacation and
getting fired. You have the day off, sure, but you aren't
getting paid — which tends to take the fun out of it. In these
lousy economic times, a handful of colleges have already
instituted furloughs and more are considering them. For
furloughed employees, a smaller paycheck is the primary concern.
But there's also the question of how to spend all that
supposedly "free" time. Some take furloughs more seriously than
others. Daniel Childers, a professor in the School of
Sustainability at Arizona State University, had to postpone an
interview with The Chronicle because it would have fallen on a
furlough day. Giving an interview, he thought, might be
considered university business.
(The Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i31/31a00104.htm)
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OPINIONS
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Life-saving research takes hit in state cuts
By Jane See White. When Arizona lawmakers cut $22.5 million in
2009 funding for Science Foundation Arizona early this year,
they cost the state much more than they saved. Consider the case
of High Throughput Genomics Inc., a biomedical, genetics
laboratory based on the South Side. HTG has been stopped "at
third base" in its work on new products, according to CEO TJ
Johnson. Consider the case of High Throughput Genomics Inc., a
biomedical, genetics laboratory based on the South Side. HTG has
been stopped "at third base" in its work on new products,
according to CEO TJ Johnson. That's because in January the
Legislature cut the money for a second-year grant from Science
Foundation Arizona to HTG's research partner, the BIO5
Institute, the University of Arizona's collaborative research
arm.
(Arizona Daily Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/business/287157.php)
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Some potential solutions to AZ shortage of primary-care
physicians
[Editorial] Studies indicate that 60 percent of medical-school
graduates go into practice where they do their residency. And
the number of resident spots in the state has increased by less
than 5 percent in the last 15 years, said Dr. Michael Grossman
of the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix. To
change that, the non-profit University Physicians Hospital on
Tucson's South Side is adding 20 medical residents this July.
(Arizona Daily Star:
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/health/287458.php)
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The issues with higher education
By Laura Donovan. At present, class registration and
availability is a serious issue. Before I could register for
classes last Saturday at 1 in the afternoon, all of the
general-education math courses were completely full. It's
frightening to deal with this as an incoming senior because it
tells me that I may not, in fact, be let into a math course at
all next year, and that would set back my graduation.
(UA Daily Wildcat:
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/home/news/2009/04/06/Opinions/The-Issues.With.Higher.Education-3698298.shtml)
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