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The UA Institute for LGBT Studies has raised more than $100,000 to endow a lecture series named for Miranda Joseph, a UA faculty member who has been pivotal in the advancement of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studies. The institute originally intended to raise the funds over a three-year period but was able to meet its goal in less than two years.
The book UA researcher Kate Kenski wrote about Barack Obama taking the U.S. presidency has earned a spot on The Daily Beast's top 10 must-reads for the current campaign season. In addition to "The Obama Victory: How Media, Money, and Message Shaped the 2008 Election," other books listed are by authors such as Hunter S. Thompson, Norman Mailer, Niccolo Machiavelli, Gore Vidal and David Foster Wallace.
Students and UA employees using CatCA$H, which works like a debit account through the CatCard, can now make purchases off campus. Arizona Student Unions is collaborating with dozens of Tucson retail locations to offer the safe and convenient service.
As a week-long series on the UA's land-grant mission comes to a close, a look to the future suggests the University will become ever more embedded in communities beyond the campus. One important element of the land-grant mission that will continue to live on is the UA's invested positive imprint on the growth and development of counties, cities and neighborhoods through interdisciplinary and collaborative initiatives.
Sharon Megdal has been named the first recipient of the new C.W. and Modene Neely Endowed Professorship for Excellence in Agriculture and Life Sciences.