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UA Fulbright scholars on rise KELSI THORUD Arizona Daily Wildcat
The UA improved from the research institution producing the fifth most Fulbright U.S. scholars to the second most in the nation in the 2012-2013 year. Five faculty members were chosen as U.S. Scholars from the UA this year, tying the university for second in the nation with institutes like Rutgers University, University of Florida and Texas A&M at College Station. The ranking is an improvement from one year ago, when the UA tied for fifth in the nation behind eight elite schools, including the number one-ranked Pennsylvania State University. The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is the
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flagship international educational exchange program funded by the U.S. government. It focuses on building mutual understanding between people of the U.S. and people of other countries, according to the Fulbright site. The program sends an estimated 1,100 American scholars per year to roughly 125 countries, where they get the opportunity to lecture or research a variety of professional and academic subjects. “The program is highly competitive. These are the best of the best, and to have more than one Fulbright Scholar on a campus speaks to the quality of the faculty of that university,” said James Lawrence, a public affairs officer in the Office of Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, at the U.S. Department of State.
Approximately 5,000 professionals apply to the program each year, according to the site. The application process is merit-based and each application is reviewed multiple times, first by a group of disciplined specialists, then by a peer review committee. If the application passes, it is then reviewed by the host country and the 12-member Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, appointed by the President of the United States, for final selection and approval. “Being one of this year’s Fulbright Program top producers is an honor of which we should all be proud,” said Dale Lafleur, director of Institutional JORDIN O’CONNOR/DAILY WILDCAT relations and a UA Fulbright Adviser. “It recognizes the work of our faculty and the breadth Dale Lafleur, UA director of Institutional relations, also serves as the UA’s Fulbright adviser.
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Two injured, hospitalized after accident near campus
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A partnership between three Arizona universities has helped launch a program to raise scholarship money for hundreds of high school students. The UA, along with Northern Arizona University and Arizona State University, recently partnered with the Arizona-based non-profit organization Live the Solution in order to launch the AZ Earn to Learn program, which helps more than 700 students earn scholarship money from a fund of $3.1 million. “It’s the first time all the state universities have received federal education IDA [Individual Development Account] grants at the same time and are partnering to create a program like this,” said Michael Staten, director of the Take Charge America Institute and UA assistant dean of careers, commerce and industry . Staten said his role in the program was to bring together the project members here at the UA. Funding for this program comes from the Federal Assets for Independence program, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The rest of the funding came from the three four-year universities in Arizona, who all matched dollar-for-dollar with AFI in order to provide the finances for the program. Live the Solution is another important component for the success of this program. The
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HAILEY EISENBACH/ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT A CAR STRUCK a motorcycle at the intersection of Sixth Street and North Cherry Avenue on Wednesday, resulting in non-life threatening injuries.
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Two unidentified people riding a motorcycle suffered non-life threatening injuries at approximately 5 p.m. when a car struck them at the intersection of East Sixth Street and North Cherry Avenue. “They were just laying there. They weren’t moving a whole lot,” said John Michael Slocum, an undeclared freshman who witnessed the accident from his dorm window across the street. According to Tucson Police Department Sgt. D. Fernandez, the motorcycle was traveling eastbound on Sixth Street in the curb lane when a white sedan going westbound turned
left onto Cherry Avenue, striking the motorcycle. “There was a big crash, that’s all I heard, and I didn’t bother to look outside until I heard all the sirens. I looked outside and saw that,” Slocum said, pointing at the accident. The car was stopped in the middle of the lane on Cherry Avenue after the collision, with moderate damage to the front bumper and the motorcycle pinned under the front of the car, totaled and leaking gasoline. The police on scene coned off the accident, allowing traffic to pass slowly by the wreckage. The unidentified driver of the white sedan was the only person in the car and was uninjured in the crash. She stayed on the scene after
the motorcyclists were taken to the hospital with family and friends. The accident occurred between Arizona Stadium and the Student Recreation Center, where students gathered to watch. “My friend Gabriel, whose room I was just in, told me to come down there and I saw them take them away in the ambulance,” Slocum said, referring to Navajo Residence Hall, located in the south stands of the stadium. Sgt. Fernandez could not confirm which driver was at fault for the accident because there were “conflicting reports as to the light cycle.” Final reports are pending further investigation.
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Streetcar sees delays, new management team STEPHANIE CASANOVA Arizona Daily Wildcat
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A further delay in the building and delivery of Tucson’s streetcars has pushed back the Sun Link Tucson Modern Streetcar’s projected date to start running, possibly to the second quarter of 2014. The Portland, Ore., company United Streetcar was initially set to deliver Tucson’s first streetcar next month, and then one about every month until all eight were delivered. The streetcar was scheduled to begin operating with passengers
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this October, but the streetcar team realized in a meeting last month that was not going to happen, according to Carlos de Leon, deputy director for the Tucson department of transportation. De Leon said United Streetcar is working with the department of transportation and the streetcar management team to refine the schedule. “We’re still going back and forth on what I would call a draft schedule, so nothing’s solid yet,” de Leon said. Despite the delayed streetcar delivery, construction and plans for managing the operation are
both moving forward. The city recently hired RATP Dev McDonald Transit, RDMT for short, to take over operations, maintenance, safety and customer service for the streetcar. “Once the schedule is reestablished for the vehicles, that’ll help the management team develop their plan for setting up the operations,” project manager Shellie Ginn said. “We’re still kind of in a waiting mode waiting to hear how the vehicles are doing and what kind of impacts to schedule that’s going to
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