CLAS News - Fall/Winter 2006

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In This Issue

Around The College: New schools of geographical sciences and materials; film and media, Arabic studies programs; CLAS logo; new deans

Research Briefs: Discovering gas jets on Mars; exploring questions on civil discourse; investigating the importance of sibling relationships; improving the efficiency of oil refining; uncovering the importance of workplace humor

Nature Cover Stories: CLAS researchers were involved in major discoveries related to human evolution and the origins of social behavior, both of which graced the cover of the journal Nature this fall.

Medicine for the 21st Century: The new University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, which includes 10 faculty from CLAS, not only ushers in a new era of medical education in Arizona but also represents an historic collaboration between two rival schools.

Strategic Hires: Meet the new chairs of African and African American studies and physics.

Faculty Exemplars: President Michael Crow singles out four CLAS faculty members as representing the best-of-the-best teacher-scholars.

In Memoriam:

William James Acker
Douglas G. Arner

CLAS Ambassadors: A new student organization helps advance the mission of the college and improve student life.

Alumni Profiles and Class Notes:
Mary Lynn Vickers, B.S. in chemistry, 1965
Linda DiVall, B.S. in political science, 1974
Jenny Burg Davis, B.A. in German, 1992
Larry Skogen, Ph.D. in history, 1993

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