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Rushaun Dawkins listens as Terry Hunt, an anthropology professor at the University of Arizona, gives a lecture on Easter Island at the Rincon Unit’s visitation building inside the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson.Josh Galemore / Arizona Daily …

Rushaun Dawkins listens as Terry Hunt, an anthropology professor at the University of Arizona, gives a lecture on Easter Island at the Rincon Unit’s visitation building inside the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson.

Josh Galemore / Arizona Daily Star

Prison Education Project brings new hope to incarcerated students

The Prison Education Project, an initiative led by the University of Arizona’s English department, aims to advance educational opportunities in the local prison system and introduce incarcerated students to new ideas and perspectives through classes and lectures.

Dr. Randal Dull was chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson.Courtesy of the University of Arizona

Dr. Randal Dull was chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson.

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Chairman of UA's anesthesiology department steps down over leadership concerns

The chairman of the UA’s Department of Anesthesiology stepped down from his position following claims that he acted aggressively toward subordinates and had negative opinions toward the LGBTQ community.

 

Daniel McConville, 19, left, and Hiroaki Sato, 22, take notes while inside the tropical rainforest at Biosphere 2.Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star

Daniel McConville, 19, left, and Hiroaki Sato, 22, take notes while inside the tropical rainforest at Biosphere 2.

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First Space Camp at Biosphere 2 helps prepare students for life on Mars

Space Camp at Biosphere 2, which is north of Tucson, is a new collaboration between the UA and Kyoto University in Japan to help students comprehend the importance of human expansion into space by conducting experiments and astronomy work in an enclosed ecological systems facility.