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Posts Tagged ‘University of Arizona’

Innovative research facility opens in downtown Phoenix

July 7, 2008

In this know99 television segment, Arizona State University and the University of Arizona join forces on research collaborations in the Arizona Biomedical Collaborative Building, which opened eight months ago on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus near the intersection of 7th Street and Van Buren.

Last-minute state economic package may target downtown Phoenix

June 13, 2008

[Source: Mike Sunnucks, Phoenix Business Journal, June 13, 2008] — State lawmakers and business advocates are putting together a tax and economic package that offers tax credits to solar energy companies, expands tax breaks to companies that do research and development work in Arizona, and allows for Tucson-area officials to tax restaurants and tourists to [...]

Okay, so it’s a different Phoenix, but it’s just so cool

May 26, 2008

Congratulations to University of Arizona scientists for leading the international team that developed, launched, and landed NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander on the Red Planet on Sunday.  This image, one of the first captured, shows the vast plains of the northern polar region of Mars.  The flat landscape is strewn with tiny pebbles and shows polygonal [...]

City prepared to strengthen adaptive reuse says Phoenix mayor

May 19, 2008

At the May 6, 2008 “kick-off” of National Preservation Month at the Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon gave the following prepared remarks to 150 local and state preservation and neighborhood advocates on the city’s strengthened commitment to revitalize downtown and other parts of the city through the adaptive reuse of historic and vintage buildings.  [...]

Houston, Arizona facilities may begin cancer center for Valley

April 27, 2008

[Source: Kate Nolan, Arizona Republic] – A major Houston cancer center may collaborate with Arizona’s largest health-care provider on cancer care in Phoenix.  According to sources from both institutions, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Banner Health are in talks that may lead to a comprehensive cancer center downtown.  The Valley already boasts [...]

UA solicits plans for downtown Phoenix hospital

February 13, 2008

[Source: Ken Alltucker, Arizona Republic] — The University of Arizona has contacted nearly every major hospital in the Phoenix area with one major request: Send us your ideas for a new downtown teaching hospital.  The call for ideas comes after talks between UA and Banner Health failed to a yield a deal to build a [...]