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Grant Aims To Boost Number Of Navajos Studying Neuroscience

Sep 04, 2019
TSAILE, Ariz.
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Unsung Museums: A Tour Of Little-Known Gems
Gum believed to have been chewed by the notorious gangster John Dillinger, is on display at the History of Pharmacy Museum in Tucson, Ariz.

Need A Fill Of Drugstore History? Try Tucson's Pharmacy Museum

Aug 23, 2016
The centerpiece of the History of Pharmacy Museum is a penny candy jar filled with old wads of gum allegedly chewed by the infamous gangster John Dillinger and stuck under a pharmacy counter.
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Regents Appoint Jessup UNLV's Next President

Jan 26, 2015
Updated: Nov. 19, 2014 at 7:20 a.m. Regents with the Nevada System of Higher Education voted overwhelmingly to hire Len Jessup to be the 10th president...
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What Tree Rings Tell Us about Wildfires

Jun 20, 2012

At the University of Arizona in Tucson there is a laboratory with a massive collection of tree stumps and tree turnks and pieces of wood. The lab is known as the Laboratory of Tree Ring Research.

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Left Behind: How SB 1070 Affected Arizona's Children

Oct 13, 2011

When Arizona's SB 1070 was passed to crack down on illegal immigration, some immigrants fled the state.  But SB 1070 also affected their children.  A recent study showed more high school students were living without their parents.  After SB 1070 passed, they were living alone, or with friends and relatives.  How else did SB 1070 change the lives of Arizona's youth?  And how did it affect them emotionally?  Why were so many afraid to talk to the study's researchers?  Also, what other changes should we expect to see with anti-migrant laws spreading to other states?

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