Prerana Sannappanavar

Sioux Falls

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U of A to offer fast-track medical degree to help ease doctor shortage

1 week ago | tucson.com | Prerana Sannappanavar

The University of Arizona will offer a three-year medical degree to get new doctors into the workforce faster due to the need for more primary care physicians. The program, to be offered at UA's two separately accredited medical schools in Tucson and Phoenix, was approved last week by the Arizona Board of Regents.
Indigenous faculty ask U of A to remove administrator

1 week ago | tucson.com | Prerana Sannappanavar

A University of Arizona Native American faculty group is asking top administrators to reinstate the director of Native American Student Affairs and remove the assistant vice provost of Native American Initiatives. Six Native American faculty members signed a letter June 5 to university President Suresh Garimella, Provost Patricia Prelock, Chief of Staff Francisco Garcia and Faculty Chair Leila Hudson.
U of A adds study-abroad option for foreign students worried about visas

2 weeks ago | tucson.com | Prerana Sannappanavar

The University of Arizona will now offer a first-semester study-abroad option in London for international students, to combat declines in international student enrollment due to the Trump administration's crackdown on visas and immigration. “We are offering first semester study abroad as a pilot in London that keeps students on track without losing time (on their) degrees," UA Vice President Jenny Lee told the Arizona Board of Regents Thursday.
U of A students won’t need diversity classes to graduate after all

2 weeks ago | tucson.com | Prerana Sannappanavar

The University of Arizona will not, as previously expected, make certain classes — including diversity and equity courses — be graduation requirements for undergraduates as part of its new general education curriculum set to start next year. UA committee members who worked on the upcoming general education requirements say this outcome was being discussed long before President Donald Trump ordered in January that universities eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
U of A has 650-plus Chinese international students as US vows visas crackdown

3 weeks ago | tucson.com | Prerana Sannappanavar

The University of Arizona, which has more than 650 Chinese international students, is "closely monitoring immigration-related developments" after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the U.S. will “aggressively” revoke Chinese students' visas nationwide.
U of A ends some jobs as it consolidates cultural centers

1 month ago | tucson.com | Prerana Sannappanavar

The University of Arizona has officially announced the creation of a new cultural and engagement center, a consolidation of six of the university’s seven cultural centers that comes amid the Trump administration's orders to end diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs.
Faculty leaders ask U of A to reinstate 10 writing program faculty

1 month ago | tucson.com | Prerana Sannappanavar

Faculty leaders are asking the University of Arizona to reverse the contract terminations of 10 writing program faculty members. UA announced the contract terminations May 19, citing lower student enrollment numbers for the coming fall semester.
U of A will consolidate cultural and resource centers

1 month ago | tucson.com | Prerana Sannappanavar

The University of Arizona will consolidate all of its cultural and resource centers into a single multicultural center, in the wake of Trump administration orders against DEI, but will retain the different physical spaces of each of the current seven centers. Patricia Prelock, the UA's new provost who started her role Monday, confirmed in a communication with a university administrator the plan to centralize all seven of the centers into one multicultural center.
U of A reactions are mixed on Arizona's new anti-encampments law

1 month ago | tucson.com | Prerana Sannappanavar

University of Arizona faculty and students express mixed views after Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill that will prohibit encampments on university or community college campuses. “It's disappointing that Governor Hobbs has let the Legislature outlaw an effective and traditional form of peaceful campus protest by criminalizing it as trespass,” said UA Chair of the Faculty Leila Hudson.
PCC folds multicultural celebration into main graduation this year

1 month ago | tucson.com | Prerana Sannappanavar

Pima Community College’s tradition of hosting a multicultural convocation is being integrated into its main commencement ceremony for financial reasons this year and not due to federal orders against DEI, officials say. “PCC has held multicultural convocations at various times in its past,” said Justin Kree, the community college’s director of media relations.