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Tipoffs for Tucson, Arizona (City) Newsletter for Thursday August 31, 2023 ( 5 items )  

Alliance San Diego: Experts Call for Respect for Human Rights and Dignity of Migrants Facing Humanitarian Crisis at the U.S.-Mexico Border
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Aug. 31 -- Alliance San Diego issued the following news release: Representatives of organizations defending the human rights of migrants stressed the urgency of finding new strategies to address the migration phenomenon, ensuring that order does not imply violence, as has been the case at the U.S.-Mexico border. During a virtual meeting organized by Alliance San Diego and its network of allies, they reflected on the current context of crisis at the border and ways to combat  more

Arizona Educational Foundation: Arizona Teacher Named Recipient of the 2024 Carolyn Warner Legacy Award
PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 31 -- The Arizona Educational Foundation issued the following news release: Elizabeth Bradshaw
 is the 2024 recipient of the Arizona Educational Foundation (AEF(R)) Carolyn Warner Legacy Award. Bradshaw is the 1991 AEF Arizona Teacher of the Year(R), and a 2012 National Teachers Hall of Fame Semifinalist, who retired in 2021 from the Vail Unified School District in Vail, Arizona, as a gifted education teacher. Born in Queens, NY, Elizabeth Bradshaw moved to Tucson in   more

Center for Biological Diversity: Analysis - Campus Contraception, Sex Ed Access Vary Widely Across Country
TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Contraception access and sex education on college campuses vary widely and are sorely lacking at many schools across the country, according to a Center for Biological Diversity analysis released today. The Center's new Campus Health Clinic Scorecard - Wildlife Edition ranked sexual and reproductive health services and gender-empowerment options on 22 college and universi  more

International Journal of Middle East Studies Issues Research Articles in May 2023 Edition
TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 30 -- The International Journal of Middle East Studies, a journal that says it features politics, society and culture in the Middle East from the 7th century to the present day from the Middle East Studies Association, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2023 edition (Vol. 55, Issue 2): Articles: * Counting Kisses at the Movies: The Screen Kiss and the Cinematic Experience in Egypt * A Case of Multiple Identities: Uncanny Histories of the Arab  more

NASA Completes Last OSIRIS-REx Test Before Asteroid Sample Delivery
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- NASA issued the following news release: A team led by NASA in Utah's West Desert is in the final stages of preparing for the arrival of the first U.S. asteroid sample - slated to land on Earth in September. A mockup of NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) sample capsule was dropped Wednesday from an aircraft and landed at the drop zone at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range in t  more