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Tipoffs for Tucson, Arizona (City) Newsletter for Friday April 05, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Craig T. Nelson, Emmy-Winning Actor and UArizona Alumnus, Will Address Graduates at Commencement
TUCSON, Arizona, April 5 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: By Kyle Mittan, University Communications Craig T. Nelson, an Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, director, producer and University of Arizona alumnus, will deliver the university's Commencement address on May 10. To most of the graduates in attendance, Nelson will perhaps be best known for voicing Mr. Incredible in the 2004 Pixar film "The Incredibles." But his career spans decades of work across televisio  more

U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona: Arizona Doctor Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud
TUCSON, Arizona, April 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Linh Cao Nguyen, M.D., of Peoria, pleaded guilty on March 19, 2024, to Health Care Fraud. Nguyen's sentencing is scheduled for May 28, 2024, before United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker. Nguyen admitted that for years, he engaged in a scheme to defraud various health care benefit programs, including Medicare, TRICARE, AHCCCS, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and UnitedHea  more

University of Arizona's Health Sciences: New AI Coaching Bot May Enhance Medical Education, Training
TUCSON, Arizona, April 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: The Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center developed an artificial intelligence tool to train students to communicate with patients effectively and compassionately. Researchers, staff and students at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center are developing an artificial intelligence bot that they hope will revolutioni  more

University of Portsmouth: Scientists Announce the Most Precise Measurement of Our Expanding Universe to Date
PORTSMOUTH, England, April 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Portsmouth issued the following news: * * * Key points: * The international Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) project mapped millions of galaxies and quasars with unprecedented detail, creating the biggest ever 3D map of the Universe and measuring how fast the Universe has expanded over 11 billion years. * This is the first time that scientists have measured the expansion history of the most distant period (8 to 11 billion   more