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Tipoffs for Tucson, Arizona (City) Newsletter for Wednesday June 26, 2024 ( 3 items )  

CVT Honors Shelter for Asylum Seekers With Annual Eclipse Award
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 26 -- The Center for Victims of Torture issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: Today the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) presents its annual Eclipse Award to Casa Alitas Welcome Center of Tucson, Arizona. Each year CVT presents the Eclipse Award to an organization or individual that has played an important role in ending torture, holding perpetrators accountable, or offering care and rehabilitation to survivors. This year, CVT recognizes the extraordi  more

Princeton Review Names UArizona a 'Best Value College'
TUCSON, Arizona, June 25 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: The University of Arizona is one of 209 colleges and universities featured in The Princeton Review's "Best Value Colleges," released Thursday. "The University of Arizona takes pride in its ability to consistently deliver to students a world-class education with a remarkable return on their financial investment," said University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins. "We value our reputation as a student-c  more

Study Challenges Popular Idea That Easter Islanders Committed 'Ecocide'
TUCSON, Arizona, June 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Some 800 years ago, a small band of Polynesians sailed thousands of miles across the Pacific to settle one of the world's most isolated places - a small, previously uninhabited island they named Rapa Nui. There, they erected hundreds of "moai," or gigantic stone statues that now famously stand as emblems of a vanished civilization. Eventually, their numbers ballooned to unsustainable levels; they  more