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NEWS

ÎBrain drain' cost UA Nobel laureate

When Vernon Smith, the former UA professor who was named a Nobel Prize winner Wednesday, left the UA a year ago, administrators knew he was a likely candidate for the award.

But without the money, space or support he needed to keep his research here, the university was unable to keep him from accepting a more lucrative offer at George Mason University.

The announcement of Smith's award came less than 18 months after the professor, who had worked at the UA for 25 years, packed up to move to the Virginia university. [Read article]

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ÎMadness' to explode in Arizona at midnight

Gov. hopefuls favor letting colleges invest

SPORTS

Wildcats face UW in must-win game

UA, UW renew one of the conference's most heated rivalries Saturday in Seattle

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Volleyball looks for revenge at ÎMadness'

Fall Classic kicks off year for softball

Online Exclusive: Weekend Preview

Online Exclusive: Men's club soccer tries to keep winning ways

Online Exclusive: Soccer team prepares for game against archrival

OPINIONS

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War is coming, but don't give up all hope yet

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Friday Face-Off

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· Assume Nothing

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· On top of the world
· Keeping company with the very best
· Lucky Lute: The story of Tucson's leading man
· Lute Olson's Wildcats in the NBA draft
· Lute Olson: A Timeline
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· Campus Escape
· Football SlideShow: UA vs. Wisconsin
· Football SlideShow: UA vs. NAU
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Loitering for learning

JILL MARICICH/Arizona Daily Wildcat

Drag queen Miss Faith Michaels entertains the crowd from a stage on UA Mall at noon yesterday to celebrate National Coming Out Week. Over 100 people watched men dress as women in the one-hour show of gay pride. The week-long event has been observed at UA annually since 1993.