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People in the news 5.4.12

grace — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:10:28 +0000

RONALD S. WEINSTEIN, M.D., founding director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program, has been honored with the 2012 Technology Innovation Award by the University of Arizona. Weinstein was recognized for the many companies, institutes and scientific instruments that he has created and with which he has been involved. His recent innovations include changing the way health professionals are taught and how they provide health services, and a health-care curriculum for high school students. The award was presented at the recent ninth annual Innovation Day luncheon.

A new play by ESTHER BLUMENFELD, “Father’s Ashes,” has been selected for the full-length plays presentation at the 2012 Arizona Women’s Theatre Company’s 6th Annual Pandora Festival of New Works (gazwtc.org). A staged reading will be held May 20 at 2 p.m. at the Scottsdale Center of the Performing Arts. For tickets, call 480-499-TKTS(8587).

JOAQUIN RUIZ, Ph.D., executive dean of the Colleges of Letters, Arts and Science at the University of Arizona, has been selected as one of the 2012 Fathers of the Year by the Father’s Day Council Tucson. The council, which raises funds for type 1 diabetes research and endowment at the Steele Children’s Research Center at the UA, will hold its 18th annual Father of the Year Awards Gala Diner & Silent Auction on Saturday, June 16 at Loews Ventana Canyon.

Business brief 5.4.12

grace — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:54:11 +0000

JULIE RAY CREATIVE, which provides graphic design, web development, marketing and social media strategy, has moved to 131 E. Broadway. Julie Ray may be contacted at 891-8098 or julie@julier aycreative.com.

People in the news 4.20.12

grace — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:50:38 +0000

DEANNA EVENCHIK was named to the Jewish Federation of North America’s National Women’s Philanthropy Board. Evenchik recently served as the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s Women’s Philanthropy chair and the Woman’s Philanthropy Campaign chair. She is currently on the JFSA executive committee and serves as the 2012 Federation Community Campaign vice chair.

Bronzes by Tucson sculptor DAVID UNGER, inspired by dancers at the University of Arizona School of Dance, are now being exhibited at Steven Boone Gallery in Santa Fe, N.M.,Old Pueblo Frameworks and Gallery in Tucson and galleries in Michigan and Maine. Unger’s work can be seen at davidunger sculptures.com.

Business briefs 4.20.12

grace — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:48:07 +0000

TUCSON MEDICAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN and UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MEDICAL CENTER — DIAMOND CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER were among the first nine hospitals in the state to be certified by the Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics in the voluntary Pediatric Prepared Emergency Care program, created through a public-private partnership. Arizona is one of only five states to implement a specialized pediatric emergency care system. Both Tucson hospitals were certified at the Prepared Advanced Care level, the highest of three levels.

Business briefs 4.6.12

grace — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:35:14 +0000

IRINA RUDNITSKY, owner of CN BISTRO & DELI BY CAFFENATION on Valencia Road, has opened a new site in the Crossroads Festival shopping center at 4951 E. Grant Road, featuring cream cheeses and other menu items from old family recipes. CaffeNation was voted best coffee in Tucson in 2009 by readers of the Arizona Daily Star.

People in the news 4.6.12

grace — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:34:28 +0000

DAVID A. RUBEN, M.D., MBA, a psychiatrist and pain management physician, is a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Arizona. His website is drrubenforussenate.com.

Business briefs 3.23.12

grace — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:36:59 +0000

Tucson natives REBECCA GOLD and SHANA CUTLER, who created the LoveJay Girls line of special occasion dresses for girls last year, have launched SAMMI & DAVID, a new casual clothing line for girls ages 7-12. More information is at sammiand david.com.

The TUCSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER has hired LIZ LAMBERT as the new director of sports and wellness. Most recently, Lambert served as administrative director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Previously, she was assistant dean for social science at Harvard University. In addition to academic administration, Lambert spent eight years in coaching and athletic/recreational administration at the U.S. Naval Academy, Simmons College, Boston University and Harvard.

People in the news 3.23.12

grace — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:32:27 +0000

A book by MERYL HERSHEY BECK, “Stop Eating Your Heart Out: 21 Days to Freedom from Emotional Eating” will be published next month by Red Wheel/Weiser & Conari Press. Beck is a licensed clinical counselor in Tucson.

People in the news 3.9.12

grace — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:53:24 +0000

Rutgers University Press has published “Gentile New York: The Images of Non-Jews among Jewish Immigrants” by GIL RIBAK. Ribak is the Schusterman Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Judaic Studies, University of Arizona. More information and a 20 percent discount are available at http://judaic.arizona.edu/sites/judaic. arizona.edu/files/Ribak_author_flier.pdf.

Business briefs 3.9.12

grace — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:51:19 +0000

JANOS WILDER has been named a James Beard semi-finalist for Outstanding Chef: United States. The James Beard Foundation named Wilder as the top chef in the Southwest in 2000. Wilder is the chef of Janos, JBAR and Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails.

DARRELL PATTON, assistant varsity coach at ST. GREGORY COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL, has won a national award, the Positive Coaching Alliance Double-Goal Coach Award. Patton is a former teacher and coach at Tucson Hebrew Academy and former Maccabi boys basketball coach for the Tucson Jewish Community Center.

CARONDELET ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL was named a HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence, placing it among the top 5 percent of hospitals nationwide for clinical performance. St. Mary’s also received 5 Star ratings (the highest possible) for its care of heart attacks, heart failure, stroke, pneumonia, sepsis and respiratory failure. The hospital also won the HealthGrades Critical Care Excellence Award, placing it among the top 10 percent of hospitals nationwide for critical care.

PEPPER VINER HOMES has been named the 2011 Builder of the Year by Southern Arizona Home Builders Association for the fourth time. Pepper Viner also received the award in 2000, 2007 and 2009.