Social Sciences and Education

UA Training Rehabilitation Counselors Across the State | June 30, 2009
The UA's rehabiliation counseling program  is meeting the need for master's degree-level rehabilitation counselors for state government and within the private sector. | Social Sciences and Education
Local Students Teams Placed First, Third in Nationwide Competition | June 30, 2009
Students participating in the Math, Engineering, Science Achievement program, which is administered by the UA, placed at the top in a nationwide design competition. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Beth Mitchneck Named Interim Dean of UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences | June 29, 2009
Mitchneck will oversee the college as it transitions into the new UA College of Letters, Arts and Science. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
College-Bound Students to get Advanced Translation, Interpretation Training | June 29, 2009
A group of 27 bilingual high school graduates will spend the month of July learning translation and interpretation skills as part of the Professional Language Development Project. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Graduate Students Develop Skills, Share Science Expertise with K-12 Teachers | June 29, 2009
The weeklong BioME Summer Institute marked the beginning of a year-long partnership between Tucson teachers and UA graduate students. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
American Indian Language Institute Turns 30 | June 24, 2009
The American Indian Language Development Institute's 30-year anniversary symposium gets kicked off on Monday with a full week of workshops, demonstrations, films, poetry readings and other programs. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Employee Involvement Programs Key to Workplace Diversity | June 23, 2009
A UA study on diversity in the workplace finds women and minorities are more successful and have better career opportunities when their companies offer self-directed work teams and cross-training programs. | Business and Law | Social Sciences and Education
Grant-Funded Institute Explores Land as a Laboratory | June 22, 2009
A group of 25 college and university faculty members are taking part in a summer institute that is focusing on environmental and borderlands history. | Social Sciences and Education
High School Student Conducting Research at UA Earns Intel Honors | June 17, 2009
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair has recognized a Tucson High Magnet School student for research conducted at The University of Arizona's BIO5 Institute. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
Literacy, Technology and Health Training Community Center Opens in Mexico | June 15, 2009
The Resplendor International Cultural and Education Center, a new UA-sponsored community development center, recently opened in Guanajuato, Mexico.  | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Free Data on Government Officials Offered | June 15, 2009
The Web-based application features data on more than 40,000 officials at the presidential, congressional, gubernatorial and state legislative levels and is captured in part by UA students. | Social Sciences and Education
Navajo Times Publisher to Win Zenger Award from UA School of Journalism, Arizona Newspapers Foundation | June 11, 2009
Navajo Times publisher Tom Arviso Jr. is this year's winner of the Zenger Award, given by the UA School of Journalism and the Arizona Newspapers Foundation. | Social Sciences and Education
Fulbright Grant to Fund Study on Antisocial Behavior | June 11, 2009
Reid Fontaine and his collaborators have studied a group of young people from childhood through early adulthood looking for clues to antisocial behavior. | Business and Law | Social Sciences and Education
H1N1: Origins and Evolution of the Current Epidemic | June 11, 2009
A new analysis of the current swine-origin H1N1 influenza A virus suggests that transmission to humans occurred several months before recognition of the existing outbreak. | Health | Social Sciences and Education
SIROW Earns National Honor for its Diversity, Inclusion | June 10, 2009
The UA's Southwest Institute for Research on Women has earned the National Council for Research on Women's inaugural Diversion and Inclusion Award. | Social Sciences and Education
Flandrau’s Observatory Remains Open to The Public | June 10, 2009
Thanks to a number of dedicated astronomy volunteers, Flandrau's telescope will remain open for public viewing. | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
CESL Turns 40, Earns Maximum Accreditation Term | June 9, 2009
The UA's Center for English as a Second Language is turning 40 and has also received national accredidation from the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation for the maximum 10-year term. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
UA Graduate Student Earns APA Minority Fellowship | June 8, 2009
Christina Vasquez, a doctoral degree student in the UA department of special education, rehabilitation, and school psychology, has earned a minority fellowship from the American Psychological Association. | Social Sciences and Education
High School Students Develop Multimedia Skills, Produce Newspaper at Journalism Diversity Workshop | June 8, 2009
Fifteen high school students from Metro Phoenix and Tucson are attending a journalism "boot camp" to learn multimedia and other skills to make them better journalists. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Donnerstein Steps Down as Dean of the UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences | June 8, 2009
Donnerstein has served as dean since September 1, 2002, and also is a professor of communication. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
UA Philosophy Professor Honored with International Award, Grant | June 8, 2009
UA Professor Richard Healey, an authority on the phillosophy of science, has won the Lakatos award for his book on gauge theories. | Social Sciences and Education
Summer Lecture Series to Take Audiences on Pilgrimages | June 5, 2009
Four doctoral students will discuss significant religious pilgrimages at the annual summer lecture series at St. Phillip's in the Hills Episcopal Church. | Social Sciences and Education
UA Program Working to Improve Math Instruction, Learning | June 2, 2009
G-TEAMS, a project at the UA that was initiated with National Science Foundation funding, aims to improve math instruction and learning in K-12 classrooms by placing UA graduate students in schools to  serve as mathematics experts. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
UA Researchers Look to Stem the Growth of Tobacco Use Worldwide | May 28, 2009
University of Arizona researchers are leading efforts to control the growth of tobacco use worldwide. | Health | Social Sciences and Education
UA Journalism Professor Wins Top Teaching Prize | May 27, 2009
David Cuillier, an assistant professor of journalism and Freedom of Information Act authority, is the winner of this year's Promising Professor award given by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
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