Social Sciences and Education

New Institute Centers on Families, Children, Young People | February 24, 2009
UANews | UA alumna and longtime Arizona business leader Frances McClelland will become the namesake of a new research institute dedicated to the well-being of children and families. | Business and Law | Social Sciences and Education
Museum Documenting Jesuit Contact with American Indians | February 23, 2009
UANews | A project headed by the Arizona State Museum's ethnohistorical research office and the UA German studies department is their first joint attempt to transcribe and translate German text into English. | Arts and Humanities | General News | Social Sciences and Education
UA Chemist Named Sloan Foundation Research Fellow | February 23, 2009
UANews | Assistant Professor Jeffrey Pyun is among the new class of Alfred E. Sloan Foundation research fellows.  | General News | Social Sciences and Education
Mummies Lure Professor to Chile | February 18, 2009
UANews | Jim Watson, assistant professor of anthropology and assistant curator of bioarchaeology at the Arizona State Museum, will travel to Chile next month to study oral health of the Chichorro culture, one of the first known populations to mummify its dead. | Campus News | Social Sciences and Education
Positive Self-Image Advocate to Speak, Screen Film at UA | February 13, 2009
UANews | UA's Campus Health Service will screen the award-winning documentary, "America the Beautiful," and host its filmmaker during a postive body image event this month. | General News | Health | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
UA Multicultural Programs Increase Success and Retention | February 11, 2009
UANews | Students traditionally at risk for dropping out of college are retained at higher rates after participating in student success programs offered by The University of Arizona's division of Multicultural Affairs and Student Success. | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Lecture Delves Into the Rise of the Arab and Muslim Community in Detroit | February 10, 2009
UANews | University of Michigan anthropologist Andrew Shryock will discuss the rise of the Arab-American enclave in Detroit and how it has flourished this decade. | Social Sciences and Education
The War on Bugs | February 10, 2009
UANews | The UA is helping to take Integrated Pest Management model nationally. | Health | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
Education Scholar to Give Talk at UA on Vouchers | February 5, 2009
UANews | Kevin G. Welner will speak at the UA this month about the positive and negative effects of tuition vouchers for families. | Social Sciences and Education
US-Mexico Border Research Initiative Announced | February 4, 2009
UANews | The director general of the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology has announced continued funding for various binational research initiatives at the UA. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
Student-Run Leadership Conference to Draw Hundreds | February 4, 2009
UANews | The National Collegiate Leadership Conference trains students from across the United States to become active, engaged and effective leaders. The three-day program runs this month. | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Education, Psychology Faculty Collaborating on Drug Prevention | February 3, 2009
UANews | With support from an endowment, University faculty members are training teachers and counselors with an updated drug prevention curriculum. | Social Sciences and Education
UA Bringing Diversity to the U.S. Library System | February 2, 2009
UANews | The UA School of Information Resources and Library Science is currently recruiting American Indian and Hispanic students for its Knowledge River program. | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
History Grant Aided TUSD Teachers, UA Grad Students | February 2, 2009
UANews | A three-year, $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education has bolstered the skills of TUSD history teachers and UA graduate students. | Social Sciences and Education
Civil Rights Advocate Giving Black History Month Keynote Address | January 30, 2009
UANews | Bernard LaFayette Jr., who has devoted his live to the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr., will be at the UA in February to speak and lead nonviolence training workshops. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
UA Press Publishes Two New Books | January 28, 2009
UANews | Two books just published by The University of Arizona Press detail historical issues within American Indian communities. | Arts and Humanities | General News | Social Sciences and Education
Cardinal Who Oversees the Vatican Observatory Will Visit Tucson | January 28, 2009
UANews | The President of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State will visit Vatican Observatory astronomers in Tucson next month. | Arts and Humanities | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Paving the Way to Higher Education for the Class of 2012 and Beyond | January 27, 2009
UANews | The Tucson GEAR UP Project works to develop sustainable programs with 19 partner schools that focus on academic preparation for both students and teachers. | Social Sciences and Education
NSF Grant to Fund UA Research on Math Proficiency Among English Language Learners | January 26, 2009
UANews | Carole Beal, a UA cognitive science professor, and her research team are developing a Web-based tutorial to help English language learners perform better in algebra. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
Advancing Senior Learning Opportunities Community by Community | January 22, 2009
UANews | The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is 600-plus members strong, all of whom are interested in learning, teaching and sharing in social opportunties with other seniors in and around Tucson. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
National Political Research Center Wants UA Students | January 21, 2009
UANews | Project Vote Smart, which opened a branch office at the UA in 2006, is seeking University students for internship positions this spring semester. | Business and Law | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Faculty to be Honored at Induction Ceremony | January 21, 2009
UANews | A formal ceremony will mark the induction of three new Regents' Professors and two University Distinguished Professors at the UA. | Arts and Humanities | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
UA Enters National Recycling Competition | January 16, 2009
UANews | The UA's Residence Life unit has participated in RecycleMania since 2001. This will be the first year the entire campus community has been involved. | Campus News | General News | Health | Social Sciences and Education | Sports | Teaching and Students
UA Working to Increase Ph.D.s Among Minorities, Low-Income Students | January 15, 2009
UANews | Students have until Feb. 1 to apply to the McNair Achievement Program, which is one of several programs attempting to increase the number of students who are low-income, first-generation and students of  color in master's level programs.  | Arts and Humanities | Business and Law | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Project Bamboo Plans for Arts and Humanities Cyberinfrastructure | January 14, 2009
UANews | The University of Arizona is one of several institutions participating in a project designed to plan for the development of technology sharing services to help unite arts and humanities researchers worldwide. | Campus News | Social Sciences and Education
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