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Browse Social Sciences and Education stories - January, 2009

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • UA Conference Examines International Media Views of U.S. Election | January 12, 2009
    UANews | A UA conference will look at how the explosion of global media made the U.S. presidential election one of the most watched events in history. | Social Sciences and Education
  • UA-Developed Tests to Aid Those With Down Syndrome | January 11, 2009
    UANews | UA psychology professor Lynn Nadel is leading an international effort to create standardized tests that will assess cognitive impairments in those with Down syndrome. The tests could be available to other researchers sometime this year. | Health | Social Sciences and Education
  • UA Press Receives $1M Grant to Publish Works in Indigenous Studies | January 8, 2009
    UANews | The grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support the publication of books in the underserved and emerging field of indigenous studies. | Arts and Humanities | Social Sciences and Education
  • Undergraduate Research Program Turns 20 | January 7, 2009
    UANews | The Undergraduate Biology Research Program began at a time when there was not a coordinated effort to involve undergraduates in scientific research. Now, 20 years later, the effort is a mainstay at the UA. | Arts and Humanities | Business and Law | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • Galileo Stereotype is Only Part of the Truth, Astronomy Scholar Says | January 6, 2009
    UANews | The church persecuted Galileo, but religious leaders at the same time were excited by the new astronomy, Richard Poss suggests. | Arts and Humanities | Social Sciences and Education
  • New Grant-funded Project Meant to Improve Educational Technology | January 5, 2009
    UANews | A UA-led team of researchers has just earned a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to create a tutoring system that can tailor teachings based on individual progress. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
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