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  • College of Education Restructuring Secondary Teaching Certification Programs | February 27, 2009
    UANews | While the undergraduate programs are slated for elimination, the college will expand its masters-level secondary certification programs. | Social Sciences and Education
  • UA Hosts Conference on Adolescent Youth in the 21st Century | February 25, 2009
    UANews | The Frances McClelland Institute conference will center on several issues relative to adolescents, including topics related to health and development. | Health | 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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