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  • UA Researchers Look to Stem the Growth of Tobacco Use Worldwide | May 28, 2009
    UANews | 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
    UANews | 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
  • NSF Funding Nine UA Doctoral Students in Geography, Regional Development | May 22, 2009
    UANews | Nine graduate students in the UA geography and regional development department have NSF grants to pursue their doctoral degrees. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • High Demand Interpreters, Translators in Training | May 21, 2009
    UANews | The UA is one of a few higher education institutions in the U.S. training students to become certified translators and interpreters, a field that has become hugely important given the nation's demographic changes. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • Transition to Agriculture Aggravated Oral Health for Women | May 20, 2009
    UANews | James Watson, a bioarchaeologist at the Arizona State Museum, collaborated on a study that indicates prehistoric women in settled agricultural communities were more likely to suffer from dental-related problems than those in hunter-gatherer groups. | Health | Social Sciences and Education
  • UA Faculty's Math Tutoring System Tested | May 20, 2009
    UANews | UA cognitive science professor Carole Beal is working on a grant-funded project to evaluate the efficacy of a Web-based tutoring program that is meant to improve pre-algebra scores among middle school students. | Social Sciences and Education
  • 2009 Magellan Circle Teaching Award Winners Named | May 20, 2009
    UANews | The award is considered one of the highest honors the UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences can bestow on its faculty. | Campus News | Social Sciences and Education
  • Saving the World … Through Technology | May 18, 2009
    UANews | UA Commencement speaker Dean Kamen will well-known for his inventions, but he is equally passionate about young people science and technology. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • Blind Student Success Central to New Grant-Funded Project | May 15, 2009
    UANews | A team of UA researchers is figuring out ways to adapt computer software to help blind students studying math while also encouraging them to pursue studies in the STEM fields. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
  • UA Co-Hosting Conference on American Indian Advocacy | May 15, 2009
    UANews | The UA is hosting the College Board's Native American Student Advocacy Institute this month. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • UA Press Wins Arizona Book Awards | May 14, 2009
    UANews | From poetry collections to outdoor recreation titles, University of Arizona Press books were a big hit with judges at the eighth annual Arizona Book Awards. | Arts and Humanities | Social Sciences and Education
  • UA Philosophy Department Ranked No. 13 in World | May 13, 2009
    UANews | The UA philosophy department is ranked at No. 13 in the world, based on the 2009 rankings published in the Philosophical Gourmet Report. | Social Sciences and Education
  • New UA Press Book Takes on Feminist Environmental Justice Perspective | May 12, 2009
    UANews | "Environmentalism in Popular Culture: Gender, Race, Sexuality, and the Politics of the Natural" examines social inqequity through the lens of a feminist environmentalist. | Social Sciences and Education
  • UA Announces Creation of New School of Government and Public Policy | May 11, 2009
    UANews | The new School of Government and Public Policy joins faculty and degree programs from the Eller College School of Public Administration and Policy with the political science department in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. | Business and Law | General News | Health | Social Sciences and Education
  • Education Faculty Receive Multi-Year Training Grants | May 6, 2009
    UANews | Three UA College of Education faculty members have received two grants totaling nearly $1.5 million to improve teacher interactions with children who are visually impaired and who have emotional and behavioral challenges.  | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • UA Scholar to Study Wheat Cultivation in Mexico | May 6, 2009
    UANews | UA Southwest Center researcher Maribel Alvarez has a Fulbright grant to study the historic and cultural significance of wheat farming in Mexico. | Arts and Humanities | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • UA Hispanic Alumni Recognize Outstanding Contributions | May 5, 2009
    UANews | The University of Arizona Hispanic Alumni Club will hold its 2009 Celebration of Excellence reception and luncheon on Friday and will honor the contributions to UA students made by Richard Ruiz and Socorro Carrizosa. | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • UA Alum Elected to Regents Board Presidency | May 4, 2009
    UANews | Ernest Calderón, a member of the Arizona Board of Regents, was elected board president during a regularly scheduled meeting held at the UA last week. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
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