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Browse Social Sciences and Education stories - June, 2009

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  • UA Training Rehabilitation Counselors Across the State | June 30, 2009
    UANews | The UA's rehabilitation 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
    UANews | 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
    UANews | Mitchneck will oversee the college as it transitions into the new UA College of Letters, Arts and Science. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • Graduate Students Develop Skills, Share Science Expertise with K-12 Teachers | June 29, 2009
    UANews | 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
  • College-Bound Students to get Advanced Translation, Interpretation Training | June 29, 2009
    UANews | 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
  • American Indian Language Institute Turns 30 | June 24, 2009
    UANews | 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
    UANews | 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
    UANews | 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
    UANews | 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
    UANews | 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
    UANews | 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
  • H1N1: Origins and Evolution of the Current Epidemic | June 11, 2009
    UANews | 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
  • Fulbright Grant to Fund Study on Antisocial Behavior | June 11, 2009
    UANews | 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
  • Navajo Times Publisher to Win Zenger Award from UA School of Journalism, Arizona Newspapers Foundation | June 11, 2009
    UANews | 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
  • Flandrau’s Observatory Remains Open to The Public | June 10, 2009
    UANews | 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
  • SIROW Earns National Honor for its Diversity, Inclusion | June 10, 2009
    UANews | 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
  • CESL Turns 40, Earns Maximum Accreditation Term | June 9, 2009
    UANews | 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
  • High School Students Develop Multimedia Skills, Produce Newspaper at Journalism Diversity Workshop | June 8, 2009
    UANews | 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
  • UA Graduate Student Earns APA Minority Fellowship | June 8, 2009
    UANews | 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
  • UA Philosophy Professor Honored with International Award, Grant | June 8, 2009
    UANews | 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
  • Donnerstein Steps Down as Dean of the UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences | June 8, 2009
    UANews | Donnerstein has served as dean since September 1, 2002, and also is a professor of communication. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • Summer Lecture Series to Take Audiences on Pilgrimages | June 5, 2009
    UANews | 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
    UANews | 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
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