UA Research Demonstrates How Bilinguals Switch Between Languages Individuals who learn two languages at an early age seem to switch back and forth between separate "sound systems" for each language, according to new research conducted at the UA. The research, to be published in Psychological Science, addresses enduring questions in bilingual studies about how bilingual speakers hear and process sound in two different languages.
Hai Ren, a UA associate professor of East Asian studies, has contributed to two recently published books that serve to explain the social and financial consequences to the rise of neoliberalism and the fall of the economy in countries in East Asia, including China, Japan and South Korea.
East Asia's Miracle Economies Have Cruel Social Impacts Countries in East Asia have long been thought of as economic powerhouses capable of pulling up the global economy. But a UA researcher and his colleagues studying such economies and the peoples' day-to-day realities say it likely isn't so and that the social impacts of neoliberal polices and practices have, in some cases, been devastating.
Natiely Munguia is one of nine students in the U.S. to be named to the final cohort of the Woodrow Wilson‐Rockefeller Brothers Fund Aspiring Teachers of Color. (Photo credit: Beatriz Verdugo/UANews)
UA Student Earns National Fellowship Incoming UA graduate student Natiely Munguia Nunez has earned a Woodrow Wilson‐Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship for Aspiring Teachers of Color. With $30,000 in funding, Munguia has decided to pursue her master's degree in education through the UA's Teach Arizona program.
Good Days, Bad Days: When Should You Make Sacrifices in a Relationship... A new UA study suggests that while making sacrifices in a romantic relationship is generally a positive thing, doing so on days when you are feeling especially stressed may not be beneficial. The research, led by Casey Totenhagen in the John & Doris Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, is featured in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships' podcast series.
UA Professor’s Trial Testimony Highlights Importance of Public Scholar... The UA's Elizabeth Oglesby testified recently the trial of former Guatemalan leader General Efráin Ríos Montt, who is charged with genocide and crimes against humanity. To Oglesby, the event is a teachable moment for students, because it reveals some important lessons about the complicated nature of field research and the importance of public scholarship.
Hai Ren, a UA associate professor of East Asian studies, has contributed to two recently published books that serve to explain the social and financial consequences to the rise of neoliberalism and the fall of the economy in countries in East Asia, including China, Japan and South Korea.
Natiely Munguia is one of nine students in the U.S. to be named to the final cohort of the Woodrow Wilson‐Rockefeller Brothers Fund Aspiring Teachers of Color. (Photo credit: Beatriz Verdugo/UANews)

Book Festival $200K Award Going to UA, 2 Literacy Groups

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • November 8, 2012
Representatives of the Tucson Festival of Books will present a $200,000 check today to the UA and two other literacy organizations at an international celebration of literacy. Since 2009, the Tucson Festival of Books has contributed $700,000 to organizations dedicated to improving literacy efforts in the Tucson community.

UA ROTC Students Learn Arabic to Prepare for Deployment

  • KVOA-TV
  • October 30, 2012
UA ROTC students are learning Arabic through Project GO, a Department of Defense initiative. The students learn to read and write in Arabic, and they learn about the culture. Said UA Middle East Language Programs coordinator Sonia Shiri: "The goal is to help these future officers be better prepared in terms of language and culture for the so-called critical languages."

Veterans' College Drop-Out Rate Soars, UA Offers Resources to Help

  • The Huffington Post
  • October 26, 2012
To address the high college drop-out rate for military veterans across the country, the UA provides resources to bring veterans together and help them adjust to college life. Among them is the SERV (Supportive Education for Returning Veterans) initiative, a three-course program designed to transition veterans into academia.

Princess by Proxy: When Child Beauty Pageants Aren’t About the Kids

  • UANews
  • October 26, 2012
A new paper in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry takes a critical look at children's glitz beauty pageants. Author Martina M. Cartwright, UA adjunct professor of nutritional sciences, suggests that some parents who enter their children in pageants do so to serve their own needs rather than the needs of the child, exhibiting what she calls "princess by proxy."

UA Special Collections Acquires Sen. Kyl's Congressional Papers

  • UANews
  • October 24, 2012
The UA Special Collections has acquired committee files, hearing reports and other documents related to U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl's time in office. The acquisition formally was announced at the UA Special Collections on Oct. 24.

UA's Kate Kenski Tracks Election Through Talking Points, Tweets

  • UANews
  • October 22, 2012
Kate Kenski, an associate professor in the UA communication department, has spent her career studying elections. For the 2012 presidential election, Kenski is following Twitter feeds and studying talking points and the use of jokes.

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