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)

Archaeologists Unearth New Information on Origins of Maya Civilization

  • UANews
  • April 25, 2013
A new UA study in the journal Science challenges the two prevailing theories on how the ancient Maya civilization began, suggesting its origins are more complex than previously thought. The findings are based on seven years of archaeological excavations at the ancient Maya site of Ceibal in Guatamala.

UA Online Archive Reveals Wealth of Mexican-American Newspapers

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • April 25, 2013
Newspapers documenting the voice of the Mexican and Mexican American community now can be read in a new digital collection at UA Special Collections. Dubbed the Mexican and Mexican American Press Collection, the publications span 150 years of borderlands' history captured by periodicals from Tucson, San Francisco, Los Angeles, El Paso and Sonora, Mexico.

Ag Enrollment Up 18 Percent at UA

  • Western Farm Press
  • April 24, 2013
With a growing demand for jobs in agriculture, degrees are at a premium. At the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, undergraduate enrollment has increased nearly 18 percent since 2008, with students gaining the hands-on, real-world skills required to land a job following graduation. In certain disciplines, the college is seeing 100 percent placement in jobs for recent graduates.

Mother's Intuition: Why We Should Follow Our 'Gut Feelings'

  • TODAY
  • April 18, 2013
Whether you characterize it as a sixth sense, unconscious knowledge, a gut instinct or something else, mother’s intuition isn’t merely folk wisdom. The UA's Victor Shamas studied more than 100 pregnant women during their first trimester to find out how many could correctly identify the gender of their baby based on instinct. Of those studied, 70 percent predicted the gender of their unborn child correctly, which they described as knowing through a "gut feeling" or a dream.

UA 4-H Program Benefits Arizona Youth, Economy

  • UANews
  • April 17, 2013
Arizona county fairs generate $4 million in livestock sales alone, plus $2 million in gate admissions. Most of that livestock is raised by youth who participate in the Arizona 4-H Youth Development program, based in the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. In 4-H, youth also learn responsibility, business acumen and community leadership.

Study Explores Arizona Parents' Struggle with Child-Care Options

  • UANews
  • April 12, 2013
Arizona parents tend to rely on a "patchwork" of child-care arrangements while many are looking for new options, and many of them struggle to pay for child care, according to a UA-led study. Results indicate that more financial support is needed for parents so their children can access early childhood education programs.

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