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Architecture students will travel to Italy to develop plans for a museum and exhibition center in Lugnano in Taverina, which was hit by a deadly malaria outbreak in the fifth century. It's part of the UA's largest study abroad program, offered through the Office of Global Initiatives.
A team led by UA professor Takeshi Inomata developed a high-precision chronology that sheds new light on patterns leading up to the two major collapses of the Maya civilization.
While many animals walk on the balls of their feet, humans use a heel-first stride. UA researcher James Webber suggests that this gives humans the advantage of longer "virtual limbs." Ancient hominins practiced heel-to-toe walking as early as 3.6 million years ago.
