Education

A $1 million gift from Kathy and Jerry Short will support the UA's Worlds of Words, the nation's largest collection of global literature for children and young adults.

The University of Arizona Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps was the perfect complement to a college degree for recent graduates Clayton Utley and Maria Miller.

Nearly 600 engineering students will display a search and rescue drone, a device to monitor swelling and more than 100 other projects with the potential to save lives, time and money.

Leah Durán will be the third Richard Ruiz Scholar/Artist in Residence, making her the first College of Education faculty member to fill the visiting scholar position in Guanajuato, Mexico.

What organizers call the first 4-H Fab Lab in the country, and the first fabrication laboratory in an Arizona public school, is engaging students in STEM and fulfilling the mission of UA Cooperative Extension.

The Arizona Teachers Academy, designed to bring more teachers to the state's high-needs schools, is drawing at the UA from career changers who are seeking master's degrees to enter the classroom. The new initiative began this fall at each of Arizona's three public universities.

Many Tumamoc Hill visitors are unaware of the Tucson site's ecological and archaeological value. The UA College of Science hopes to change that with a new mobile app.

Jim Chaffins' first attempt at attaining a college degree was derailed by Navy duty, but he's back on the degree track as a history major with UA Online. With video.

The annual conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education is sponsored by the UA College of Education.

Through a partnership with the UA College of Education, a new Hospital School Program has been launched to help K-12 patients keep up with their schoolwork.