Sept. 28, 2021 Compassion Will Be the Focus of In-Person Downtown Lecture Series The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences' annual series returns to an in-person format this year, with lectures at 6 p.m. every Wednesday in October at the Fox Tucson Theatre.
Sept. 23, 2021 Earliest Evidence of Human Activity Found in the Americas Footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico confirm human presence over at least two millennia, with the oldest tracks dating back 23,000 years.
Sept. 22, 2021 Those Earrings Are So Last Year – But the Reason You're Wearing Them is Ancient Shell beads found in Morocco are at least 142,000 years old. Archaeologists say they're the earliest known evidence of a widespread form of human communication.
Aug. 30, 2021 Grant Funds Rape Forensic Exam Program at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson The nearly $500,000 in funding also helped create a Sexual Assault Response Team with experts from the university, hospital and community to ensure the program meets survivor needs.
Aug. 4, 2021 Satellite Data Reveals Increasing Proportion of Population Exposed to Floods Worldwide The proportion of the population exposed to floods has grown by 24% globally since the turn of the century, new research finds. That's 10 times more than scientists previously thought.
July 21, 2021 Olympics Then and Now This year's Olympics differ from past Games in two major ways: They are the first to be postponed due to a pandemic, and they are the first to be held without spectators, says ancient Olympics expert David Gilman Romano.
July 14, 2021 Professor's Underwater Tent Invention to Appear on Shark Week The portable inflatable Ocean Space Habitat, co-invented by UArizona professor Winslow Burleson, allows occupants to essentially camp out underwater.
June 16, 2021 Committee to Protect Journalists to Receive 2021 Zenger Award for Press Freedom The University of Arizona School of Journalism's annual award honors journalists or organizations that fight for freedom of the press and the people's right to know. A gala luncheon will be held on Oct. 1.
June 3, 2021 Puppies are Wired to Communicate With People, Study Shows Dogs' abilities to communicate with people may be present shortly after birth rather than learned, a new study suggests. Genetics may also help explain why some dogs perform better than others on tasks such as following pointing gestures.
May 24, 2021 University Libraries' Mellon Grant Recipients Launch U.S.-Mexico Borderlands Digital Storytelling Projects The four projects include a documentary about the Indigenous Rarámuri people of northern Mexico, a project documenting the experiences of asylum seekers, an archive of newspapers from around the borderlands, and an oral history project on forensic citizenship.
