Aug. 30, 2019 UA Institute Tackles Homelessness Among LGBTQ Young Adults A $2.5 million grant will allow The Lighthouse Project, led by the UA Southwest Institute for Research on Women, to provide homeless LGBTQ young adults with comprehensive care.
Aug. 26, 2019 UA Field Studies Program Inspires Writing About Environmental and Border Issues Six University of Arizona creative writing graduate students found inspiration to write on urgent environmental and social justice issues through the UA's Field Studies in Writing Program.
Aug. 21, 2019 Students Can Learn Mindfulness in New Online Course A new online course, The Mindful Semester, will explore the research behind mindfulness and provide students with tools to manage stress and study more effectively.
Aug. 14, 2019 Motivations for Sexting Can Be Complicated, UA Researcher Says Young women reported a mix of empowering and disempowering reasons for sending sexual images of themselves to others electronically.
June 19, 2019 UA Establishes Global Micro-campus in Lima, Peru Launching in the fall as the first UA location in South America, UA Lima at La Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas offers the largest selection of dual degrees of any micro-campus.
May 28, 2019 Four Questions: History of the Bicycle Avid cyclist David Ortiz, who teaches a UA course about the bicycle, talks about the historical significance of the bike in advance of World Bicycle Day on June 3.
May 6, 2019 Journalism Students Develop Accessibility App, Health Site for Local Newspaper Four students partnered with the Arizona Daily Star to create a two news apps: one for people with physical disabilities and a bilingual mobile website with resources for Latinx families.
April 24, 2019 Christiane Amanpour to receive UA Journalism's Zenger Award Renowned CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour will be honored for her extraordinary contributions to press freedom and the people’s right to know at the UA School of Journalism's Zenger Award lunch on Sept. 20.
March 26, 2019 With $1.5M Gift, UA Launches Consortium on Gender-Based Violence The Chris and Carrie Shumway Foundation's gift will support a center that seeks to model and inspire a radical shift in the way people think about and address gender-based violence.
March 20, 2019 Finding Solutions Where Science and Policy Meet Udall Center for Studies on Public Policy Director Christopher Scott believes in the benefits of using science to inform policy and bringing policy into scientific research.