Oct. 25, 2021 UArizona-Led Team Finds Nearly 500 Ancient Ceremonial Sites in Southern Mexico Using data from an airborne laser mapping technique called lidar, researchers identified 478 complexes in the Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz. The discovery changes researchers' understanding of the relationship between the Olmec civilization and the subsequent Maya civilization.
Oct. 13, 2021 UArizona Shares in $5M Grant to Support Latino Humanities Studies The "Crossing Latinidades: Emerging Scholars and New Comparative Directions" project centers on research and training initiatives that will expand opportunities for a growing population of Latinx students and support a national cohort of doctoral students in Latinx humanities studies.
Oct. 13, 2021 Understanding the History and Traditions of Día de los Muertos Mexican American studies scholar Michelle Téllez gives an overview of the autumn holiday of mourning that originated in Mexico and is now celebrated around the world.
Oct. 6, 2021 Explorando la historia de los Latinos dentro del béisbol en los Estados Unidos Un estudiante de un doctorado en historia fue inspirado por el pasado de su familia, lo cual lo llevó a estudiar la relación que existe entre la identidad racial y los deportes en los Estados Unidos.
Oct. 6, 2021 UArizona Partners on $10M USDA Grant to Expand Research on Growing Crops Under Solar Panels UArizona researchers are part of a national team analyzing how the practice of growing crops under solar panels can best be implemented across the country.
Oct. 6, 2021 Exploring the History of Latinos in U.S. Baseball A UArizona doctoral student in the Department of History was inspired by his own family's past to examine the relationship between racial identity and sports in the United States.
Sept. 29, 2021 Learning About the Complexity of Coffee From Crop to Cup As the world celebrates International Coffee Day on Oct. 1, UArizona students will be learning about the complexity of coffee in the new course Food 353: Coffee from Crop to Cup.
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.
