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Feb. 24, 2016

Model Student-Faculty Engagement Program Expands

The longtime model for faculty-student interaction and engagement has placed an inaugural cohort of six Engagement Faculty Fellows at various sites on campus.

Kathryn Maxwell, an Engagement Faculty Fellow, and Sabrina Bigelow, an Eller College of Management student

Jan. 15, 2016

Cultural Preservation Is the Theme of Humanities Grants to UA

J.C. Mutchler of the Southwest Center and Wendy Burk of the Poetry Center received grants to establish a Southwest-focused site and to enhance the Poetry Center's holdings.

The UA Poetry Center and Southwest Center each has received new National Endowment of the Humanities grants.

Jan. 15, 2016

UA to Stage a Visit From Shakespeare

Next month, the UA will serve as Arizona's host site for the First Folio, offering unprecedented public access to the playwright's works during a nationwide tour. Part Three in a six-part series on stories to watch in 2016.

Coinciding with the First Folio at the UA, Brent Gibbs, an associate professor and artistic director, is directing two of Shakespeare's plays.

Jan. 12, 2016

Network Poised to Remodel Human Rights Activism

With UA Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry support, Bill Simmons has launched GlobalHumanRightsDirect.com, which aims to revolutionize how human rights is taught.

Dec. 16, 2015

UA Researchers Develop Brain-Mapping Technology

UA biomedical engineer Russell Witte is leading a $1.15 million NIH project with the potential to advance understanding of brain function and improve diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders.

FMRI scans show “hot spots” of human brain activity as subjects perform memory tasks. The brain contains 100 billion nerve cells, or neurons, with 100 trillion connections, or synapses.

Dec. 14, 2015

UA Launches Center for Regional Food Studies

As UNESCO has named Tucson a City of Gastronomy, the Center for Regional Food Studies has been established at the UA to advance food security and food systems innovations in the border states.

The Community and School Garden Program, housed in the School of Geography and Development, is one of the many outreach programs that will be supported by the new UA Center for Regional Food Studies.

Dec. 10, 2015

UA to Host More Than 100,000 Book Lovers

More than 130,000 are expected to attend the eighth annual Tucson Festival of Books, which will include author presentations, panel discussions, entertainment and other activities.

The UA is a major sponsor and host location for the 2016 Tucson Festival of Books.

Dec. 9, 2015

New Agreement to Aid Rural Mexican Students

The UA's partnership with polytechnic campuses will result in expanded student training at the graduate level — and research meant to drive innovation and economic development.

The agreement ceremony was held in the Universidad Politécnica de Sinaloa in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.

Nov. 25, 2015

UA, Community Leaders Shape World Via Ideas

Riding the success of the Public Voices Program, a program supported in collaboration with the UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences to amplify women's voices in public discourse, the 2015-2016 cohort of UA affiliates and community members has been selected.

The 2014-2015 Tucson Public Voices Fellows

Nov. 23, 2015

Goals for 2025 Mark a New Phase for University

Ten years from now, the UA intends to have an enrollment of 64,000 students, along with a six-year graduation rate that has improved by nearly 15 percentage points.

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