Aug. 22, 2018 Workplace Bias Differs for Single Versus Married Parents Previous research has shown that mothers and fathers experience different biases at work, but a new study suggests these biases disappear for single parents.
Aug. 15, 2018 Bilingual Children to Benefit from Language Assessment Research A $2.5 million National Institutes of Health Research Project Grant is funding research into the diagnosis and misdiagnosis of speech sound disorders in bilingual Latino children.
Aug. 13, 2018 Males Find Specialized Support on SuicideWatch Subreddit An analysis of posts made by males to a subreddit for people experiencing suicidal thoughts suggests the forum may function as a safe space to receive gender-specific support.
Aug. 13, 2018 How News Choices Impact Political Participation Among Young People Young people who seek out news online on their own, rather than relying on conventional media or news articles posted on social media, are more likely to participate in political activism.
Aug. 8, 2018 Haury Program Awards Seed Grants and Fellowships Projects centering on manufactured housing for low-income families and on a more balanced approach to agriculture and wildlife habitat have been selected for grants to UA researchers and community partners.
July 24, 2018 Native Bison Hunters Amplified Climate Impacts on Prairie Fires In a new study, researchers found that burning by indigenous hunters combined with climate variability to amplify the effects of climate on prairie fire patterns in the northern Great Plains.
July 9, 2018 Study: Small Talk Not as Bad as Previously Thought People who engage in more substantive conversations are generally happier; however, small talk does not appear to be linked to unhappiness, as prior research suggested.
June 26, 2018 UA Offers Two New Undergraduate Food Programs The new B.A. in Food Studies and B.S. in Nutrition and Food Systems will offer UA students additional opportunities to explore the interdisciplinary nature of food.
June 14, 2018 New Research Unveils True Origin of Ancient Turquoise Scholars have argued that the Aztec and Mixtec civilizations acquired turquoise through import from the Southwest. However, analyses reveal the true geologic source as Mesoamerica.
June 14, 2018 UA Receives $1M for Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Professor of Persian Language The new professor will join the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and will teach Persian language courses at all levels.
