We are not blank slates with regard to our susceptibility to emerging strains of influenza virus, researchers from the UA and UCLA have discovered. Birth year can help predict whether we may fall seriously ill or die from a flu pandemic. The findings could assist the development of a universal vaccine.
With the new Tom Hanks film as context, UA professor Fabian Alfie explains how the work of Italian poet Dante Alighieri has sustained popular interest for centuries.
UA students will perform “Sliver of a Full Moon,” a play that explores the experiences of women and other advocates who pushed for important protections for American Indian women.
From 1600 until the 1980s, human land use had a greater impact on forest fires in California's Sierra Nevada than did climate, according to research led by a UA dendrochronologist.