Research

Jeffrey Milem of the UA College of Education is one of 21 researchers nationwide who developed an amicus brief summarizing key research on affirmative action in anticipation of the case, Fisher v. University of Texas, scheduled to go before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case could shape the future of integration in America’s colleges.

Andrew Bares, a UA sophomore studying computer science, has earned a grand prize award for developing an app to help students keep up with course assignments. He created Power Planner, which allows users to set up a calendar, set automatic reminders, enter homework assignments, attach images and calculate grade point averages, among other things.

The book UA researcher Kate Kenski wrote about Barack Obama taking the U.S. presidency has earned a spot on The Daily Beast's top 10 must-reads for the current campaign season. In addition to "The Obama Victory: How Media, Money, and Message Shaped the 2008 Election," other books listed are by authors such as Hunter S. Thompson, Norman Mailer, Niccolo Machiavelli, Gore Vidal and David Foster Wallace.

As a week-long series on the UA's land-grant mission comes to a close, a look to the future suggests the University will become ever more embedded in communities beyond the campus. One important element of the land-grant mission that will continue to live on is the UA's invested positive imprint on the growth and development of counties, cities and neighborhoods through interdisciplinary and collaborative initiatives.