Nov. 4, 2024 $2M gift establishes endowed chair in Holocaust, human rights and genocide studies The new position will advance research, teaching and outreach on Holocaust studies, human rights and comparative genocide.
Oct. 21, 2024 U of A researchers to study how family dynamics impact mental health of Latinx LGBTQ youth The five-year project will work with families in Arizona and Florida to develop new, culturally informed tools to support interventions.
Oct. 16, 2024 No easy fix: Experts discuss bad election information and how to combat it U of A College of Information Science experts explain why the election-related media has become so fraught with false information – and why there are only treatments, not solutions.
Oct. 9, 2024 From hemlines to headlines: U of A dean explores the politics of fashion Lori Poloni-Staudinger explores how the fashion choices of women in power subtly influence public perception. She is one of the editors of "The Palgrave Handbook of Fashion and Politics."
Oct. 4, 2024 Exhibit explores American traditions of protest and discourse The free exhibit "You Say You Want a Revolution: Politics and Art in the 1960s" provides a timeline of political protests in America during the 1960s and 1970s.
Oct. 1, 2024 Young voters: Driven or disillusioned? For first-time voters, the 2024 presidential race is shaping up to be memorable. Political scientist Frank Gonzalez discusses young voter turnout, the Taylor Swift effect and the Gen Z gender gap.
Sept. 24, 2024 $1M grant will support paid internships in community archives The funding from the Mellon Foundation will provide library and information science graduate students hands-on experience as they help communities record their histories.
July 3, 2024 New center to help lead national Indigenous language revitalization efforts A $1.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will establish the West Region Native American Language Resource Center.
July 2, 2024 Weather trucks search for answers about extreme heat in Tucson's 'data deserts' A pair of climate-tracking trucks crisscrossed Tucson as part of a statewide project to understand the effects of extreme heat. U of A researchers will translate the data into policy recommendations and other ideas for communities to stay heat resilient.
June 21, 2024 Study challenges popular idea that Easter Islanders committed 'ecocide' A new study involving UArizona professor Terry Hunt suggests that the population of the island originally named Rapa Nui did not spiral to unsustainable levels as scientists have long theorized.
