Nov. 7, 2018 Q&A: UA Anthropologist Featured in New 'Native America' Series Lindsay Montgomery is featured in an episode of a four-part PBS series that looks at Native American history and traditions across 15,000 years. "Native America" premieres on Nov. 13.
Nov. 6, 2018 $1.2M Grant Will Help Prepare Indigenous Elementary Teachers for STEM Instruction The U.S. Department of Education grant will double the number of Native American students in the UA Indigenous Teacher Education Project.
Oct. 25, 2018 What Makes A Good Working Dog? Canine 'Aptitude Test' Might Offer Clues Testing dogs' cognitive abilities might help predict which dogs will be most successful in various working roles, according to new research by Evan MacLean, director of the Arizona Canine Cognition Center.
Oct. 25, 2018 UA International Programs Bolstered by $4.8M in Funding Title VI grants from the U.S. Department of Education support teaching, research and outreach on critical world regions and languages and help the UA prepare students to thrive in a globalized world.
Oct. 11, 2018 'Vampire Burial' Reveals Efforts to Prevent Child's Return from Grave Archaeologists found the remains of a 10-year-old child with a stone inserted into his or her mouth at a fifth-century Italian cemetery. They think the stone was meant to keep the child from rising from the dead and spreading malaria to the living.
Oct. 8, 2018 Tucson Meet Yourself Draws on Academic Research, Practice The popular folklife festival Tucson Meet Yourself has a long history with the University of Arizona and is rooted in the rigorous study and practice of folklore.
Oct. 7, 2018 IPCC Global Warming Report Co-Authored by UA Professor UA Regents' Professor Diana Liverman is one of eight U.S. authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's new report on global warming.
Oct. 2, 2018 Facebook Status: Sick. How People Use the Internet to Cope with Illness In a new book, UA communication professor Stephen Rains explores how people diagnosed with serious illnesses turn to social media, online health forums and other digital resources for help coping.
Sept. 19, 2018 Downtown Series to Focus on Music, Identity, Place This year’s free Downtown Series at the Fox Theatre will examine how humans have used music to connect, communicate, examine our surroundings and express our identities.
Sept. 19, 2018 Endowment Will Support Children's Literature Collection at UA A $1 million gift from Kathy and Jerry Short will support the UA's Worlds of Words, the nation's largest collection of global literature for children and young adults.