April 26, 2021 Cognitive Scientist Lynn Nadel Elected to National Academy of Sciences Lynn Nadel has made extensive contributions to human understanding of memory and cognition through his research on the part of the brain known as the hippocampus.
April 21, 2021 Why Climate Change is Driving Some to Skip Having Kids A new study finds that overconsumption, overpopulation and uncertainty about the future are among the top concerns of those who say climate change is affecting their reproductive decision-making.
April 7, 2021 Have Children Lost an Entire Year of Schooling and Social Development? It Depends, UArizona Experts Say The pandemic has upended education, social development and progress for children across the country. Experts in the College of Education offer advice for parents.
March 19, 2021 Improving Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Arizona Researchers in the UArizona's Southwest Institute for Research on Women will study how policy changes amid the pandemic have affected access to medication for opioid use disorder, especially for rural and tribal communities.
March 24, 2021 Positive Societal Response to Past Climate Variability Sets an Example for Today Humans' response to climate variability is not all doom and gloom. Past societies have found ways to thrive and innovate under climatic stresses, researchers say.
March 10, 2021 How Cascading Crises in 2020 Led to Record High Gun Sales Sociologist Jennifer Carlson sees gun business as a telltale sign of what's going on in the American psyche. If that is the case, Americans in 2020 were afraid.
March 1, 2021 Attention Perks Up When Politicians Break With Party Line When political candidates take stances inconsistent with their party, it can raise questions for constituents. A new study shows how the human brain processes such politically incongruent statements.
Feb. 17, 2021 Hispanic Households Most Impacted by COVID-19 Job Disruptions, Food Insecurity in Arizona According to survey data, 59% of Hispanic households in Arizona reported job disruptions in the first four months of the pandemic, compared to 22% of non-Hispanic white households.
Feb. 10, 2021 Celebrating Love in a Pandemic: Tips From an Affection Expert Kory Floyd, an expert on the communication of affection, discusses ways to celebrate love and alleviate loneliness during this year's COVID-tinged Valentine's Day.
Jan. 27, 2021 UArizona Researcher Investigates Untold Stories of Blaxploitation Film Blaxploitation movies of the early 1970s are, to many, as problematic as they are influential. With a new award from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Derrais Carter will write a book about the history of blaxploitation film.