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World's fairs introduced us to Heinz ketchup, the Ferris wheel and countless other innovations. Lisa Schrenk is a UArizona scholar who studies world's fairs and their cultural impacts.
Television has served as "a primary source of America's racial education," says UArizona scholar Stephanie Troutman Robbins, co-editor of "Race in American Television: Voices and Visions that Shaped a Nation."
The grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry will go toward activities that bolster the stories and experiences of underrepresented groups in the borderlands.
When it comes to coping with climate change, there may be two types of people: those who take action to try to improve the environment and those who don't bother because they don't believe their actions will make a difference.
An intriguing voicemail left for a UArizona archaeologist led to the repatriation of artifacts to the African country of Mauritania – and became the first step toward a new partnership.
From tracking the origins of COVID-19 to learning how puppies communicate with people, UArizona expertise in a variety of fields made international headlines in 2021.
UArizona history faculty members developed educational content for the popular strategy game. Engaging with the content can earn current and future UArizona students one hour of academic credit.
Evan MacLean, director of the Arizona Canine Cognition Center, is lucky enough to have a career working with dogs. Recently, he had the opportunity to work with a popular actor as well.
The play, by students in the university's intermediate Navajo class, revolves around issues of identity and cultural knowledge. It will be performed on Nov. 22 at 4 p.m.
Shelly Lowe was nominated by President Joe Biden to chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She would be the first Native American and second woman to lead the NEH.
