Social Sciences

U of A researchers found that millennials are balancing hope and hesitation as they plan for their financial futures amid climate challenges.

A new U of A-led study, based on archaeological remains found in Alaska, shows that people and the ancestors of today's dogs began forming close relationships as early as 12,000 years ago – about 2,000 years earlier than previously recorded in the Americas.

The new position will advance research, teaching and outreach on Holocaust studies, human rights and comparative genocide.

The five-year project will work with families in Arizona and Florida to develop new, culturally informed tools to support interventions.

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.

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."

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.

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.

The funding from the Mellon Foundation will provide library and information science graduate students hands-on experience as they help communities record their histories.

A $1.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will establish the West Region Native American Language Resource Center.