Social Sciences

A fiction writer and professor of English, Muñoz will use part of his $800,000 stipend from the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation award to support future students.

A leading researcher of the psychological and physiological impacts of grief discusses the gaps she thinks need to be filled in understanding how the brain handles grief.

The Service Dog and Veteran Experiences Study will look at the impact of service dogs on veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as the factors that may contribute to the success of individual animals.

The new fellowship program will support research on how to reach more students from diverse communities with science, technology, engineering and math education.

The UArizona New Dawn-Warrior Women project is helping expand the reach of Tucson's Native Ways Program, which helps clients with substance use recovery while incorporating Native American culture and traditions.

As climate change affects conditions for growing local ingredients, your favorite hometown dish could taste different in the future. The Tasting Tomorrow project seeks to preserve family recipes in the face of climate change.

Winslow Burleson started his summer with a camping trip 21 feet underwater in the ocean biome at Biosphere 2. He spent the night in an inflatable tent and worked with a robot to collect samples from the ocean.

Researchers in the Science Enhanced Mindfulness Lab in the UArizona Center for Consciousness Studies are exploring the use of ultrasound-guided brain stimulation to enhance mindfulness during meditation.