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Browse Social Sciences and Education stories - September, 2009
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | DecUANews | The Disability Resource Center is taking a more proactive approach to aiding faculty in curriculum development while working to reinvent the ways in which people think about those with disabilities.
UANews | An exhibition currently open at the UA's Special Collections is spotlighting cuneiform writings, and a lecture series that coincides with the exhibit will feature researchers and experts who will speak about ancient works.
UANews | Food conservationist and UA social scientist Gary Paul Nabhan will talk about the role of local food in maintaining food security.
UANews | A UA mathematics professor is aiding in a nationwide initiative working to set math standards, detail expectations for students, promote professional development for teachers and also evaluate education policy.
UANews | UA's Career Services and Center for Exploratory Students are each hosting events to aid students in choosing a major and finding a career.
UANews | The Francis McClelland Institute is pairing with the Evolution Institute on a conference that will explore the role of evolutionary theory in guiding solutions for high-risk adolescent behaviors.
UANews | It appears that social class and race may have varying affects on the political actions and views of individuals, UA professor Jan E. Leighley and her colleague have noted in a newly-pubished article.
UANews | The Border Project will be housed at the Arizona State Museum through Nov. 6.
UANews | Former UA journalism students Paul Giblin and Ryan Gabrielson will talk about investigative reporting to current students and at a public lecture.
UANews | UA anthropology professor Thomas E. Sheridan has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to lead a team that is collecting Hopi oral histories about their ancestors' early counters with Spaniards.
UANews | Biosphere 2 is the research venue for 78 sophomores from a new and innovative Ohio high school.
UANews | The UA's rehabiliation counseling program, the only one of its kind in Arizona, has received a U.S. Department of Education grant to take on more doctoral students over the next five years.
UANews | The school serves sixth through eighth grade students. Several UA colleges support the students and teachers through mentorship and training programs.