UA News

UANews | John Paul Jones III, who directs the UA School of Geography and Development, has been named the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences dean.

UANews | Students from across the country are hand-picked for the session, held every other year at the UA, and taught by some of the best in the profession.

UANews | The popular summer Multicultural Engineering Program program helps funnel Hispanic and American Indian students into engineering.

UANews | Thomas Bever, whose research spans linguistics, cognitive science and several other areas, is the winner of the Alexander von Humbolt Research Prize.

UANews | A new report authored by UA communication professor Dale Kunkel faults food and beverage producers for continuing to saturate television with ads for high-calorie, low-nutrient products.

UANews | A study led by UA anthropologist Ivy Pike establishes a conceptual framework for measuring the health as well as the social impacts of violence in northern Kenya. The study has worldwide implications, as violent conflict is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality.

UANews | The new School of Anthropology at the UA is one of the largest and most highly ranked in the nation.

UANews | A research team at the UA is working toward creating an International Internet Classroom by first surveying teachers around the nation to find out what they need most to improve their instruction.

UANews | The Tucson Unified School District, in partnership with the UA College of Engineering, has won a two-year grant to implement a program geared toward increasing engineering graduates at Arizona colleges.