UA News

UANews | David Cuillier, a UA journalism professor and a nationally respected authority on First Amendment issues, will offer advice on accessing public information at stops in more than 30 states. 

UANews | Beyond Bridging, run by the UA's College of Education, is increasing the time students spend in local classrooms while emphasizing learning and mentoring.

UANews | Hundreds of UA students will present their research April 20 during the First Year Writing Showcase.

UANews | UA researcher Catherine A. Marshall is the lead author on a three-part book series about people with disabilities that has been named an outstanding title by the American Library Association's scholarly journal.

UANews | Research by Shahira Fahmy in the UA School of Journalism shows that visitors to Al-Jazeera's website, including Americans, went there looking for graphic images of war that U.S. media generally don't publish.

UANews | The conference features researchers from across the U.S. and Northern Mexico, and is free and open to the public. A number of presentations will be delivered in Spanish.

UANews | Ann Beeson, executive director for U.S. Programs at the Open Society Institute, is the final speaker in the UA James E. Rogers College of Law's Human Rights Colloquium Series.

UANews | First Things First evaluators at the UA and the two other state universities have begun recruting thousands of children and their families for a new study to understand how they use child care services.

UANews | On April 24, a UA cultural nutrition class will serve a healthy breakfast, provide cookbooks, showcase the nutritional values of traditional foods and how to prepare them, and provide a food fight pitting Tofu Girl and Soyrizo Woman against Sonora Hotdog Man and Chorizo Man free to interested community members.

UANews | The UA School of Information Resources and Library Science, which is hosting a series of public events this month, has reorganized its undergraduate digital information studies program to focus more on contemporary issues facing librarians.

UANews | Margaret Jacobs, University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor who received the prestigious Bancroft Prize, will speak at the UA during a public lecture on Thursday. 

UANews | Dale Kunkel will advise a national task force that's developing a federal plan to address childhood obesity.

UANews | Chris Segrin, who heads the communication department, is among the many faculty, staff and students at the UA whose volunteer efforts will be recognized later this month.

UANews | Sabine Hake, a cultural historian and film historian, will speak at the UA on Friday about German cinema during the 1950s.

UANews | Registration is still open for the Women's Leadership Conference, an annual training event for UA undergraduate and graduate female students.

UANews | The UA is one of fewer than 30 institutions in the nation selected to accept students who have been designated scholars by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.