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  • For Aspiring Undergrad Researchers, UA is the Place to Be
    Arts and Humanities, Health, Science and Technology, Social Sciences and Education, Teaching and Students August 30, 2010
    UANews | Many opportunities are available for undergraduates who want to try their hands at research – in the natural sciences as well as in arts, humanities and the social sciences.
  • Children's Book Database Now Available Online
    Social Sciences and Education August 27, 2010
    UANews | The College of Education and UA Libraries have collaborated to launch a searchable Internet database of the World of Words, one of the nation's largest collections of international children's books.
  • Journalism Program to Take Students 'Beyond the Border'
    Social Sciences and Education, Teaching and Students August 20, 2010
    UANews | An innovative collaboration between journalism programs at the UA and New York University aims to train students on issues facing Hispanics living in the borderlands and in New York City.
  • LGBT Studies Institute Receives First Major Donation
    Social Sciences and Education August 18, 2010
    UANews | The UA's Institute for LGBT Studies has received a major contribution at a time when it is expanding its programs and research.
  • Freedom to Report From War Zone Not Always Closely Controlled
    Social Sciences and Education August 18, 2010
    UANews | Most journalists embedded with U.S. troops in Iraq say the government has not controlled their reporting, even while violence escalated mid-way through the war, according to a study co-authored by a UA journalism professor.
  • Language, Math Challenges May be Linked
    Social Sciences and Education August 13, 2010
    UANews | The UA's Mary Alt and Carole Beal are collaborating on a research project to evaluate the mathematical capabilities of English language learners and students identified as having specific language impairments.
  • UA Centers Receive National Recognition, Millions in Funding
    Social Sciences and Education, Teaching and Students August 11, 2010
    UANews | The Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in the UA's College of Social and Behavioral Sciences have been awarded millions of dollars in grant funding over four years from the U.S. Department of Education.
  • Understanding Infant Language Learning
    Science and Technology, Social Sciences and Education August 4, 2010
    UANews | UA professor LouAnn Gerken has earned a grant to study the accuracy of a fairly new theory that explains how infants acquire knowledge.