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UANews | The 30th annual meeting of the American Journalism Historians Association Oct. 7-9 will include discussions on a range of topics including how people living in the borderlands are portrayed and alternative publications in the Southwest.

UANews | Digital coupons are beginning to take the place of paper coupons. UA research has found that much confusion exists around digital coupons, and that test subjects found them difficult to use.

UANews | A UA-led team will work with Mexico and U.S. researchers to study regions that represent 88 percent of all U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehensions, 79 percent of all border deaths and 87 percent of all marijuana seizures in 2009.

UANews | UA linguist Adam Ussishkin has headed up an effort to update and digitize the Maltese-English dictionary of record. The new searchable database will enable scholars and speakers to more readily study the language.

UANews | The two-day session will include discussion about how reporters can cover sensitive and sometimes dangerous stories safely along the U.S.-Mexico border.

UANews | Researchers from four divisions at the UA are working together to understand the complexities surrounding immigrant families when their children are in the U.S. legally.

UANews | With broad expertise spanning child anxiety, digital game-based learning, school psychology, teacher training, aggression and other topics, more than two dozen researchers will convene for a UA think tank to address research-based issues related to electronic bullying.

UANews | Supporters of Arizona HB 2281 cite a litany of problems related to ethnic studies programs, while opponents say they are proven educational tools. Panelists will debate a range of issues related to the new law.

UANews | The UA's Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy has earned a $1.3 million federal grant to continue its mission of helping improve the instruction and learning of languages least commonly taught.

UANews | Reporters who have covered wars and other major news events will analyze how news coverage abroad has changed at the "State of the Fourth Estate" event Saturday, Sept. 25, at 4 p.m. at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

UANews | Confluence, a newly created center at the UA, will support the research and creative efforts of faculty members and students in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

UANews | Project SEARCH Arizona trains people with developmental disabilities for competitive workforce placement. The program, which was piloted last year and has taken on new cohorts this fall, incorporates education and workforce training.

UANews | UA researcher Hai Ren spent 15 years studying cultural sites and tourism in China, finding that the country has made a steady evolution in the last two decades toward more neoliberal tendencies.

UANews | President Barack Obama's 2008 victory was as much about messaging, media and funding as anything else, according to a new book co-authored by UA researcher Kate Kenski.

UANews | The UA's German studies department and Deutscher Studenten Club have collaborated to host a competitive soccer tournament to raise funds for study abroad opportunities.

UANews | David Cuillier, an assistant professor of journalism, is one of three people who will be honored in October by the Society of Professional Journalists.

UANews | UA psychology doctoral student Ashley Mason's study of romantically separated people shows they offer clues to their emotional status in just a few seconds of conversation.