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UANews | Diana Liverman, who co-directs the UA's Institute of the Environment, served as an adviser for Fate of the World, a newly released video game that gives players the option to save or destroy the world in the face of adverse global climate change.  

UANews | A news service provided by the UA School of Journalism offers stories about the Arizona-Sonora border region that are written by students and available to news media.

UANews | Primate researchers Dieter and Netzin Steklis will discuss their work and offer details on a summer field school in rural Africa during a public lecture Friday, Oct. 22, as part of Homecoming week.

UANews | Georgia Brousseau, a two-time graduate of the UA College of Education, completed more than 500,000 stitches in a quilt she has donated to raise scholarship money for University students.

UANews | The computerized "Hala" will be able to translate not just language but nuance when dealing with multicultural visitors. The UA's Sandiway Fong is working on the linguistic technology for the robot with an eye toward future applications.

UANews | A collaboration between the UA College of Education and Sorenson Communications is working to advance sign-language interpreter education across the country.

UANews | Arizona State Museum ethnohistorian Michael Brescia and his colleague, John Super, find parallels and divergences that link the continent's three giant nation-states.

UANews | Getting tough with government agencies is often the best way to gain access to public records, according to UA journalism professor David Cuillier.

UANews | In an annual effort to help bridge the digital divide, UA students are offering free computer training in English and Spanish to the general public on Oct. 16.

UANews | The UA's BIO5 Institute is helping K-12 science teachers keep up with the pace of research and innovation. More than 150 science teachers from 34 communities around the state attended a recent event to expand their teaching knowledge.  

UANews | UA family studies professor Bruce J. Ellis has developed a theoretical framework for understanding how elements of change and stress often guide the behavior of young people.

UANews | UA departments and units are collaborating with Pima Community College and others to host a week of events aimed and informinig the community of the importance of ethnic and cultural studies and exchange.