UA News

UANews | The SEED Project, a teacher-education program at the UA, informs visiting teachers from Mexico on different pedagogical information and strategies that may be used to improve instruction and learning among students in rural and remote communities.

UANews | A partnership established in 2008 between the UA and French National Center for Scientific Research has resulted in more research and funding opportunities for faculty and students.

UANews | Research by UA journalism professors Jeannine Relly and David Cuillier indicates that Arab countries are 
not quite ready to embrace government transparency. The study cites political and cultural considerations hindering openness.

UANews | Five UA journalism students are among nearly two dozen selected from around the country to attend the New York Times Student Journalism Institute in Florida. Veteran reporters and editors will supervise the students through a range of activities during the session.

UANews | UANativeNet, formerly Arizona NativeNet, was reactivated this month, offering a new host of resources for tribal nations, attorneys, educators, students and others interested in issues facing American Indian and indigenous populations.

UANews | Students in the UA Honors College presented dozens of ideas on ways to boost campus sustainability the same day the University's Green Fund opened a campus-wide call for funding requests regarding sustainability-related efforts.

UANews | While men are more likely to be aggressors in relationships, coercive control by men or women can often lead to violence, a team of psychologists led by UA doctoral student Marieh Tanha found in a new study.  

UANews | UA students in the Tejido Group spent a month in Palestine as part of an apprenticeship-style learning project to develop an urban planning and design strategy to help revitalize a historical community.

UANews | While taking a course on borderlands issues in the School of Journalism, Curtis Prendergast, Austin Counts and Kristen Boele produced a documentary film that will be screened at the UA on Wednesday, Dec. 8.

UANews | Two studies aim to create a better understanding, awareness, intervention and prevention of bullying, both in person and online. Noel Card received about $612,000 in grant funding for the projects.

UANews | Two newspapers with access to the same photographs frequently gave readers a much different view of 9/11 and the Afghan War. The UA's Shahira Fahmy researched 1,400 photos from the English-language International Herald Tribune and the Arabic-language Al-Hayat and found distinct political and cultural differences.

UANews | UA President Robert N. Shelton presented his annual State of the University address in Phoenix on Wednesday, Dec. 1, stressing the UA's major contributions to Maricopa County.