Criminal Justice Major to Prep Students for Law Enforcement, Courts Careers UA students interested in studying criminal justice will find a more robust program on campus starting this fall. Expanding from a concentration within the public policy and management program into its own major, the criminal justice program will prepare students for careers in law enforcement, corrections, courts systems and an array of related fields.
Jeffrey Milem, a professor in the UA Department of Educational Policy Studies and Practice in the College of Education (Photo by Beatriz Verdugo/UANews)
UA Faculty Expert Informs U.S. Supreme Court Case Affirmative action in higher education once again will be at the forefront of national news as the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case is expected at any moment. The UA's Jeffrey Milem joined several researchers nationwide to develop an amicus brief summarizing key research on affirmative action in anticipation of the case.
(Photo by Marc Silver)
Migrant Deaths Near Peak Highs, Despite Decrease in Unauthorized Migration A report by the Binational Migration Institute at the UA answers key questions about migrant deaths in Southern Arizona since 1990. The report finds that deaths during migration in
 Southern Arizona have not decreased despite the overall decrease in unauthorized migration 
border-wide.

UA Civil Discourse Institute Leads Community Conversations on Mental Health The UA National Institute for Civil Discourse is joining forces with several other deliberative democracy groups to promote Creating Community Solutions, a series of events around the country that will allow people to engage in dialogue and action on mental health issues. President Barack Obama announced his National Dialogue on Mental Health on June 3 at the White House.
The Confluencenter Graduate Fellowships recipients are launching innovative scholarship or creative work designed to advance the arts, humanities or social sciences. The first cohort of fellows was announced this month. (Photo credit: FJ Gaylor)
New Confluencenter Grants Support Student Projects The UA Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry has announced its first cohort of graduate fellows. With up to $5,000 in funding each, the 20 fellows are launching projects in the arts, humanities and social sciences. They will devote at least one semester to their projects and will be available to present their results in a symposium, lecture series or public venue.
Jeffrey Milem, a professor in the UA Department of Educational Policy Studies and Practice in the College of Education (Photo by Beatriz Verdugo/UANews)
(Photo by Marc Silver)
The Confluencenter Graduate Fellowships recipients are launching innovative scholarship or creative work designed to advance the arts, humanities or social sciences. The first cohort of fellows was announced this month. (Photo credit: FJ Gaylor)

Criminal Justice Major to Prep Students for Law Enforcement, Courts Careers

  • UANews
  • June 17, 2013
UA students interested in studying criminal justice will find a more robust program on campus starting this fall. Expanding from a concentration within the public policy and management program into its own major, the criminal justice program will prepare students for careers in law enforcement, corrections, courts systems and an array of related fields.

UA Faculty Expert Informs U.S. Supreme Court Case

  • UANews
  • June 13, 2013
Affirmative action in higher education once again will be at the forefront of national news as the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case is expected at any moment. The UA's Jeffrey Milem joined several researchers nationwide to develop an amicus brief summarizing key research on affirmative action in anticipation of the case.

University Aims To Teach Future Dads More Than How-To

  • USA Today
  • June 13, 2013
Can a college class teach you how to be a good father? The UA thinks so, and so do hundreds of students who are learning what fatherhood really means for men today and their future families. "Men, Fatherhood and Families: A Biocultural Perspective" is a new general education course the UA offered for the first time in the fall. The course covers a lot of ground, including how expectations of fathers have changed over time and vary by culture.

Team Improves Technologies for Youth with Visual Impairments

  • UANews
  • June 7, 2013
Backed by a U.S. Department of Education grant, UA School of Information: Science, Technology and Arts and College of Education researchers are developing an iPad app for students with visual impairments. Early tests of AnimalWatch Vi Suite have been promising, enabling students to work with technology while expanding their understanding of math.

Video Games Seek to Teach Smart Financial Strategies

  • UANews
  • June 7, 2013
Can video games help people save money? SavingsQuest, an applied research project bringing together the UA and the Doorways to Dreams Fund under a Center for Financial Services Innovation grant, will test the theory in hopes of finding a mix of game features that will elicit smart savings behavior.

35 Wildcats Earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

  • UANews
  • June 6, 2013
The NSF annually awards 2,000 Graduate Research Fellowships to students across the nation. This year, 35 of those awards were granted to students who either currently attend or have attended the UA as an undergraduate or graduate student. Said Andrew Carnie, interim dean of the UA Graduate College: "We are tremendously proud of these students."

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