Social Sciences and Education

Hundreds of Majors, Countless Careers | September 21, 2009
UANews | UA's Career Services and Center for Exploratory Students are each hosting events to aid students in choosing a major and finding a career. | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
UA Professor Helping Write National Math Standards | September 21, 2009
UANews | A UA mathematics professor is aiding in a nationwide initiative working to set math standards, detail expectations for students, promote professional development for teachers and also evaluate education policy. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
UA to Host Conference on Evolution of Risk Behaviors in Adolescents | September 17, 2009
UANews | The Francis McClelland Institute is pairing with the Evolution Institute on a conference that will explore the role of evolutionary theory in guiding solutions for high-risk adolescent behaviors. | Social Sciences and Education
Social Class, Networks May Influence Political Behaviors | September 16, 2009
UANews | It appears that social class and race may have varying affects on the political actions and views of individuals, UA professor Jan E. Leighley and her colleague have noted in a newly-pubished article. | Social Sciences and Education
Arizona State Museum Opens Border Exhibition | September 15, 2009
UANews | The Border Project will be housed at the Arizona State Museum through Nov. 6. | Arts and Humanities | Social Sciences and Education
Pulitzer-winning Reporters will Speak on Campus Oct. 8 | September 14, 2009
UANews | Former UA journalism students Paul Giblin and Ryan Gabrielson will talk about investigative reporting to current students and at a public lecture. | Social Sciences and Education
UA-Led Team Documenting Early Hopi-Spanish Relations | September 11, 2009
UANews | UA anthropology professor Thomas E. Sheridan has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to lead a team that is collecting Hopi oral histories about their ancestors' early counters with Spaniards. | Social Sciences and Education
UA Lands Federal Grant to Boost Rehab Counseling Doctorate Enrollments | September 8, 2009
UANews | The UA's rehabiliation counseling program, the only one of its kind in Arizona, has received a U.S. Department of Education grant to take on more doctoral students over the next five years. | Social Sciences and Education
Cleveland 10th Graders Begin Research at Biosphere 2 | September 8, 2009
UANews | Biosphere 2 is the research venue for 78 sophomores from a new and innovative Ohio high school. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
Wildcat School Earns Arizona Learns Achievement Award | September 4, 2009
UANews | The school serves sixth through eighth grade students. Several UA colleges support the students and teachers through mentorship and training programs. | Social Sciences and Education
Students Encouraged to Participate in Campus Green Projects | August 27, 2009
UANews | Students can participate in projects as varied as solar power generation and manufacturing compost from food and agriculture waste. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Arizona Assurance Scholars Learning to Focus on Success | August 20, 2009
UANews | Professional and peer mentors will help the 700 plus new Arizona Assurance scholars succeed academically and connect with UA resources. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
UA Launches Program for Non-Contracted Teachers | August 18, 2009
UANews | The UA professional development program is specifically for educators whose careers have taken a detour due to the economy. | Social Sciences and Education
UA Journalism Faculty Recognized | August 14, 2009
UANews | Journalism faculty members David Cuillier, Shahira Fahmy and Jeannine Relly figured prominently in this year's annual AEJMC conference held this month in Boston. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
High School Mentorship Program Recruiting Professional and Student Mentors | August 5, 2009
UANews | The young women's mentorship program also will offer new online mentor selection to high school students interested in science, technology, engineering and math careers. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
UA Acquires Up with People Archives | July 31, 2009
UANews | The UA Libraries has acquired the organizational archives belonging to Up with People and its alumni association. | Arts and Humanities | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Camp Aims to Spark Girls' Visions of Careers in Science, Math | July 24, 2009
UANews | Girls will explore the UA and myriad career opportunities at MISS Adventures Camp. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
STEM Program Works to Retain Math, Science Teachers | July 22, 2009
UANews | A new program at the UA is helping to improve the retention of math and science teachers in the K-12 system. | Social Sciences and Education
Nutrition Network Working to Counter Childhood Obesity | July 21, 2009
UANews | The Arizona Nutrition Network trains teachers and other youth workers on ways to help students make healthy choices about the foods they eat. | Health | Social Sciences and Education
Interpretation Institute Draws Professionals Nationwide, Abroad | July 20, 2009
UANews | The Agnese Haury Institute for Interpretation has grown its internationally renowned training program to fill a growing need for qualified medical, court and business interpreters. | Social Sciences and Education
UA Libraries Publishes First E-Book | July 20, 2009
UANews | The UA Libraries has published "Latino Politics: A Growing and Evolving Political Community," which was co-authored by a UA political science professor. | Social Sciences and Education
Ford Foundation Awards Grant to Fund UA Research on Gender and Sexuality Norms | July 17, 2009
UANews | The researchers will study perceptions among youth as they relate to school safety and harassment based on gender and sexual orientation. | Social Sciences and Education
Homosexual Haitian Migrants Focus of UA Doctoral Student's Research | July 16, 2009
UANews | Erin Durban, a doctoral degree candidate in the UA's gender and women's studies department, is spending part of the summer in Haiti, where she will study the decisions homosexual Haitians make when moving to and from the United States. | Social Sciences and Education
Arizona STEM Teachers Training at Biosphere 2 | July 16, 2009
UANews | Dozens of science and mathematics teachers are convening at the UA's Biosphere 2 for the Summer Institute of the Arizona Center for Science Teachers. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
Archaeologists Mark 75-year Anniversary of Seminal Hohokam Excavations | July 12, 2009
UANews | Much of what archaeologists know about the ancient Hohokam civilization came from the 1934 excavations at Snaketown by Emil Haury and others. | Arts and Humanities | Social Sciences and Education
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