Social Sciences and Education

UA Co-Hosting Transformative Education Conference | July 10, 2009
UANews | A four-day conference that will bring prominent education researchers to the UA is being presented by the UA's College of Education and the Tucson Unified School District. | Social Sciences and Education
Researcher Studying Alternative Economies in Colombia | July 8, 2009
UANews | Brian Joseph Burke is among a few doctoral degree candidates across the nation to receive a dissertation research fellowship that will take him to Latin America where he will study barter systems. | Business and Law | Social Sciences and Education
New Project Intends to Empower Impoverished Women | July 7, 2009
UANews | The Southwest Institute for Research on Women is partnering with the Primavera Foundation under a newly funded grant to train impoverished women to be politically involved self-advocates. | Social Sciences and Education
Local Students Teams Placed First, Third in Nationwide Competition | June 30, 2009
UANews | Students participating in the Math, Engineering, Science Achievement program, which is administered by the UA, placed at the top in a nationwide design competition. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
UA Training Rehabilitation Counselors Across the State | June 30, 2009
UANews | The UA's rehabilitation counseling program  is meeting the need for master's degree-level rehabilitation counselors for state government and within the private sector. | Social Sciences and Education
Graduate Students Develop Skills, Share Science Expertise with K-12 Teachers | June 29, 2009
UANews | The weeklong BioME Summer Institute marked the beginning of a year-long partnership between Tucson teachers and UA graduate students. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
Beth Mitchneck Named Interim Dean of UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences | June 29, 2009
UANews | Mitchneck will oversee the college as it transitions into the new UA College of Letters, Arts and Science. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
College-Bound Students to get Advanced Translation, Interpretation Training | June 29, 2009
UANews | A group of 27 bilingual high school graduates will spend the month of July learning translation and interpretation skills as part of the Professional Language Development Project. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
American Indian Language Institute Turns 30 | June 24, 2009
UANews | The American Indian Language Development Institute's 30-year anniversary symposium gets kicked off on Monday with a full week of workshops, demonstrations, films, poetry readings and other programs. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Employee Involvement Programs Key to Workplace Diversity | June 23, 2009
UANews | A UA study on diversity in the workplace finds women and minorities are more successful and have better career opportunities when their companies offer self-directed work teams and cross-training programs. | Business and Law | Social Sciences and Education
Grant-Funded Institute Explores Land as a Laboratory | June 22, 2009
UANews | A group of 25 college and university faculty members are taking part in a summer institute that is focusing on environmental and borderlands history. | Social Sciences and Education
High School Student Conducting Research at UA Earns Intel Honors | June 17, 2009
UANews | The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair has recognized a Tucson High Magnet School student for research conducted at The University of Arizona's BIO5 Institute. | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
Free Data on Government Officials Offered | June 15, 2009
UANews | The Web-based application features data on more than 40,000 officials at the presidential, congressional, gubernatorial and state legislative levels and is captured in part by UA students. | Social Sciences and Education
Literacy, Technology and Health Training Community Center Opens in Mexico | June 15, 2009
UANews | The Resplendor International Cultural and Education Center, a new UA-sponsored community development center, recently opened in Guanajuato, Mexico.  | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Navajo Times Publisher to Win Zenger Award from UA School of Journalism, Arizona Newspapers Foundation | June 11, 2009
UANews | Navajo Times publisher Tom Arviso Jr. is this year's winner of the Zenger Award, given by the UA School of Journalism and the Arizona Newspapers Foundation. | Social Sciences and Education
Fulbright Grant to Fund Study on Antisocial Behavior | June 11, 2009
UANews | Reid Fontaine and his collaborators have studied a group of young people from childhood through early adulthood looking for clues to antisocial behavior. | Business and Law | Social Sciences and Education
H1N1: Origins and Evolution of the Current Epidemic | June 11, 2009
UANews | A new analysis of the current swine-origin H1N1 influenza A virus suggests that transmission to humans occurred several months before recognition of the existing outbreak. | Health | Social Sciences and Education
Flandrau’s Observatory Remains Open to The Public | June 10, 2009
UANews | Thanks to a number of dedicated astronomy volunteers, Flandrau's telescope will remain open for public viewing. | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
SIROW Earns National Honor for its Diversity, Inclusion | June 10, 2009
UANews | The UA's Southwest Institute for Research on Women has earned the National Council for Research on Women's inaugural Diversion and Inclusion Award. | Social Sciences and Education
CESL Turns 40, Earns Maximum Accreditation Term | June 9, 2009
UANews | The UA's Center for English as a Second Language is turning 40 and has also received national accredidation from the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation for the maximum 10-year term. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
UA Graduate Student Earns APA Minority Fellowship | June 8, 2009
UANews | Christina Vasquez, a doctoral degree student in the UA department of special education, rehabilitation, and school psychology, has earned a minority fellowship from the American Psychological Association. | Social Sciences and Education
High School Students Develop Multimedia Skills, Produce Newspaper at Journalism Diversity Workshop | June 8, 2009
UANews | Fifteen high school students from Metro Phoenix and Tucson are attending a journalism "boot camp" to learn multimedia and other skills to make them better journalists. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
Donnerstein Steps Down as Dean of the UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences | June 8, 2009
UANews | Donnerstein has served as dean since September 1, 2002, and also is a professor of communication. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
UA Philosophy Professor Honored with International Award, Grant | June 8, 2009
UANews | UA Professor Richard Healey, an authority on the phillosophy of science, has won the Lakatos award for his book on gauge theories. | Social Sciences and Education
Summer Lecture Series to Take Audiences on Pilgrimages | June 5, 2009
UANews | Four doctoral students will discuss significant religious pilgrimages at the annual summer lecture series at St. Phillip's in the Hills Episcopal Church. | Social Sciences and Education
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