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  • Institute Working to Transform Education | June 30, 2008
    The UA's College of Education is co-sponsoring the Institute for Transformative Education, which brings education experts to Tucson to teach educators about ways to improve classroom instruction. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • Grant-Funded Students Researching, Training This Summer | June 25, 2008
    The UA maintains numerous programs that enable students to spend their summers researching, training and getting ready for graduate school. | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • UA-Led Workshop to Teach Filmmaking to American Indian Youth | June 24, 2008
    The UA’s Jack and Vivian Hanson Arizona Film Institute has partnered with numerous entities to launch the Native Youth Filmmaking Workshop, which will be held next month. | Arts and Humanities | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • UA's Library Science School Receives $1M Grant | June 18, 2008
    The grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services will support an existing program that is working to increase the number of American Indian and Hispanic library professionals. | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • University of Arizona Press Earns Top Honors | June 18, 2008
    BookExpo America, the Association of American University Presses and the American Library Association have bestowed several honors on to the UA Press.   | Arts and Humanities | Social Sciences and Education
  • Solstice Celebration a Multicultural Treat | June 18, 2008
    The Arizona State Museum hosts its eighth annual "Marking the Solstice" celebration with an array of entertainment, food and cultural demonstrations. | Arts and Humanities | Social Sciences and Education
  • UA Students Earn NSF Fellowships | June 18, 2008
    Three UA graduate students have earned National Science Foundation fellowships, which award each student $90,000 over three years. | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • UA Faculty and Students On Leading Edge of Adult Autism Treatment | June 13, 2008
    Non-profit adult residential program partners with the UA to teach independent living to 17 men and women on the high end of learning ability on the autism spectrum. | General News | Science and Technology | Social Sciences and Education
  • The Zombie: "A New Monster for a New World" | June 13, 2008
    UA doctoral student Kyle W. Bishop argues that that while the zombie has become a hugely popular cinematic device, the creature is a remnant of an imperialistic and racist era. | Arts and Humanities | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • UA Researcher Takes Energy Healing From the Laboratory to the Corral | June 12, 2008
    Ann Baldwin's studies about the power of Reiki resulted in her becoming a practitioner and expanding her work to horses and dogs. | Health | Social Sciences and Education
  • Health Information Underload for Dial-Up Users | June 9, 2008
    A UA communication professor suggests that another kind of inequity is forming in the digital age, one that creates have-nots among dial-up customers seeking health information online. | General News | Health | Social Sciences and Education
  • U.S. Religious Congregations Might 'Limp' But Don't Often Die | June 6, 2008
    A team of UA doctoral students helped complete a study about religious congregations and determined that the national mortality rate for such organizations is 1 percent. | General News | Social Sciences and Education
  • The Nearest Thing to Mind Reading | June 5, 2008
    UA psychology researchers studied the age-old literacy device known as stream of consciousness to determine its use as a more accurate measure of personality. | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • UA to Train Iraqi Students | June 3, 2008
    The UA has been named one of six host sites across the United States to hold an institute that will train Iraqi students to become socially conscious leaders. | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
  • Middle School Students Work on Research Projects at the UA | June 2, 2008
    The UA is collaborating with the Wildcat School, a charter school, to offer a summer camp where students will be presenting their own projects. | General News | Social Sciences and Education | Teaching and Students
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