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The Mount Lemmon SkyCenter invites the public to DiscoveryDays to learn about the unique science taking place on the sky island.
The UA Libraries is currently showing an exhibit that details the history of Empire Ranch, one of the largest cattle ranches in Arizona, and the West, during the territorial days.
Four scholars from the UA history department will trace the steps and measure the impact of Christian missionaries from Europe on other lands. The Sunday morning lectures in August are free and open to the public.
Jeff Stone, a UA associate professor of psychology, says people have a tendency to practice certain undesirable behaviors even though they value and believe something else entirely.
Assistant Professor David Cuillier's research paper about reporters' attitudes on ethics and mortaility, and a story by Gabriela Rentería-Poepsel about Puerto Rican engineers being recruited in Tucson both won top honors at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The pair will be honored at the AEJMC conference in Chicago in August.
Lomawaima was only the sixth director, and the first American Indian, in the 115-year history of the Arizona State Museum.
William Beezley examined how festivals, children’s games, almanacs and puppet theaters reflected Mexican national identity.
The UA was selected by the American Indian Graduate Center to host a program that prepares American Indian students for graduate school.
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.
The UA maintains numerous programs that enable students to spend their summers researching, training and getting ready for graduate school.