The Arizona Teachers Academy, designed to bring more teachers to the state's high-needs schools, is drawing at the UA from career changers who are seeking master's degrees to enter the classroom. The new initiative began this fall at each of Arizona's three public universities.
Students at the UA's James E. Rogers College of Law hoped to make a difference as "friends of the court" when they filed an amicus brief with the Arizona Supreme Court.
The festival, which begins next week, will examine moments of principled defiance, quiet dissent and thundering discord throughout history — and the changes they created.
Researchers at the UA-led CLIMAS program will assess how Southwestern adaptations to extreme climate are functioning — and how that might change in the future.