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After the review of his proposal for a scientific conference/summit on literacy acquisition, development, and pedagogy, University of Arizona College of Education Dr. David B. Yaden Jr. is...

Felisia Tagaban-Gaskin, Karina Salazar, Nadia Rodriguez, and Valerie Shirley were awarded more than $36,000 to continue their work in the Sunnyside school district. Their proposal was entitled Embodying Hispanic- and Native-Servingness through Local Partnerships: Strengthening UArizona’s Investment to the Sunnyside Unified School District. The effort was supported by Bruce Johnson, Kasandra Urquidez, Iliana Reyes,...

The Southern Arizona Office (SOAR) of the National Park Service, in cooperation with the Desert Research Learning Center (DRLC), University of Arizona, and Walter Douglas Elementary School recently completed a citizen science project involving 5th and 6th grade girls. The project will help park managers better protect historic adobe structures. This effort was led by Corey Knox and Sara Chavarria.

Dr. Sonja Lanehart Professor of Linguistics in the UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies in the...

Grant funded by the National Writing Project as part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grantmaking program.

TUCSON, AZ April 15, 2022 — Worlds of Words, housed in the University of Arizona College of Education, in partnership with the Southern Arizona Writing Project...

Associate Professor of Trans Studies Dr. Z Nicolazzo wrote an OpEd piece that was featured in the Arizona Daily Star regarding two anti-trans bills SB 1138 and SB 1165, that Governor Doug Ducey recently signed.

Arizona has become the fifth state to sign into law sports bans for trans girls, and one of a number of states that have legislated anti-trans health care into effect.

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Associate Professor of Trans Studies Dr. Z Nicolazzo was featured in a podcast with Johns Hopkins University Press featuring a...

Recently, University of Arizona College of Education graduate Elena Calderón was featured as a keynote speaker at...

It's been nearly two years since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and during that time many faced the challenges of mental health, including students.  Associate Professor of Counseling, and Disability and Psychoeducational Studies Dr. Lia Falco spoke about mental health in the classroom and the effects of the last two years, as well as the...

Associate Professor of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies Dr. Sunggye Hong was featured for his collaboration to create a new navigational tool for the visually impaired.

“People with visual impairments are capable of doing all things that other people would be able to do. If there is a certain task that is difficult for them to perform, then I think it is the duty of science and technology to figure it out and make it happen,”...