A new national opinion poll of nearly 900 high school students shows that more than two years after the country suffered the massive financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, the majority of respondents harbor a significant amount of distrust toward banks, credit unions, credit card companies, businesses and investment institutions. This sense of distrust is compounded by a lack of understanding about the basic services and products of financial institutions.
The outbreak of a new foodborne bacterial strain wreaking havoc in Germany is a reminder of the fast-changing nature of microbes and the dangers they pose to society. UA researchers are developing innovative strategies to fight emerging germs threatening the food and health-care industry.
Arizona Osteoporosis Coalition is teaming up with Best Bones Forever! and the pop recording group Savvy to show girls how fun physical activity can be by kicking off the “Let’s Dance” contest in Arizona.
Girls between the ages of 9 and 18 are invited to grab their friends, choreograph a dance routine to one of five Savvy songs, record themselves performing the routine, then upload the video to the contest website, www.bbfletsdance.com, for a chance to appear in a Savvy music video.
University of Arizona professor Ed de Steiguer didn't need to look far for inspiration during the six years he spent researching and writing his recent book, "Wild Horses of the West: History and Politics of America's Mustangs."
For starters, there's a century-old photograph on the fireplace mantel in the Foothills home de Steiguer shares with his wife, Pamela.
The image is of his father, Joe de Steiguer, who was about 3 or 4 and sitting on a mule in San Marcos, Texas.
Father's Day is a chance to recognize dads for putting up with all manners of nonsense that kids manage to cook up on the way to adulthood.
But a new study by researchers at the University of Arizona shows just how important dad's job as a role model actually is.
"When it comes to girls and their decisions about sex, it turns out a father's influence really does matter," said Bruce J. Ellis, the study's lead author and the John and Doris Norton Endowed Chair in Fathers, Parenting, and Families at the UA Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences.
A team of researchers led by Cooperative Extension agents at the University of Arizona has unveiled a dynamic website that offers the most up-to-date information available on climate, forests and woodlands, but with a personal, interactive twist: users who can't find the answers they seek can pose online questions to experts and get a response in less than 48 hours.
Nine of the 22 designated Heritage Trees on the UA campus were so badly frozen in February that they will have to be cut down or severely pruned to "something that looks like a coat rack."
"It's a devastating loss," said Tanya Quist, director of the University of Arizona Campus Arboretum.
One of the nine trees - a fever tree native to Africa that stood near Cochise Hall - was cut down Monday.
The Heritage Trees are a collection of special trees prized for their origin, age, appearance or connection with the university's history.
The UA and Arizona Western College have partnered to provide an accessible and affordable bachelor's degree program to students who live in Yuma County.
Students in Yuma, Ariz. can now complete a bachelor of science degree from the University of Arizona without ever attending the main campus.
CALS Professor Joel Cuello from the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering is one of 15 experts, selected from universities, federal laboratories and companies from across the U.S., who have been appointed to the U.S. National Academies' Committee on Sustainability of Algae Biofuels.
Eugene G. Sander, vice provost and dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is retiring on June 30, 2011. Dean Sander has had a lasting impact on the lives of countless students, faculty, staff members, industry leaders and friends of CALS over his 24-year tenure at the University of Arizona. He and his wife, Louise Canfield Sander, have created an endowment to continue impacting the lives of CALS graduate students.
In the United States, what most people consider good parenting is based on middle class European American behaviors. These behaviors include displays of warmth and closeness balanced with monitoring and control. A new book edited by Dr. Stephen T. Russell, Fitch Nesbitt Endowed Chair, and director of the Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth and Families, highlights important parenting differences between European and Asian Americans. At first glance, Asian American parents appear to show less warmth and to be more controlling of their children.
Perceptions of youth health and sexuality have shifted drastically, even within recent decades.
Likewise, the ways in which youth perceive their sexuality and health have evolved, as has classroom instruction and information relayed by mass and social media around such concepts.
To expand research, training and community involvement related to these issues, Stephen T. Russell, the University of Arizona's Fitch Nesbitt Endowed Chair, is collaborating with the UA's Adela C. Licona on the Crossroads Collaborative.
Although the dreaded "C word," cancer, no longer connotes a death sentence, the diagnosis always comes with fear and confusion. Each year 1.5 million people in the U.S. find out the bad news, and the shock reverberates within each patient's family.
The College Savings Foundation and the Take Charge America Institute are two organizations that provide important financial tools and resources to help with higher education expenses. George Chamberlin finds out more information from Roger Michaud and Norton School Assistant Research Professor Joyce Serido.
Roy Ax, professor of Animal Sciences and adjunct professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Arizona, died suddenly the evening of March 29, 2011. He was an internationally recognized expert in domestic animal reproduction. At the UA, Ax served as chairman of the Department of Animal Sciences from 1990-2001 and was recognized for his outstanding teaching with the Bart Cardon Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award in 2010.
