"The arrival of English and American Indian Studies greatly enhances the college's existing expertise in the study of culture, history, literature, technology, politics and the environment," said J.P. Jones, dean of the College of SBS. "Both units expand our capacity for collaboration, innovation and discovery, and will help us multiply the impact of the college on UA's students and our communities."

Our Downtown Lecture Series website has details on our free, fall series on the topic of "Food." From Oct. 15 to Nov. 12, the lectures will be at the Fox Tucson Theatre on Wednesdays at 6:30. Topics are:

Oct 15: Changing Geographies of Food
Oct 22: Tucson: City of Gastronomy, Hub for Food Diversity
Oct 29: We Eat What We Are
Nov 5: Edible Roman Empire
Nov. 12: Food for Pleasure, Vitality, and Health  

Photo from Tucson Weekly

Local folklife festival Tucson Meet Yourself's expansion into the Southwest Folklife Alliance, and its partnership with the College of SBS, were featured in Tucson Weekly. SBS Dean J.P. Jones said, "It's an opportunity to expand the programming and impact we have on the region, students and research. So much in this college is tied in to what it means to live in a region like this." More 

In a commentary published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, UA geographers Vincent Del Casino, Melinda Butterworth and Georgia Davis wrote that efforts at eradicating diseases may be doomed because of a mismatch between the ways humans structure the world and the ways pathogens move through the world. More  

Archaeologists, including UA's Vance Holliday, have discovered artifacts of the prehistoric Clovis culture mingled with the bones of two gomphotheres, ancient ancestors of the elephant, at an archaeological site in northwestern Mexico. The discovery suggests that the Clovis -- the earliest widespread group of hunter-gatherers to inhabit North America -- likely hunted and ate gomphotheres. More 

The Tucson Public Voices Fellowship project helps advance women as thought leaders in their respective fields. The first group of 20 women published 40 op-eds, as well as had 33 TV and radio appearances, expert quotes, keynote speeches, and awards over the course of the program.  

Presented by the Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies 

Aug 17, 10:30 a.m.   

Location: St. Philip's in the Hills Church 

Presented by Ben's Bells Project in collaboration with the UA's Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth and Families 

Aug. 22, 7 p.m. 

Location: Temple of Music & Art

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Presented by the Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies 

Aug 24, 10:30 a.m.   

Location: St. Philip's in the Hills Church 

Presented by the Department of English 

Sept. 5, 12 p.m. 

Location: Kiva Ballroom 

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