World-renowned linguist and social critic Noam Chomsky has been hired by the College of SBS as a laureate professor in the Department of Linguistics. He also holds the title of Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice. As part of his part-time faculty appointment, Chomsky will teach courses, give public lectures, and be available to meet with students! More 

In our current "post-truth" era of alternative facts and fake news, how do we maintain trust in each other, in our elections, in our journalists and media outlets, and in our governments and world leaders? This year's Downtown Series -- held at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 11, 19 and 26 at Fox Tucson Theatre -- will feature conversations with experts in the College of SBS as well as with the executive editor of The New York Times and a former counterterrorism expert for the U.S. government. Click here for details and to reserve your free tickets!

In his new book, titled The Look of a Woman: Facial Feminization Surgery and the Aims of Trans- Medicine, medical anthropologist Eric Plemons explores how changing ideas about sex, gender and transgender are shaping the practice of trans- medicine in the U.S. As part of his research, Plemons spent a year observing the practices of two surgeons and conducted in-depth interviews with patients. The book received the 2017 Ruth Benedict Prize in the category of Outstanding Single Authored Monograph from the Association for Queer Anthropology. More

In light of recent events in Charlottesville, cities across the country are grappling with what to do with historical monuments. In this UANews feature, UA historians Susan Crane and Katie Hemphill responded to questions about the social and political power of monuments throughout history. More

Anthropology Professor Barbara Mills and fellow UA researcher Sudha Ram are leading an interdisciplinary National Science Foundation-funded project to build an online system that synthesizes archaeological data spanning several centuries of U.S history. "We have decadal- and centennial-scale data we can use to look at long-term changes, so we're interested in broad social science questions like the evolution of inequality," Mills said. More

Justin Knoll, a sociology doctoral student, wondered if people's tolerance to incivility impacts the degree to which they participate in politics, especially online. He found that those with a higher tolerance for incivility are more likely to comment on political news stories, engage in online political discussions, support candidates on social media, and donate to campaigns. More

* Laura Bakkensen, an assistant professor in the School of Government and Public Policy, received a prestigious Early-Career Research Fellowship from the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. More