Prizefighting: The Source of Motion Picture Censorship?
Barak Y. Orbach, an associate professor in the UA's James E. Rogers College of Law, is studying the history of censorship in the motion picture industry.
A new study finds that boxing, rather than sex and crime, led to the birth of movie censorship in the United States.
The research, led by University of Arizona law faculty Barak Y. Orbach, explains how regulations of prizefighting or boxing shaped the history of movie censorship during its first two decades.
Orbach presented his research to the faculty at the UA's James E. Rogers College of Law last week. He challenges the long-held belief that movies about sex and crime led to the enactment of the first censorship laws in the U.S. read more »
UA Announces Restructuring Plans for Health Sciences
University of Arizona President Robert N. Shelton announced a major restructuring of the University's health sciences area.
The plan will create a new position of vice president for health affairs. Deans of each of the colleges at the Arizona Health Sciences Center will report to the person who fills that position. read more »
Program in Integrative Medicine Earns Center of Excellence Designation
The University of Arizona recently conferred Center of Excellence status on the College of Medicine’s Program in Integrative Medicine – a move that reaffirms the positive impact integrative medicine has had on health care system transformation. read more »
Newly Approved Summer Schedule Could Save UA $1.4M in 2009
A newly approved program will allow University of Arizona employees to work one less day each week next summer to try and save on gas costs and also to help drive down the amount of money the University is spending on utilities.
The “4/10 work/class schedule” program was approved this week by members of the UA President's Cabinet, including UA President Robert N. Shelton and Joel D. Valdez, the UA’s senior vice president for business affairs, among others. read more »