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COH Outstanding Senior: Alexander Maldonado Salas
Thursday
Congratulations to Alexander Maldonado Salas, the College of Humanities Outstanding Senior for Spring 2025! Maldonado is graduating with a triple major in Public and Applied Humanities, with a Business Administration emphasis, Spanish…
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Wojtek Gornicki
Thursday
Wojtek Gornicki, a Ph.D. candidate in Transcultural German Studies, is the College of Humanities 2025 Outstanding Graduate Assistant in Teaching Award recipient.Since joining the Ph.D. Program in Transcultural German Studies in fall 2019, Gornicki…
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Wednesday
Borbala Gaspar, Lecturer in the Department of French and Italian, is the recipient of the College of Humanities 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award. Gaspar has a “360-degree approach to education (that) extends to every student, fostering a…
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Alison Jameson
Tuesday
Alison Jameson, Associate Professor of Practice in the Departments of Religious Studies and Classics and East Asian Studies, is the recipient of the College of Humanities 2025 Distinguished Undergraduate Advising/Mentoring Award. Karen Seat,…
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Judd Ruggill, Head of the Department of Public & Applied Humanities
Tuesday
Judd Ruggill, founding Head of the Department of Public and Applied Humanities, has received the 2025 University of Arizona Distinguished Head/Director’s Award. “You have distinguished yourself not only through your visionary administrative…
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Monday
Kristy Doran, Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has won the 2025 University of Arizona 5-Star Teaching Award.Announced by the W.A. Franke Honors College, the award is the only student-selected…
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Nathaniel Cross, recipient of the 2025 Merrill P. Freeman Medal.
Monday
Nathaniel Cross, graduating with honors in Spanish and Political Science, is one of two undergraduate recipients of the 2025 Merrill P. Freeman Medal. Cross will be recognized alongside six other graduating seniors during Commencement for their…
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Manuela Maldonado Cadeñanes discusses her interpretation of the artwork with UA Museum of Art Director Olivia Miller.
May 9, 2025
In Aileen A. Feng’s seminar course ITAL 410 “Machiavelli and His Legacies,” students this semester went beyond their literary studies to research and interpret Renaissance prints from the University of Arizona Museum of Art collection. As they…
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Yolanda Herrera speaks with Applied Humanities students during their final showcase.
May 9, 2025
Eighty years after chemical dumping began contaminating groundwater near the Tucson airport – and 30 years after remediation efforts began – a class of Applied Humanities students brought the story into the digital age, focusing on community efforts…
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H3 Interdisciplinary Scholars Ryan Haymore and Nagasriya Ramisetty present their research project.
May 8, 2025
As the inaugural H3 Interdisciplinary Scholars, Ryan Haymore and Nagasriya Ramisetty each developed their own unique ways to unite their studies in the humanities and health. Ramisetty is a double major in Applied Humanities, with an…
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May 7, 2025
Five students in the new Portuguese Flagship Program have received the prestigious Boren Scholarship, worth $25,000, to fund their capstone years in Brazil. The Portuguese Flagship Program was launched in fall 2024 with a $1.2 million grant,…
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May 6, 2025
Jasmine Linabary, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public and Applied Humanities, will receive the 2025 Helen Award for Emerging Feminist Scholarship. The award, given by the International Communication Association’s Feminist…