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Feb. 4, 2022
With the support of a $5.4 million gift commitment from alumni Jacquelynn and Bennett Dorrance, the College of Humanities is launching the Fearless Inquiries Project, a strategic set of initiatives designed to make the University of Arizona a leader…
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Jan. 24, 2022
With the right technology, a room can be a megaphone.
In the case of the Dorothy Rubel Room, major technological upgrades have transformed the longtime home of the Humanities Seminars Program into a megaphone that can broadcast small…
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Dec. 17, 2021
Graduating with a 4.0 and completing a triple major in Spanish, Economics and Political Science, Ryan Sheets is the December 2021 College of Humanities Outstanding Senior.
He intends to pursue a career that combines his undergraduate…
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Dec. 9, 2021
The legacy of Dr. Donna Swaim, a beloved humanities professor who taught at the university for 50 years, will continue with a study abroad scholarship bearing her name.
A crowdfunding effort this fall to raise money for The Donna Swaim…
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Dec. 7, 2021
To honor the memory of alumna Helen H. Chatfield, who graduated from the University of Arizona in 1968 with degree in Spanish, the College of Humanities has created a series of faculty awards to recognize exemplary teaching, research and service…
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Nov. 23, 2021
Congratulations to the 2021-22 COH Faculty Research Grant awardees!
Ana Carvalho
Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Project: Voices from the Margins: A Language Documentary Chronicling Portuguese Speakers in Uruguay
Erika Gault
Assistant…
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Nov. 23, 2021
Congratulations to the Fall 2021 COH Graduate Student Research Grant awardees!
Junyuan Chen
East Asian Studies, Second Language Acquisition & Teaching
Project: Japanese Language Teacher Identities in a Changing Context
Jessica Tiegs…
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Nov. 16, 2021
The University of Arizona Poetry Center, part of the College of Humanities, is thrilled to announce a $135,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the largest grant dedicated to library collections in the Poetry Center’s 60-year history.…
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Nov. 12, 2021
As part of ongoing talks aimed at strengthening the governmental and educational relationships between the University of Arizona and Kazakhstan, a delegation visited College of Humanities leadership to discuss potential collaboration.
The…
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Nov. 9, 2021
The American Literary Translators Association continues its Arizona Translates! project this week, with a series of free, public events celebrating the craft of literary translation.
Arizona Translates! is ALTA’s first public event series…
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Nov. 8, 2021
An NEH-funded project centered on the challenges of soldiers returning home after war will present a series of public discussions this week.
“Thunder of War – Winds of Return” is focused on narratives and giving veterans the opportunity to…
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Nov. 4, 2021
Jessica Polsky, a 1998 graduate who turned her degrees in Italian and dance into an acting career that’s stretched from Broadway to Milan, is the College of Humanities 2021 Alumna of the Year.
Midway through her dance degree, Polsky took a…