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July 26, 2017
Wenhao Diao, an Assistant Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies, has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays grant to support a project bringing Tucson educators to China.
Diao's proposal for the 2017 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects…
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July 25, 2017
The University of Arizona is launching a new degree in world literature, introducing students to various traditions of storytelling, narrative and expression across the world.
Combined with an intensive foreign language study, the degree program…
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July 20, 2017
The Poetry Coalition, of which the University of Arizona Poetry Center is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation.
The Academy of American Poets will administer the two-year grant, which will enable the…
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July 12, 2017
A University of Arizona professor on a Fulbright research and teaching fellowship to India was selected by the Fulbright Foundation to help facilitate orientation sessions for scholars interested in opportunities to conduct their research abroad.…
July 11, 2017
Tani Sanchez, associate professor of Africana Studies, is dedicated to genealogy work that tells the story of her family and the history of Tucson's black community.
Sanchez and her sister Derri are the subject of this wonderful story from the…
July 10, 2017
The University of Arizona Poetry Center announces its schedule of readings, lectures and presentations for the upcoming fall, with more than a dozen events spanning from August to December.
Highlights of the Fall 2017 Reading & Lecture…
June 26, 2017
Dean Alain-Philippe Durand is pleased to announce the establishment of the new Center for Digital Humanities, which will be a research and innovation incubator that serves as the University of Arizona's home for the computational…
June 23, 2017
Two professors in the College of Humanities have been selected as 2017-18 fellows for the UA's Academic Leadership Institute.
Melissa Fitch, a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, and Praise…
June 15, 2017
Judd Ruggill, head of the new Department of Public and Applied Humanities and co-director of the Learning Games Initiative, talked to Wallet Hub about the best cities for gamers. Tucson ranked in the country's top 40 for gamer and developer…
June 9, 2017
Dean Alain-Philippe Durand is pleased to announce the approval of the new Center for Buddhist Studies. This center will be located in the College of Humanities, in the Harvill Building. Dr. Jiang Wu will serve as the founding director of the…
June 9, 2017
Dean Alain-Philippe Durand is very happy to announce Dr. Judd Ruggil as the founding head of the Department of Public and Applied Humanities (PAH) in the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona, effective July 31, 2017.
Judd Ruggill…
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June 5, 2017
Tucker Dunn, who teaches English to language learners at the University of Arizona, will see a childhood dream become reality on Friday, June 9, when he appears on the television quiz show "Jeopardy!"
Under the stage lights at Sony Pictures Studios…