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Silos are out. Integration is in. And the humanities are here to stay. 
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A project to develop online training for police officers about the relationship between cultural memory, civil and human rights, and atrocity recovery and prevention has been awarded the Dorrance Dean’s Award for Research & Entrepreneurialism.  
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Aiming to create a more vibrant and dynamic approach to literature, a new course in development will connect students with an array of analytical and interpretative tools, including films, digital mapping, sociopolitical and environmental data, and...
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For about 12 years in the middle of the 14th century, an anonymous writer from Germany lived in Cairo, producing a detailed text about the Muslim world.  
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Two faculty projects in the College of Humanities have been awarded funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.   The awards, announced Jan. 10, are among $28.1 million in grants for 204 humanities projects across the country.  
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Richard Shelton, a longtime University of Arizona professor and renowned writer known as the poet laureate of the Sonoran Desert, passed away Nov. 29. He was 89.  
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Dorrance Dean Alain-Philippe Durand is pleased to announce the recipients of the College of Humanities 2022 Helen H. Chatfield Awards.  
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A one-time baseball prospect who followed his calling into the priesthood and then into academia, Dr. Robert A. Burns is remembered as a professor who dedicated 45 years to making the world a better place through education and understanding, with...
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In a virtual classroom, University of Arizona students connect with a binational group of peers and professors, sharing their own experiences and perspectives while learning about the nuances and complexities of U.S.-Mexico border issues.  
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In celebration of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, annually celebrated from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, the College of Humanities is spotlighting faculty, staff and students.
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What would you do if your salad bit you back or started to talk? Eden? Plants between Science and Fiction, a multimedia exhibit about the role of plants in science fiction literature and film, invites you to engage in exactly this thought experiment...
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Beginning this month, Children’s Museum Tucson will welcome storytelling professors from the College of Humanities to share about diverse cultures during the museum’s monthly Art after Dark program.  
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In celebration of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, annually celebrated from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, the College of Humanities is spotlighting faculty, staff and students. This week, meet Dr. Daisy Vargas, an Assistant Professor in the Department of...
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In celebration of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, annually celebrated from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, the College of Humanities is spotlighting faculty, staff and students. This week, meet Dr. Kimberly Hassel, an Assistant Professor in the Department of...
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The University of Arizona will establish a new Center for East Asian Studies that will join three other longstanding international centers on campus. The four centers will receive a combined $5.9 million in federal Title VI grant funding over the...
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Fabian Alfie and Borbala Gaspar, faculty in the Italian Studies program, are among 20 University of Arizona faculty and staff selected to join the University of Arizona’s 2022-23