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Thursday
Courtney Friesen, Professor in the Department of Religious Studies & Classics, has received the Frank W. Beare Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies.Presented at the society’s annual meeting in June in Toronto, the Beare…
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Wednesday
Grace Faerber, who was the College of Humanities’ Outstanding Senior for Spring 2020, earning a degree in East Asian Studies and Global Studies, is now President of the DC Alumni Chapter. Known as the Capitol Cats, the group…
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Wednesday
Matt Mars, Professor and Interim Head of the Department of Public & Applied Humanities, has won the 2025 Ted K. Bradshaw Outstanding Research Award from the Community Development Society. Presented at the CDS Annual Conference on July 8 in…
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Tuesday
Phyllis Taoua, Professor in the Department of French & Italian, has been elected to serve as Vice President of the African Literature Association. The largest association of its kind, the African Literature Association is an independent non…
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Tuesday
The inaugural recipients of the College of Humanities GAT Award for Teaching Excellence are Antonia Kampe in the Department of German Studies, Taehyeong Kim in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, and Yuyu Zhang in the Department of…
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Sept. 3, 2025
Peter Ecke spends part of his evenings studying Polish, preparing to embark in April for four months as a Fulbright Scholar at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. A Professor of German Studies, much of Ecke’s teaching concerns learning new…
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Aug. 29, 2025
College of Humanities Professor Suzanne Panferov Reese will receive the Graduate Teaching and Mentoring Award in recognition for her longstanding dedication to doctoral students in the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching program. Panferov…
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Aug. 15, 2025
The College of Humanities is pleased to welcome new faculty for the upcoming academic year.“These are outstanding scholars who represent the breadth and diversity of Humanities scholarship and teaching,” said Dorrance Dean Alain-Philippe Durand…
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June 2, 2025
Two College of Humanities professors are among interdisciplinary research teams awarded grants under the University of Arizona’s first Big Idea Challenge. The initiative, created by the Office of Research and Partnerships, incentivizes…
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May 30, 2025
When Alain-Philippe Durand was applying to be a school director at the University of Arizona, he searched about the university online and found a photo of the basketball team that said “What were you doing March 31, 1997?” In Tucson, that…
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May 19, 2025
One faculty member in the Department of Religious Studies and Classics has been promoted, demonstrating excellent performance in teaching, service and research.Dr. Konden Smith Hansen is promoted from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer. Dr. Smith…
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May 19, 2025
One faculty member in the Department Spanish and Portuguese has been promoted, demonstrating excellent performance in teaching, service and research.Dr. Abigal Martinez Sotelo is promoted from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer.