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In their lifetimes, Mary Bernard Aguirre and her grandson Pedro Joab Aguirre bridged different countries, cultures, languages and peoples.  
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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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Helen S. Schaefer, the longtime board member and namesake of the University of Arizona Poetry Center who championed arts, cultural and educational organizations across the university and Southern Arizona, died Sept. 1. She was 89.  
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Three renowned guest speakers will deliver a wide range of perspectives on the topic of free speech during the inaugural College of Humanities Perspectives Series, the cornerstone event in the newly launched Fearless Inquiries Project.   
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With the right technology, a room can be a megaphone.  
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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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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.
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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.  
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An NEH-funded project centered on the challenges of soldiers returning home after war will present a series of public discussions this week.  
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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.  
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"Once upon a time…" Children know to recognize a story by that classic phrase, which captures attention and opens up whole new worlds. The 12th annual Tucson Humanities Festival, presented by the University of Arizona College of Humanities, will...
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Professors Kátia da Costa Bezerra and Cynthia White have been awarded grant funding from AZ Humanities for the Listening to Other Voices project, a celebration of world literature featuring multiple events over two days in February.  Bezerra,...
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The Arizona State Museum (ASM) and two College of Humanities centers – the Poetry Center and Center for Digital Humanities – have received a $190,953 Museums for America grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for a...
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By Kim Stoll, Fall 2021 Arizona Alumni Magazine A koan in Zen Buddhism is an unsolvable enigma, a question wrapped in paradox, to be pondered in meditation to help unlock enlightenment. A koan calls into question the limits of human perception and...
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What would you say to the COVID-19 vaccine? Would you summarize your experience during the pandemic? Would you focus on your hopes for the future? 
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A University of Arizona expert in applying immersive learning to the classroom is embarking on a new project that uses virtual and augmented reality to re-create common experiences of racism and discrimination.