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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…
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Oct. 21, 2021
Dorrance Dean Alain-Philippe Durand is pleased to announce Dr. Caleb Simmons as the next Faculty Director of the Bachelor of General Studies program in the College of Humanities.
Simmons is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the…
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Oct. 15, 2021
The University of Arizona has been named recipient of a $400,000 grant awarded by the National Endowment of the Humanities through their program, American Rescue Plan: Humanities Organizations, aimed at providing economic relief and recovery for…
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Oct. 14, 2021
The University of Arizona will participate in a three-year, $5-million grant-funded project that unites 16 universities in a national initiative to support Latinx humanities studies.
The University of Illinois Chicago is the lead institution of the…
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Sept. 27, 2021
The University of Arizona is expanding its Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) degree programs to the UArizona Near You Network academic locations in Douglas and Nogales.
This expansion supports the mission of The University of Arizona’s Online,…
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Sept. 23, 2021
A new study abroad scholarship fund will enable more College of Humanities students to experience global cultures while gaining valuable skills for their future careers.
A new $125,000 gift will create the Donna Dillon Manning and Larry Horner…
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Sept. 22, 2021
"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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Sept. 10, 2021
While most scholars focus on their singular specialty, Sonia Colina has long found herself drawn to both the formal aspects of language structure and the practical work of translating between languages.
The expertise in both fields has earned …
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Sept. 9, 2021
For Robert Stephan, summers mean archaeological field research in Greece, working on a project trying to understand the collapse of civilizations at the end of the Bronze Age.
During the fall and spring semesters, Stephan teaches courses on…
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Sept. 9, 2021
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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Sept. 3, 2021
The Center for Digital Humanities at The University of Arizona and Snobal, a technology company developing cloud enterprise virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) software, are the successful recipients of a Facebook Reality Labs (FRL)…
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Aug. 31, 2021
Two College of Humanities professors are among 24 UA employees selected to participate in the 2021-22 Academic Leadership Institute.
Aileen Feng, Associate Professor of Italian and Director of Italian Studies, and Caleb Simmons, Associate Professor…