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April 1, 2021
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?  The Global Vaccine Poem project, a collaboration between the University of Arizona Poetry Center and …
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March 29, 2021
The College of Humanities is proud to announce the following recipients of the Spring 2021 Awards.  Please join us in congratulating them on their outstanding achievements! Outstanding Senior Award Emily Allerton Majors: Russian, Creative Writing,…
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March 29, 2021
The College of Humanities is proud to announce the following recipients of the Spring 2021 COH Scholarships. Please join us in congratulating them on their outstanding achievements! Alene Kelsey Metcalf Family Scholarship Zcheecid Aguirre | Major:…
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March 18, 2021
Dear Colleagues, Students, and Friends—   We are shocked and saddened by Tuesday’s murders in Georgia and condemn the violence and unacceptable rise of hate against Asian American Pacific Islander communities since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Feb. 2, 2021
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.   While the old idiom “to walk a mile…
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Feb. 1, 2021
The College of Humanities and Africana Studies Program are hosting a series of virtual events this month to celebrate Black History Month.   Special guests include author and journalist Jelani Cobb and historian Brenna Wynn Greer, both scheduled to…
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Jan. 22, 2021
Donors to the University of Arizona College of Humanities contributed more than $1.5 million in support during 2020, funding an array of student scholarships, faculty research and outreach programs.   “We are humbled by the tremendous support from…
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Jan. 21, 2021
For the second consecutive year, the Department of French & Italian has received a grant to host the Tournées Film Festival, this year presenting a virtual, weekly series of seven films.   Faculty and graduate students will introduce and lead…
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Jan. 19, 2021
Denis M. Provencher has been awarded a research chair for fall 2021 by the Université d’Ottawa, where he will conduct research on the queer immigrant Francophone community in Canada.   Provencher, Professor and head of the University of Arizona…
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Jan. 15, 2021
The University of Arizona Russian program ranks fourth in North America for graduating majors in Russian Studies.   According to an annual survey of enrollments, the UA ranks behind the University of Chicago, University of Texas at Austin, and…
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Jan. 14, 2021
A University of Arizona researcher is turning to digital mapping technology to reveal new insights about a nearly 500-year-old text and shed assumptions about early exploration of what is today the United States and the legacy of European power in…
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Dec. 21, 2020
In the uncertainty and tumult of 2020, we turned to the humanities for guidance, comfort, answers, inspiration, lessons, hope, determination, clarity and ways to process grief and the impact of isolation.    We turned to the humanities disciplines…