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Dec. 14, 2018
The Convocation Ceremony for Winter 2018 graduate students of the UA College of Humanities was held on the morning of Friday, December 14 in the North Ballroom at the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center. Our faculty and staff…
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Dec. 5, 2018
The Humanities Seminars Program honored four UA professors with the annual Ted and Shirley Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award.  Fabian Alfie, Bruce Chamberlain, Jerry Hogle and Bella Vivante were honored at the November ceremony. They are the first…
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Nov. 30, 2018
Congratulations to the 2018-19 COH Faculty Research Grant awardees!    2018-19 COH Faculty Research Grant Awardees Sonia Colina Spanish & Portuguese Project: Equity and inclusion in research studies: Does translation hinder equal participation…
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Nov. 30, 2018
Congratulations to the Fall 2018 COH Graduate Student Research Grant awardees!    Fall 2018 COH Graduate Students Research Grant Awardees Margherita Berti Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Project: Cultural learning through the lens of…
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Nov. 16, 2018
By Jordyn Stinnett and Ally Purcell, UA Global   Anne-Marie Engels-Brooks, an instructor, director, and advisor in the Department of French and Italian, is the recipient of the 2018 Excellence in Global Service Award.  The Global Excellence…
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Nov. 15, 2018
As OSIRIS-REx approaches the asteroid Bennu, a family-friendly variety show explores how space unites science and the humanities. The night sky has always captivated humankind. To ancient peoples, celestial bodies were the gods and…
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Nov. 14, 2018
The University of Arizona Poetry Center is pleased to announce the first five ambassadors in its multi-year Art for Justice Project, supported by the Art for Justice Fund. The 2018-19 ambassador cohort includes poets Randall Horton, Nikky Finney…
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Nov. 13, 2018
From Kazakh to Kurmanji Kurdish, Language Canvas is making UA-developed learning programs for less commonly taught languages available to people everywhere. By Paul Tumarkin, Tech Launch Arizona. Since 1996, the University of Arizona …
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Nov. 1, 2018
Benjamin Jens and Colleen Lucey, Assistant Professors in the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies, are featured in the latest episode of the We Teach Languages podcast. For episode 76, John Mullen of WHRU Radio Hofstra University interviewed…
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Oct. 31, 2018
The UA’s Center for Buddhist Studies this week presents the annual Khyentse Foundation Lecture Series, in conjunction with an international conference. The lecture, Ti-Yong: Toward a More Thorough Understanding of the Essence-Function, will be…
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Oct. 30, 2018
The UA Center for Digital Humanities is helping faculty and students embark on wide-ranging research projects applying cutting-edge technology   Imagine being able to walk around a Buddhist temple in China without leaving your desk. Or observe…
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Oct. 26, 2018
The College of Humanities' Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy has been awarded a four-year grant renewal from the U.S. Department of Education.  The Title VI grants support teaching, research and outreach on…