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Oct. 10, 2022
In a virtual classroom, University of Arizona students connect with a binational group of peers and professors, sharing their own experiences and perspectives while learning about the nuances and complexities of U.S.-Mexico border issues.   The…
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Oct. 10, 2022
The University of Arizona’s new Language Training Center will deliver intensive language training to U.S. Department of Defense personnel, funded by a three-year, $1.5-million grant. The Language Training Center will provide training language and…
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Oct. 10, 2022
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 Lillian Gorman, Xochilt María Montaño, Francisco Javier Fuentes…
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Oct. 6, 2022
What would you do if your salad bit you back or started to talk? Eden? Plants between Science and Fiction, a multimedia exhibit about the role of plants in science fiction literature and film, invites you to engage in exactly this thought experiment…
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Oct. 3, 2022
Beginning this month, Children’s Museum Tucson will welcome storytelling professors from the College of Humanities to share about diverse cultures during the museum’s monthly Art after Dark program.   The Cuentacuentos program will kick off on Oct.…
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Oct. 1, 2022
For 2022, Tucson Humanities Festival centers on community, with a series of presentations about how people come together to create, share, hope and celebrate.   The Tucson Humanities Festival coincides with National Arts & Humanities Month and…
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Sept. 30, 2022
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. Daisy Vargas, an Assistant Professor in the Department of…
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Sept. 28, 2022
Dr. Robert Stephan, Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Religious Studies and Classics, has been selected as one of 20 UA employees to join the 2022-23 Academic Leadership Institute.   Stephan, who is also director of undergraduate…
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Sept. 23, 2022
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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Sept. 8, 2022
To better suit the needs of University of Arizona students and reflect the skills and education it offers, the General Studies Program is changing its name to the Interdisciplinary Studies Program, starting this semester.    The change is made…
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Sept. 8, 2022
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.   Helen S.…
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Sept. 8, 2022
The University of Arizona will establish a new Center for East Asian Studies that will join three other longstanding international centers on campus. The four centers will receive a combined $5.9 million in federal Title VI grant funding over the…