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March 9, 2023
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Aguirre Scholarship Connects Tomorrow’s Leaders with Arizona History
In their lifetimes, Mary Bernard Aguirre and her grandson Pedro Joab Aguirre bridged different countries, cultures, languages and peoples.Read More
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Feb. 11, 2022
The inaugural recipient of the Dorrance Dean’s Award for Research & Entrepreneurialism is Dr. Kristy L. Slominski, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies.
Slominksi is awarded $20,000 for her project, “Health Humanities Training in Religion…
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Feb. 4, 2022
With the support of a $5.4 million gift commitment from alumni Jacquelynn and Bennett Dorrance, the College of Humanities is launching the Fearless Inquiries Project, a strategic set of initiatives designed to make the University of Arizona a leader…
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Jan. 24, 2022
With the right technology, a room can be a megaphone.
In the case of the Dorothy Rubel Room, major technological upgrades have transformed the longtime home of the Humanities Seminars Program into a megaphone that can broadcast small seminars…
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Dec. 17, 2021
Graduating with a 4.0 and completing a triple major in Spanish, Economics and Political Science, Ryan Sheets is the December 2021 College of Humanities Outstanding Senior.
He intends to pursue a career that combines his undergraduate passions and…
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Dec. 9, 2021
The legacy of Dr. Donna Swaim, a beloved humanities professor who taught at the university for 50 years, will continue with a study abroad scholarship bearing her name.
A crowdfunding effort this fall to raise money for The Donna Swaim…
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Dec. 7, 2021
To honor the memory of alumna Helen H. Chatfield, who graduated from the University of Arizona in 1968 with degree in Spanish, the College of Humanities has created a series of faculty awards to recognize exemplary teaching, research and service…
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Nov. 23, 2021
Congratulations to the 2021-22 COH Faculty Research Grant awardees!
Ana Carvalho
Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Project: Voices from the Margins: A Language Documentary Chronicling Portuguese Speakers in Uruguay
Erika Gault
Assistant Professor,…
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Nov. 23, 2021
Congratulations to the Fall 2021 COH Graduate Student Research Grant awardees!
Junyuan Chen
East Asian Studies, Second Language Acquisition & Teaching
Project: Japanese Language Teacher Identities in a Changing Context
Jessica Tiegs
Spanish…
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Nov. 16, 2021
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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Nov. 12, 2021
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.
The visit…
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Nov. 9, 2021
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.
Arizona Translates! is ALTA’s first public event series aimed…
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Nov. 8, 2021
An NEH-funded project centered on the challenges of soldiers returning home after war will present a series of public discussions this week.
“Thunder of War – Winds of Return” is focused on narratives and giving veterans the opportunity to tell…