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April 6, 2023
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Professor Jiang Wu Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
University of Arizona Department of East Asian Studies Professor and Center for Buddhist Studies Director Jiang Wu is one of 171 scientists, writers, scholars and artists awarded a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship. Wu said he was thrilled to be named a fellow and called the honor a "gratifying moment that comes after so many years of hard work and research."Read More
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June 1, 2021
One professor in the Africana Studies Program has been promoted, demonstrating excellent performance in teaching, service and research.
Dr. Bayo Ijagbemi is promoted from Associate Professor to Professor of Practice.
Ijagbemi had his undergraduate…
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May 19, 2021
Alumni Jacquelynn and Bennett Dorrance have made a gift commitment of $5.4 million to endow the deanship of the University of Arizona College of Humanities in support of efforts to integrate traditional and cutting-edge approaches into humanities…
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May 14, 2021
Ángela Matute Sánchez, a Spanish-language instructor and Ph.D. candidate in Hispanic Linguistics with a minor in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, is the College of Humanities 2021 Outstanding GAT Award recipient.
Kristin Doran, Assistant…
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May 14, 2021
Congratulations to the College of Humanities’ Outstanding Senior for Spring 2021, Emily Allerton!
Allerton is graduating with majors in Russian and Slavic Studies, Creative Writing and Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, with the ultimate goal of…
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May 13, 2021
Known among students and colleagues for the passion and enthusiasm he brings to teaching Classics, Robert Stephan is a recipient of the University of Arizona’s 2021 Gerald G. Swanson Prize for Teaching Excellence.
Stephan, an Assistant Professor…
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May 13, 2021
Kristin Doran and Maria Letizia Bellocchio have been selected as the College of Humanities 2021 faculty award winners.
Doran, Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, is the Distinguished Undergraduate Advising/Mentoring…
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May 11, 2021
Kharen Morgan, graduating with degree in Applied Humanities: Public Health Emphasis and East Asian Studies: Chinese Language Emphasis, has received the 2020-2021 Native American Student Affairs Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award.
A member of…
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May 10, 2021
Nikita Ganesh, graduating with a double major in Chinese language and psychological science, will be awarded the University’s Merrill P. Freeman Medal.
Ganesh is one of two recipients of the medal, which is named in honor of Merrill Freeman, who…
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May 10, 2021
Alyssa Jean Peterson, graduating with a triple major in Religious Studies, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Biochemistry, will receive the University’s Robert Logan Nugent Award.
Peterson, graduating magna cum laude, is one of two recipients…
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April 30, 2021
The Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy is awarding three 2021 fellowships, funding two College of Humanities faculty research projects and one graduate student project.
The faculty recipients are Liudmila Klimanova…
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April 29, 2021
The University of Arizona is launching a new minor in Asian Pacific American studies, centered on what has become the fastest-growing racial or ethnic group in the United States.
The new minor, housed in the Department of East Asian Studies in the …
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April 15, 2021
Congratulations to Sonia Colina, Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of The National Center for Interpretation, on being named a Regents Professor!
Colina, a linguist, is an expert in theoretical phonology and…