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Feb. 18, 2019
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UA Among Top Producers of Foreign Language Degrees
The University of Arizona ranks among the top 10 universities in the nation for producing graduates with foreign language degrees. According to a new Chronicle of Higher Education analysis of U.S. Department of Education data for the 2016-17 academic year, the UA conferred 216 bachelor’s degrees in foreign languages, literatures and linguistics, ranking 10th among all universities.Read More
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Sept. 17, 2020
The Critical Languages Program is expanding into community classes, creating a non-credit opportunity to study less commonly taught languages.
The first course offered will be Cantonese, with a 10-hour, five-week course focusing on the language…
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Sept. 16, 2020
As Athens rose to become the intellectual and cultural center of Ancient Greece in the fifth century BC, communities of artists within the city began transforming established traditions with ground-breaking innovations.
Athenian potters dominated…
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Sept. 15, 2020
As a nursing major, Maryan Hassan knows her career path lies in health care.
But it’s her Africana Studies minor that’s helping to define that career path and how her goals connect to the larger world. Eventually, Hassan would like to open her…
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Sept. 3, 2020
The Writing Skills Improvement Program will offer a regular series of 50-minute workshops weekly throughout the semester, including two new workshops specifically addressing online classes.
Free for all, the workshops will be interactive and…
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Aug. 25, 2020
As a French major, new Student Body President Tara Singleton says the skills and perspectives from her Humanities courses are crucial to her leadership role, as well as her career goal to work in human rights law.
Singleton, elected as the…
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Aug. 5, 2020
Nichole Guard, Senior Program Coordinator in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has been honored as one of nine recipients for this year’s University of Arizona Individual Awards for Excellence.
Guard, who joined the University in 2008,…
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July 8, 2020
Dear College of Humanities Students, Staff, and Faculty,
The College of Humanities stands with our international students in vehement opposition to the newly announced US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy that would force visa…
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June 16, 2020
The College of Humanities is pleased to welcome new faculty for the upcoming academic year.
“These are outstanding scholars who represent the breadth and diversity of Humanities scholarship and teaching,” said Dean Alain-Philippe Durand. “Their…
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June 11, 2020
Denis M. Provencher, Professor and Head of the Department of French and Italian, will join the University of Arizona’s 2020-2021 Inclusive Leadership Cohort Certificate program.
Provencher is one of 13 faculty and staff members chosen for the…
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June 3, 2020
Richard P. Kinkade, a prolific and award-winning Spanish medievalist scholar who served as the first Dean of Humanities and a revered mentor and professor during 42 years at the University of Arizona, has died. He was 81.
Malcolm Compitello, who was…
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June 1, 2020
Dear Colleagues, Students, and Friends—
The recent senseless and heartbreaking death of Mr. George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis, MN is infuriating and unacceptable. We stand in solidarity with the Floyd family and the Black…
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May 22, 2020
Karina M. Rodríguez, Recruitment Coordinator for the College of Humanities, has been selected to join the University of Arizona’s third cohort of HSI Fellows.
Rodríguez is one of 10 faculty and staff members invited to work on projects from…