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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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May 5, 2020
With grant funding from the Academy of Korean Studies, Sunyoung Yang is developing the University of Arizona’s Korean Studies program, focusing the curriculum on hands-on projects to attract and excite students.
Yang, an assistant professor…
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May 5, 2020
As languages overlap and blend in border regions, bilingual speakers demonstrate the subtle ways speaking patterns shift and adapt to linguistic influences while maintaining the grammar of both languages.
An ongoing University of Arizona research…
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April 30, 2020
With widespread praise for her innovative, thought-provoking and collaborative teaching, Joela Jacobs has been awarded the 2020 Leicester and Kathryn Sherrill Creative Teaching Award.
Jacobs, Assistant Professor of German Studies, is recognized…
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April 30, 2020
Caleb Simmons, an internationally recognized scholar in South Asian Studies, is receiving a University of Arizona Early Career Scholars Award.
Simmons, just promoted to tenured Associate Professor of Religious Studies, joined the faculty in 2014…
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April 28, 2020
Grace Faerber, graduating with a double major in East Asian Studies and Global Studies, has been awarded the prestigious Boren Fellowship to fund her graduate study in China.
Faerber, the College of Humanities Outstanding Senior recipient for…
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April 7, 2020
The College of Humanities is proud to announce the following recipients of the Spring 2020 Awards.
Please join us in congratulating them on their outstanding achievements!
Outstanding Senior Award
Grace Faerber
Majors: East Asian Studies, Global…
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April 7, 2020
The College of Humanities is proud to announce the following recipients of the Spring 2020 COH Scholarships.
Please join us in congratulating them on their outstanding achievements!
Alene Kelsey Metcalf Family Scholarship
Katrina Kuxhausen-DeRose…
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April 7, 2020
Dean Alain-Philippe Durand is pleased to announce the following changes.
Dr. Nick Ferdinandt has decided to step down from his position as Director of the Center for English as a Second Language (CESL) effective Aug. 16, 2020. Among CESL’s…
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April 3, 2020
Dean Alain-Philippe Durand is pleased to announce Dr. David Gramling will be the next Faculty Director of the Bachelor of General Studies program in the College of Humanities, effective Aug. 17, 2020.
Gramling is Associate Professor of German…
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March 19, 2020
Dear College of Humanities Students,
Despite the ever-changing challenges posed by the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), the College of Humanities remains focused on two priorities for students: your health and your academic progress toward…
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March 9, 2020
Congratulations to the Spring 2020 COH Graduate Student Research Grant awardees!
Spring 2020 COH Graduate Student Research Grant Awardees
Michael Main
Religious Studies and Classics
Project: An Appalachian Translation of Seneca's "Oedipus"
Damián…
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March 9, 2020
Congratulations to the 2019-20 COH Teaching and Outreach Grant awardees!
2019-20 COH Teaching and Outreach Grant Awardees
Maria Letizia Bellocchio and Giuseppe Cavatorta
French and Italian
Project: Italian Language in Wonderland: An Outline…