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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."
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An expanded partnership between the UA’s College of Humanities and Office of Global Initiatives will focus on intercultural competence as part of a strategic effort to increase study abroad engagement and produce globally competitive graduates.
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The College of Humanites and Department of French & Italian is hosting the first Arizona Graduate Conference in French. Registration deadline is Feb. 1. Register at the conference website.  The conference will begin Friday, Feb. 23 with a public...
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The College of Humanities is now accepting nominations for Spring 2018 awards. NOMINATION DEADLINE: Friday, March 2, 2018 1) College of Humanities Distinguished Teaching Award The Distinguished Teaching Award recognizes teaching excellence at all...
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By Jordyn Stinnett, UA Office of Global Initiatives
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Graduates of the University of Arizona’s College of Humanities have gone onto successful careers around the world, applying their expertise in leadership, critical thinking, collaboration, adaptability, problem solving, and intercultural competence...
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The College of Humanities honored its Fall 2017 graduates at the Pre-Commencement Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 15 in the Grand Ballroom of the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center.
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Jimmain Middleton (1982-2017) Jerome Dotson, assistant professor of Africana Studies, delivered a speech in memory of Jimmain Middleton and presented Middleton’s family with his posthumous degree in Africana Studies. 
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Congratulations to the College of Humanities’ Outstanding Senior for Fall 2017, Rachel Dieman! Dieman graduates with a double major in Russian and Slavic Studies and Political Science. “As students of the humanities, we have the opportunity to...
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Congratulations to this year's COH Teaching and Outreach Grant awardees!    2017-18 COH Teaching and Outreach Grant Awardees Professor Dalila Ayoun French & Italian Project: Arizona Graduate Student Conference in French Professor Katia Bezerra...
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Albrecht Classen, University Distinguished Professor of German Studies, has been honored with the rank of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions. 
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Ted Taubeneck, a generous supporter of University of Arizona arts and humanities programs who enthusiastically embodied the ideal of lifelong learning, died last month. He was 91.
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Congratulations to Denis Provencher, professor and head of the Department of French and Italian, on being named Acting Director of the UA's Institute for LGBT Studies for Spring 2018.  Provencher is a scholar of contemporary French and Francophone...
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The University of Arizona Parent & Family Association's monthly faculty spotlight for December is on Rae Erin Dachille, an assistant professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies and an expert on Buddhism.  Here's the full profile: 
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  Congratulations to the Fall 2017 COH Graduate Student Research Grant awardees!    Fall 2017 COH Graduate Students Research Grant Awardees Nan Ouyang East Asian Studies Project: The Making of a Sacred Place: The Rise of Mount Jiuhua in the Ming-...