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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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March 8, 2018
Gloria Rivera, one of the top medical interpreter trainers at the UA's National Center for Interpretation, has received the 2018 Trainer of the Year Award from the California Healthcare Interpreter Association.
Rivera, a certified medical…
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March 7, 2018
As a professor at Michigan State University, Malcolm Compitello was part of a very good program in Spanish.
But what he saw at the University of Arizona was a setting and a community where Spanish was everywhere. The UA had a learning environment…
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March 7, 2018
Tani D. Sanchez, associate professor of Africana Studies, is a featured author at the Tucson Festival of Books.
Her 2017 book, Didn't Come From Nothing: An African-American Story of Life, presents a genealogical narrative that traces family roots…
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March 5, 2018
In 2017, Melissa Fitch of the Department of Spanish & Portuguese was selected as a University Distinguished Professor and now Fitch is the subject of a new profile video that looks at her work inside and outside of the classroom.
"University…
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Feb. 28, 2018
Congratulations to the Spring 2018 COH Graduate Student Research Grant awardees!
Spring 2018 COH Graduate Students Research Grant Awardees
Adolfo Bejar Lara
Spanish and Portuguese
Project: Community Beyond the State: Mexico City and the Crisis…
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Feb. 28, 2018
The College of Humanities and Africana Studies Program extend a heartfelt thanks to KXCI Community Radio for the partnership to celebrate Black History Month.
Each Monday during February, KXCI's Home Stretch program hosted a professor from Africana…
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Feb. 23, 2018
The Tucson Weekly published an interview with Religious Studies Professor Alex Nava, who will speak about the spiritual dimensions of hip-hop at the Tucson Hip Hop Festival on Saturday, Feb. 24. Both the College of Humanities and the Africana…
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Feb. 15, 2018
The new Undercover Arts magazine from the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance features an article about the Learning Games Initiative:
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA’S LEARNING GAMES INITIATIVE IS BUILT ON A PASSION FOR CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES…
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Feb. 14, 2018
The Friends of HSP Endowment fund has surpassed the $1 million milestone, which will support the long-term interests and continuity of the UA’s premier adult education series.
Founded in 1984, the Humanities Seminars Program has enrolled more than…
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Feb. 13, 2018
The College of Humanities and Department of French & Italian present a discussion on the making of a new anthology of modern Italian poetry and a dual-language reading of selected poems.
The reading and discussion will take place at 5:30 p.m. on…
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Feb. 12, 2018
The National Center for Interpretation and the Graduate College are pleased to announce the competition for the 2018-19 NCI Graduate Fellowships.
Awards: Two cash awards provided by the Graduate College, each consisting of $6,250.00, and one or more…
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Feb. 9, 2018
New College of Humanities programs highlight a commitment to delivering a global education.
To meet rising student demand for language instruction, the University of Arizona's College of Humanities is introducing new minors in Korean and…