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March 9, 2023
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Aguirre Scholarship Connects Tomorrow’s Leaders with Arizona History
In their lifetimes, Mary Bernard Aguirre and her grandson Pedro Joab Aguirre bridged different countries, cultures, languages and peoples.Read More
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March 10, 2022
Congratulations to the 2021-22 COH Teaching and Outreach Grant awardees!
Jacqueline Barrios
Assistant Professor, Public and Applied Humanities
Project: Urban Humanities Un-Conference: Building a Tucson Network for Justice-Driven Spatial…
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March 4, 2022
The College of Humanities, together with the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies, condemns Russia’s assault on Ukraine. The University of Arizona is the home of many scholars and students who have spent their lives studying Ukraine, Russia, and…
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Feb. 28, 2022
Three renowned guest speakers will deliver a wide range of perspectives on the topic of free speech during the inaugural College of Humanities Perspectives Series, the cornerstone event in the newly launched Fearless Inquiries Project.
The…
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Feb. 18, 2022
A project that uses digital mapping to layer additional data sets an offer new insights into The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca and has earned Dr. Anita Huizar-Hernández one of two Dorrance Dean’s Awards for Opening the Canon.
Huizar-Hernández,…
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Feb. 17, 2022
A project that weaves together Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield with a field study of historic Tucson locations has earned Dr. Jacqueline Barrios one of two Dorrance Dean’s Awards for Opening the Canon.
Barrios, Assistant Professor in the…
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Feb. 11, 2022
The inaugural recipient of the Dorrance Dean’s Award for Research & Entrepreneurialism is Dr. Kristy L. Slominski, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies.
Slominksi is awarded $20,000 for her project, “Health Humanities Training in Religion…
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Feb. 4, 2022
With the support of a $5.4 million gift commitment from alumni Jacquelynn and Bennett Dorrance, the College of Humanities is launching the Fearless Inquiries Project, a strategic set of initiatives designed to make the University of Arizona a leader…
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Jan. 24, 2022
With the right technology, a room can be a megaphone.
In the case of the Dorothy Rubel Room, major technological upgrades have transformed the longtime home of the Humanities Seminars Program into a megaphone that can broadcast small seminars…
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Dec. 17, 2021
Graduating with a 4.0 and completing a triple major in Spanish, Economics and Political Science, Ryan Sheets is the December 2021 College of Humanities Outstanding Senior.
He intends to pursue a career that combines his undergraduate passions and…
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Dec. 9, 2021
The legacy of Dr. Donna Swaim, a beloved humanities professor who taught at the university for 50 years, will continue with a study abroad scholarship bearing her name.
A crowdfunding effort this fall to raise money for The Donna Swaim…
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Dec. 7, 2021
To honor the memory of alumna Helen H. Chatfield, who graduated from the University of Arizona in 1968 with degree in Spanish, the College of Humanities has created a series of faculty awards to recognize exemplary teaching, research and service…
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Nov. 23, 2021
Congratulations to the 2021-22 COH Faculty Research Grant awardees!
Ana Carvalho
Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Project: Voices from the Margins: A Language Documentary Chronicling Portuguese Speakers in Uruguay
Erika Gault
Assistant Professor,…