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May 5, 2022
Dr. Ana Cornide, Associate Professor of Practice and Director of the Critical Service Learning and Community Outreach in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, is the recipient of the University’s 2022 Koffler Prize.   Sponsored by the…
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April 22, 2022
Please join us in congratulating two of our world-class faculty members who recently received prestigious UA Awards of Distinction and Grants! Sonia Colina | Regents Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Director of the National Center of…
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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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Oct. 14, 2021
The University of Arizona will participate in a three-year, $5-million grant-funded project that unites 16 universities in a national initiative to support Latinx humanities studies. The University of Illinois Chicago is the lead institution of the…
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Sept. 16, 2021
Professor Carmen King de Ramírez’s new book—just published by Georgetown University Press. Congratulations! 
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Sept. 10, 2021
While most scholars focus on their singular specialty, Sonia Colina has long found herself drawn to both the formal aspects of language structure and the practical work of translating between languages.   The expertise in both fields has earned …
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Sept. 9, 2021
Professors Kátia da Costa Bezerra and Cynthia White have been awarded grant funding from AZ Humanities for the Listening to Other Voices project, a celebration of world literature featuring multiple events over two days in February.  Bezerra,…
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Sept. 3, 2021
Congratulations to Professor Kristin Doran for winning the UA Provost Office Arizona Champion Award for her extraordinary work with the Basic Language Program here in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Professor Doran is the director of a…
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June 6, 2021
It is with great sadness that I write on the death of my colleague Lanin Gyurko, who taught Spanish at the University of Arizona from 1978 until his retirement in 2015. Lanin came to Arizona to be Head of the then Department of Romance Languages. He…
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June 1, 2021
Two faculty members in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese have been promoted, demonstrating excellent performance in teaching, service and research. Dr. Adriana Betancur is promoted from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer. Dr. Carmen King de Ramírez…