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March 30, 2021
Join us in congratulating Amy Warren, our administrative assistant in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, for being awarded a 2021 UA Award for Excellence. Amy has inspired positive growth in the department, and is a key player in its success…
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Jan. 14, 2021
A University of Arizona researcher is turning to digital mapping technology to reveal new insights about a nearly 500-year-old text and shed assumptions about early exploration of what is today the United States and the legacy of European power in…
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Dec. 18, 2020
We recently received these words from alumni Donald Frischmann:
This Long, Winding Road... Rolls On!
It was mid-August 1985. With fresh Ph.D. in hand, I watched the magical Tucson Valley fade from view (though never from my heart!) as I began the 1,…
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Dec. 14, 2020
Two College of Humanities seniors have swept the university's 2020 Centennial Achievement Undergraduate Awards.
Derek Foehrkolb, graduating in December with degrees in Russian and Slavic Studies and public management and policy, and Armando Gavin…
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Aug. 13, 2020
Ways to get in touch with the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Main Office:
spanish@arizona.edu
520-621-3123 (please leave a voicemail with a phone number or email address for follow-up; *students, please leave your netid or student id)
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Aug. 5, 2020
Nichole Guard, Senior Program Coordinator in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has been honored as one of nine recipients for this year’s University of Arizona Individual Awards for Excellence.
Guard, who joined the University in 2008,…
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June 8, 2020
Richard P. Kinkade, a prolific and award-winning Spanish medievalist scholar who served as the first Dean of Humanities and a revered mentor and professor during 42 years at the University of Arizona, has died. He was 81.
Malcolm Compitello, who…
May 14, 2020
Bruna Sommer-Farias, an instructor of Portuguese finishing her doctoral degree in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, is awarded the College of Humanities 2020 Outstanding GAT Award.
Sommer-Farias first came to the University of Arizona as…
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May 11, 2020
Three professors in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese have been promoted, demonstrating excellent performance in teaching, service and research.
Ana Cornide is promoted from Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese to Associate…
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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…