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Two College of Humanities faculty members received the University of Arizona’s Global Excellence Awards for 2019.  Robert Côté, Director of the Writing Skills Improvement Program, was recognized with the Award for Excellence in Global Education…

The Artistic Activism After Atrocity project examines how post-atrocity societies remember and engage with past violence, particularly the role of art in changing minds and attitudes that can lead to meaningful reconciliation.A University of Arizona…

Instructor Edgard Ore-Giron gave a lecture on Friday, November 1, 2019 at the Federal Correctional Institution - Tucson as part of the Prison Education Project.  His lecture was titled, "Interpretation on the Conquest of the Aztecs and…

The 10th annual Tucson Humanities Festival features 10 events offering thought-provoking lectures, panels, readings and films by faculty and special guests, including poet and author Sandra Cisneros.   As new ideas develop and new…

On Thursday, September 12, 2019, approximately 100 undergrads taking classes in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese gathered on the University of Arizona Mall to be welcomed back to school by their instructors and the department staff. …

Los Alamos, New Mexico native Carmella Scorcia Pacheco is off to do a Fellowship with the Latino Museum Studies Program at the Smithsonian Institution’s Center for Cultural Heritage and Folklife! Carmella is a PhD Student in the Spanish and…

Did you know that there's more than one way to earn college credits?  Nichole Guard (Program Coordinator, Senior - Undergraduate Programs) was interviewed over the summer for this Daily Wildcat article about earing credit via CLEP…

Two of the UA's new cohort of 10 HSI Fellows come from the College of Humanities. Lynette Duran, College of Humanities Director of Academic Advising, and Lillian Gorman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, will…

Bryn Sharp, graduating with honors in Spanish and Latin American Studies, is one of two 2019 recipients of the prestigious Robie Gold Medal Award.Awarded at UA Commencement by the Dean of Students Office, the award was created by Wendell T. Robie of…

Professor Richard Kinkade's colleague at the Universidad de Sevilla, Joaquín Pérez Blanes, was recently elected to the Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Educación y Deporte, Delegación Territorial de Educación. As the delegate from Seville, his…

The University of Arizona ranks among the top 10 universities in the nation for producing graduates with foreign language degrees.According to a new Chronicle of Higher Education analysis of U.S. Department of Education data for the 2016-17 academic…

Three College of Humanities professors are assuming leadership roles in the Modern Language Association and Association of Departments of Foreign Languages. German Studies Department Head Barbara Kosta was elected to the executive…