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Announcing Diversity Speaker Series

Feb. 17, 2021

The College of Education Diversity Committee is kicking off its new speaker series on February 23 with Center for the Study of Higher Education alumna Amanda Tachine, a Navajo from Ganado, Arizona. She is Náneesht’ézhí Táchii’nii (Zuni Red Running into Water clan) born for Tl’izilani (Many Goats clan). She is an assistant professor in educational leadership and...

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Pima County Recorder, alumna Gabriella Cázares-Kelly

Feb. 16, 2021

Now officially sworn in as the new Pima County Recorder, alumna Gabriella Cázares-Kelly was interviewed in this Arizona Daily Star article.

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Alumnus Sol Davis is the new executive director the Jewish Museum of Maryland

Feb. 16, 2021

Alumnus Sol Davis is the new executive director the Jewish Museum of Maryland, an agency of the Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore. Davis, who received a doctorate in TLS, previously served as executive director of the Jewish History Museum and Holocaust History Center in Tucson.

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Assistant Professor JD Lopez was named a 2021 Emerging Scholar

Feb. 16, 2021

Assistant Professor JD Lopez was named a 2021 Emerging Scholar by Diverse Issues in Higher Education. Just 15 scholars out of several hundred nominees receive the recognition each year.

Professor David Yaden is the incoming 2020-2021 president-elect of the Literacy Research Association

Feb. 16, 2021

Professor David Yaden is the incoming 2020-2021 president-elect of the Literacy Research Association, a 1,500-member international association of literacy researchers. He will be the conference chair for the 71st Annual Meeting tentatively to be held in Atlanta,...

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Cooper Center featured on AZPM’s Arizona Spotlight

Jan. 20, 2021

Colin Waite, director of the Cooper Center for Environmental Learning, was featured on Arizona Public Media's Arizona Spotlight.

He spoke about the Cooper Center's historical impact on Southern Arizona, how they've adapted to the challenges of the pandemic, and renovation plans for their facilities....

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How the pandemic could mark a “turning point” for Chinese science

Jan. 20, 2021

EPSP Professor Jenny Lee and Higher Education doctoral candidate John Haupt recently spoke with Science Magazine about how collaboration between scientists in China and the United States increased for COVID-19–related research despite previous years of political...