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Feb. 2, 2023
BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT THE W.A. FRANKE HONORS COLLEGE
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Jan. 26, 2023
DR. CHEREE MEEKS ACCEPTS 2023 PIMA COUNTY BHM PROCLAMATION
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Dr. Cheree Meeks at the Dunbar Pavilion.
Jan. 23, 2023
TAKE PART IN THE UR INSPIRATION 2023 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
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Jan. 19, 2023
ALEX NUÑEZ TO SPEAK AT LOCAL MUSEUM EXHIBIT RECEPTION ON JAN 24
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WE CELEBRATE! SAVANNA SAUNDERS AND DORTHEA STEPHENSON

Dec. 8, 2022

Earlier this semester, W.A. Franke Honors College students Savanna Saunders and Dorothea Stephenson were honored as scholarship recipients at the NAACP-Tucson Branch’s 2022 Freedom Fund Banquet. The scholarship included a financial award as well as a year membership with the NAACP. 

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FRANKE HONORS PROFESSOR WINS 2022 WEBSTER/PRICE PRIZE

Dec. 2, 2022

Earlier this month, Franke Honors Associate Professor of Practice Dr. Victor Braitberg was awarded the 2022 Price/Webster Prize, for his publication “Innovation on the Reservation: Information Technology and Health Systems Research among the Papago Tribe of Arizona, 1965–1980,” which he co-authored with Jeremy Greene and Gabriella Maya Bernadett. The Price/Webster Prize is awarded for the best article in Isis, the journal of the History of Science Society, published in issues three years prior to the year in which the award is given.

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FRANKE HONORS STUDENT ZACH SCHLAMOWITZ RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS ASTRONAUT AWARD

Nov. 16, 2022

Zach Schlamowitz was awarded the 2022 Astronaut Foundation Scholarship award, one of the largest merit-based scholarships awarded to undergraduates in STEM. He was presented with the award by former astronaut and space shuttle veteran Steve Smith, at an award ceremony hosted at the University of Arizona Sands Club last week.  

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FRANKE HONORS PROFESSOR CAITLYN HALL PUBLISHES ON DIVERSIFYING GEOSCIENCES

Nov. 2, 2022

W.A. Franke Honors Professor Caitlyn Hall published GC Insights: Diversifying the geosciences in higher education: a manifesto for change.

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HONORS STUDENTS FIND SPACE TO EXPLORE POETRY

Nov. 1, 2022

HNRS 216: An Encounter with Poets and their Poetry, has been intentionally breaking down barriers and preexisting assumptions that might make students feel intimidated or discouraged from exploring poetry further. HNRS 216 is upending the assumption that poets and poetry are limited to the canon of old dead white men and instead presents students with the works of contemporary poets of diverse cultural backgrounds and perspectives.

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FRANKE HONORS STUDENT SPOTLIGHT - JAYNE REINES

Oct. 27, 2022

Jayne Reines is a senior studying Applied Humanities with an emphasis in Public Health and minoring in Health and Human Values and Thematic Pre-med. Jayne is involved in Franke Honors Ambassadors, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Health Professional Honorary, Health and Human Values Club, Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, and Honors Early Assurance Program Cohort 3.

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FRANKE HONORS PROFESSOR JOOST VAN HAREN PUBLISHES STUDY IN NATURE PORTFOLIO

Oct. 25, 2022

Franke Honors Assistant Professor Dr. Joost van Haren recently co-authored a study about how plants emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the atmosphere—which was conducted as a part of controlled drought experiments in Biosphere 2. Dr. van Haren serves as Assistant Professor of Research at Biosphere 2 and has worked extensively on projects regarding soil-plant-atmosphere interactions. 

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INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR SECOND ANNUAL DAY OF THE DEAD EVENT

Oct. 4, 2022

The Borderlands Education Center (BEC) at the College of Education in partnership with the College of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Planning (CAPLA) and W.A. Franke Honors College is offering a non-credit internship opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in integrating culture, community and ephemeral art based on ancestral Mexican technique and expression.

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DR. NADIA ALVAREZ MEXIA HONORED FOR FIFTEEN YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

Sept. 22, 2022

Dr. Nadia Alvarez Mexia, W.A. Franke Honors Assistant Professor of Practice, was honored in her home country of Mexico for her years of serving as a liaison between the University of Arizona and international partner institutions and for creating programs for international students.

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THE FRANKE HONORS COLLEGE HEALTH AND HUMAN VALUES MINOR

Sept. 14, 2022
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: TYLER QUILLIN, PRINCIPAL CORPORATE COUNSEL, MICROSOFT

Sept. 14, 2022
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NICOLE DUBY WINS FULBRIGHT AWARD

Aug. 23, 2022

Nicole Duby is a UA alum and Fulbright grant winner— she earned a B.S. in psychology and a B.A. in French in 2021. The Fulbright Scholarship is funded by the U.S. Department of State and serves abroad as a partnership with Fulbright Commissions and Foundations, along with U.S. embassies.

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