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Browse Arts and Humanities stories - January, 2009

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  • Cardinal Who Oversees the Vatican Observatory Will Visit Tucson |
    UANews | The President of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State will visit Vatican Observatory astronomers in Tucson next month. | | | | |
  • UA Press Publishes Two New Books |
    UANews | Two books just published by The University of Arizona Press detail historical issues within American Indian communities. | | |
  • Art Exhibition to Explore the Middle East |
    UANews | Art work created by near 50 artists centered on topics related to issues in the Middle East are on display at the UA's Union Gallery. | | |
  • Faculty to be Honored at Induction Ceremony |
    UANews | A formal ceremony will mark the induction of three new Regents' Professors and two University Distinguished Professors at the UA. | | | | |
  • Australia Day at Arboretum Offers Hands-on Fun |
    UANews | Australia Day at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum will feature a class on making and playing the digeridoo. | |
  • ArtWorks Program Collaborates With Local Gallery |
    UANews | A UA art therapy program that works with developmentally disabled adults has partnered with a local gallery to showcase the work of its artists. | | |
  • Poetry Center Spring Series Set to Begin |
    UANews | The UA Poetry Center kicks off its spring series this month. | |
  • UA Working to Increase Ph.D.s Among Minorities, Low-Income Students |
    UANews | Students have until Feb. 1 to apply to the McNair Achievement Program, which is one of several programs attempting to increase the number of students who are low-income, first-generation and students of  color in master's level programs.  | | | | | |
  • Enjoy the Music of the Second International Symposium on Latin American Choral Music |
    UANews | The UA and Tucson communities are welcome to experience the second in a series of symposia dedicated to the promotion, publication and performance of Latin American music. |
  • Music Under the Dome |
    UANews | Several local music groups will perform for Biosphere 2 visitors Jan. 25. | | |
  • Former UA Student Joining National Tour of Broadway musical 'Wicked' |
    UANews | Recent UA graduate credits the University's School of Theater Arts for opening doors to Broadway. | | |
  • UA Press Receives $1M Grant to Publish Works in Indigenous Studies |
    UANews | The grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support the publication of books in the underserved and emerging field of indigenous studies. | |
  • Undergraduate Research Program Turns 20 |
    UANews | The Undergraduate Biology Research Program began at a time when there was not a coordinated effort to involve undergraduates in scientific research. Now, 20 years later, the effort is a mainstay at the UA. | | | | | |
  • Galileo Stereotype is Only Part of the Truth, Astronomy Scholar Says |
    UANews | The church persecuted Galileo, but religious leaders at the same time were excited by the new astronomy, Richard Poss suggests. | |
  • 18th Century German Naturalist, Illustrator Subject of Annual Lecture |
    UANews | Stanford historian Londa Schiebinger will offer insights into the pioneering scientific work of Maria Sibylla Merian, one of the few women scientists of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. | |
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