Humanities celebrates Learning Services building grand opening

About 200 people mingled in the three-month old Learning Services building courtyard Friday evening to celebrate the new office space for College of Humanities departments that were previously housed in the Modern Languages building and the Franklin building.

People lined up, circling around the Learning Services building lobby, which is also an art gallery, to check out the art displayed behind glass panels.

Kimberly Jones, acting department head of East Asian studies, pointed out the origami and tea cups on display to her children. Her husband lent the items to the gallery.

"(The Learning Services building) is more versatile and beautiful than any building this campus has," said Esther Don Tang, a UA alumna who was awarded an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters and honored by five Arizona governors for her contributions to Arizona education.

Now, the LSB courtyard and lobby have been named after her.

College of Humanities Dean Chuck Tatum announced that the building was finished on schedule in record time with a "tight" $4.5 million budget.

When recruiting faculty, the college can now offer new employees their own office in the Modern Languages building, Tatum said.

The LSB has windows and balconies wrapping around the front supported with brick pillars.

"(The building) does not look institutional, but it looks warm and welcoming with a peach hue," said Provost George Davis. "Peach brings out conversation."

The LSB now houses Africana studies, Classics and Religious studies, East Asian studies, German studies and Russian and Slavic languages.

Cancer Center receives $1.8M grant to screen Hispanic women

The Arizona Cancer Center was awarded a $1.8 million grant from the American Cancer Society to prevent and screen for three types of cancer among Latinas in Tucson and Phoenix.

The study, Juntos en la Salud (Together in Health), will compare and refine two methods of implementing a community health advisor program designed to improve breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening and primary prevention behaviors among a population of underserved, primarily Hispanic women, 18 and older.

The five-year study will function as a collaboration between the center and the Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health.

ĪGirl Culture' organizes panel discussion on women's issues

As a part of the exhibit "Lauren Greenfield's Girl Culture," the Center for Creative Photography will hold a panel discussion Wednesday addressing several image issues facing women.

Topics will include "Fat Talk: What Girls and Their Parents Say About Dieting," by Mimi Nichter, assistant anthropology professor. "Girls, Sports, and Body Politics," by Samantha J. King, assistant physical education professor. "Makin A Way Outta No Way, Resiliency Among African American Females," by Colette Marie Sims, an Africana Studies professor, and "Girls and Body Identity: The Cultural Connections," by Sandra Soto, assistant women's studies professor.

The event is free and will take place in the Center for Creative Photography's auditorium at 5:30 p.m.