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UA Libraries’ Digital Archival Project Empowers Voices Among U.S.-Mexico Border Communities

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Serving as the heart of knowledge and scholarship in higher education, academic libraries are uniquely positioned to advance and support digital and data-driven storytelling and archival efforts, especially as they relate to marginalized communities. Communities along the U.S.-Mexico

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New Health Care Schools Open with Emphasis on Workforce Development, Addressing Inequities

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The factors that shape the health of individuals and populations are both complex and intersectional,” says Christopher King, PhD, dean of the School of Health. “It It will take unconventional practices and policies to undo a history of harms and truly foster a society where all people can achieve their full health potential.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

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The college centers the histories, traditions, cultures, experiences, struggles, and accomplishments of diasporic communities of color, making connections between the local and transnational. The addition of 54 new faculty from underrepresented groups means the university has its most diverse group of faculty in its 200-year history.