Education about black history, including the story of the Buffalo Soldiers, is is an important component of the annual Tucson Juneteenth Celebrations.
Tucson Juneteenth Festival 2019
Featured on the June 13th, 2019 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- The 2019 graduating class at the University of Arizona included eight Native American students, which is a record number. Emma Gibson tells how a program designed to increase diversity within the College of Medicine is inspiring success.
Two medical students from the graduating class of 2019 participate in a blessing ceremony May 10, 2019, that honored the work they've done in their program.
- “Juneteenth” commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, and is recognized as a holiday or special day of observance in 45 states. The annual gathering, happening on Saturday, June 15th at the Tucson Convention Center, is a celebration of culture, food, and music, as organizers Valerie Stanley, Andrè Newman, and Dr. Michael Engs will share.
- And, we use metaphors every day in ways that add meaning and color to our speech. But how does the human brain interpret this information? Mark talks with Vicky Lai, a University of Arizona researcher who leads the Cognitive Neuroscience of Language Lab. Lai has been exploring the way we process metaphorical language for more than a decade.
Two students working in Professor Vicky Lai's Cognitive Neuroscience of Language lab prepare a volunteer subject for an EEG scan. The scan will reveal information about how her brain responds to and interprets metaphorical language.
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