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Chiara Fabbian Receives LAS Faculty Service Award

Professor Chiara Fabbian (Director of the Italian Program & Director of Undergraduate Studies in Italian) was awarded the 2025 LAS Faculty Service Award! The LAS Faculty Service award recognizes exceptional service to the…

Inma Taboada Publishes New Book and Speaks at Harvard

Congratulations to Dr. Inma Taboada (Hispanic and Italian Studies) for the publication of her new co-authored book Manual para la formación de profesores de español (Manual for the training of Spanish teachers) published…

Claudia Fernández Awarded Distinguished Practitioner’s Award

Professor Claudia Fernández (Hispanic and Italian Studies, Director of the Spanish Basic Language Program) has been awarded the Distinguished Practitioner’s Award by the International Association of Task-based Language Teaching. Professor Fernández’s work with task-based…

Chiara Fabbian Featured in Stories atLAS

Professor Chiara Fabbian, Director of the Italian Basic Language Program, has been featured by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences! Professor Fabbian was interviewed for the “Stories atLAS” series. Could you discuss…

Hispanic Studies Faculty and Student on WBEZ Chicago

Professor Margarita Saona (Hispanic Studies) and undergraduate student Alica Morel (UIC ’25) were recently featured on WBEZ Chicago discussing the importance of language classes and experiences in the Hispanic Studies program. “I wanted…

Steven Marsh Selected as Member of PMLA Advisory Committee

Steven Marsh has been invited to become a member of the Advisory Committee of the PMLA, the flagship journal of the Modern Language Association for a 3-year term. “Since 1884 PMLA has published members’…