Jess Ward (PhD Student, Hispanic Linguistics) was awarded a Graduate College Award for Graduate Research! The award will help fund her dissertation research on heritage Spanish speakers’ acquisition of Portuguese as a third…
Dr. Dianna Niebylski was awarded a Graduate Mentoring Award from the UIC Graduate College! This is a competitive award for which faculty must be nominated by students. Congratulations, Professor Niebylski!
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…
Nitheesh Mannava is a first-year graduate student in Computer Science, and a member of Professor Liliana Sánchez’s Bilingualism Research Laboratory. Lidia Aguilera Lora is a PhD candidate in Hispanic Linguistics. Nitheesh and Lidia were named…
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…
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…
Professor Jennifer Cabrelli (Hispanic and Italian Studies) has been awarded a Silver Circle Award for Excellence in Teaching! The Silver Circle Awards have been given each year since 1966 to honor UIC faculty…
Professor Chiara Fabbian (Director of the Italian Basic Language Program) has been awarded a Silver Circle Award for Excellence in Teaching! The Silver Circle Awards have been given each year since 1966 to…
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…
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…
