Rodrigo Delgado, PhD candidate in Hispanic Linguistics, has been awarded a Boren Fellowship to study Portuguese in Brazil for the 2019-2020 academic year. Boren Fellowships provide funding for graduate students in the U.S.…
Chiara Fabbian, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Italian program, has been elected Italian Convener for the American Association University Supervisor and Coordinators (AAUSC).
Four PhD candidates in the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies recently successfully defended their dissertations. Yanire Márquez – dissertation: “Shattering the Limits of Visual Cinema: Haptic and Sensorial Visuality in Spanish Women…
Meloddye Carpio Ríos, PhD candidate in Hispanic Literary and Cultural Studies, has received the Tumi Award. This recognition is given by the Peruvian community in recognition of outstanding students of Peruvian descent in…
The Italian program recently hosted an event entitled “From Book to Sound: Italian Singer-Songwriters and their Literary Heritage” that was both a lecture by Professor Francesco Ciabattoni of Georgetown University and a live…
The jury of the first Ciudad Ñ Literary Contest is pleased to announce the the following: First prize: Michael Ordower “Cinco microcuentos” for the “great sophistication in language, mastery of genre and originality”.…
Jennifer Cabrelli (Asst. Prof. of Hispanic Linguistics) has been named as one of four recipients of the Graduate Mentoring Award by the Graduate College. This award is given in recognition of excellence and innovation…
Graduate student and TA Lisa James was nominated by undergraduate Linda Osei for an Honoring Our Professors’ Excellence (HOPE) Award. The HOPE awards are presented by Campus Housing to recognize faculty who have made…
Spanish major Guillarmina Hernandez, recipient of the Dorothy Thelander Scholarship was recognized on March 14, 2019 at the LAS Scholarship and Award Recognition Luncheon. Also recognized was Fran Eichorst, the donor who generously…
Kara Morgan-Short (Hispanic and Italian Studies) gave a great interview about her research on language acquisition and the brain on Dr. Bill VanPatten’s podcast Talkin’ L2. You can check out the interview on episode…
