College of Letters & Science
The Tuesday, October 19 issue of the Wisconsin State Journal highlighted the work of Erika Rosales and CLS affiliate Erin Barbato, who are launching a statewide resource center for students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Congratulations to all involved in this important new initiative.
CLS Certificate student Viridiana Carreno will be among three outstanding undergraduates who will address the College of Letters and Science’s Scholarship Reception this Friday, October 15th in Union South. This annual event celebrates recent scholarship recipients and honors the generosity of scholarship donors. A senior Biology major on a pre-medicine track, Viridiana is also pursuing …
CLS faculty member and former director Armando Ibarra has won the “Hispanic Achievement of the Year” award from “La Movida” Radio, Madison’s Spanish-language radio station. The station will present Dr. Ibarra will be presented with the award at its 11th annual Hispanic Heritage month luncheon, October 13, 2021 at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention …
The University’s annual Latinx Heritage Month begins this week with the “March Up Bascom,” organized by the Latinx Cultural Center, ChiLaCSA, and the CLS Program. Students will meet at the bottom of Bascom Hill at 5pm on September 15th, and will march up to the top with the flags of many Latin American nations. Activities …
Congratulations to CLS faculty member Marla Andrea Ramírez Tahuado, who has secured funding from OVCRGE’s Pandemic-Affected Research Continuation Initiative for oral history research on undocumented youth organizing in the United States.
CLS professor and former director Armando Ibarra will be among those honored when Community Shares of Wisconsin celebrates its 50th anniversary on September 23rd. Prof. Ibarra, whose home department is the School for Workers, was nominated by Voces de la Frontera for the Sally Sunde Family Advocate Award. The award is given every year to …
Two teams headed by CLS affiliate faculty have secured significant grants for applied research from the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment. One team led by Clinical Professor of Law Erin Barbato, will help to create a Center for DREAMers, administered through the Law School. The Center will serve the approximately 11,000 people considered “DREAMers” in Wisconsin. …
The CLS Program is delighted to congratulate Priscilla Contreras, this year’s recipient of the Jesus Salas Academic Activist Scholarship. This award is conferred annually on a Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program Undergraduate Certificate student who has excelled academically and made outstanding service contributions to the Chican@ and Latin@ Community. Administered by the CLS Program, the …
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 Somos Professional Development Awards for students and faculty. Spring 2021 marks the second round of competitions, and the Program is gratified by student and faculty interest. Our student award winner is graduating Senior Elizandra Sandoval. Elizandra is a first-generation Mexican-American …
The undersigned faculty and staff of the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison hail the Minnesota jury’s guilty verdict on the charges in the death of George Floyd. This verdict is an important step and signals that change toward a more just society is possible in the United States. We also acknowledge …