Sending you all good wishes in this beautiful Wisconsin spring! Our spring graduation ceremony has buoyed our spirits! Watching nearly 100 students walk across the stage to receive their degrees and certificates in Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies (24 majors, 61 certificates) while hundreds of family and friends cheered them on from the audience represents the …
Three scholars deliberated recent and present American movements in “Migration, Resilience, and Community Building in Times of Crisis”, a title Sociologist Dr. Stephanie Canizales acknowledged from the podium. “What can I say to meet this moment,” she asked. Her answer was a question: “How was it?” Canizales has been listening for six years: her research …
Prof. Rubén Medina was invited to the Festival “Poesía en Abril,” sponsored by DePaul University, the Instituto Cervantes, and Casa Michoacán in Chicago, from April 23 to 26. He was also invited to the Feria del Libro de Chicago, at the University of Chicago, from May 7-9. Finally, he curated the Exhibit “Infrarealism: the Permanent …