All Cornell students are welcome to participate in Latina/o Studies Program's academic and socio-cultural events, and to benefit from its dedicated and accessible staff and faculty members, rigorous and multidisciplinary curriculum, and its intercultural residential program house, the Latino Living Center, which provides any student a safe and supportive environment where Latino cultures and worldviews are valued.
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34 Years Strong: Sabor Latino Dance Ensemble Spring concert
Sabor Latino to host its annual concert on Sunday, February 22, 2026 @ 7:00 pm at the State Theater, Ithaca.
Fridays with Alumni continues during Spring 2026
The Cornell Latino Alumni Association (CLAA) and the Latina/o Studies Program will continue offering Fridays with Alumni series during Spring 2026. The goal of these events is to introduce students to Cornell alums who will offer advice on preparing for an ever-changing workplace. All are welcome.
February 6: Freddy Terrazas Escamilla '19
Freddy is the Senior Director of Strategy at Mayo Clinic. He serves as the Strategic Business Partner and Chief Strategist for the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Production in memory of Professor Debra Castillo
Latinx Theatre Production (LSP 3010) students celebrated end of the Fall 2025 semester honoring Professor Debra Castillo.
Spring 2026 Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty seminar series
The Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty luncheon seminar offers an opportunity for students of all levels and disciplines to meet faculty and administrators from across the university for informal conversation about their current research/work in progress. All are welcome.
February 20, 2026 @ 12 pm 429 Rockefeller Hall
Joseph Margulies
Professor of the Practice of Government
Department of Government
College of Arts and Sciences
Fall 2025 Fridays with Alumni
Join the Cornell Latino Alumni Association (CLAA) and the Latina/o Studies Program for the Fall 2025 Fridays with Alumni series to introduce students to Cornell alums who will offer advice on preparing for an ever-changing workplace. All are welcome.
Clemencia Fonseca '13 MBA
Friday, November 21 @ 12 pm
Hybrid event in person and virtual
429 Rockefeller Hall & via zoom
Hispanic, Black First-Year Enrollment Increases in Second Year Post-Affirmative Action
Enrolled students at Cornell who identified as Hispanic increased from 9.5 to 11.1 percent from the Class of 2028 to the Class of 2029.
Latina alum, Patricia Campos-Medina honored as Changemaker Champion
Cornell Alum, Patricia Campos-Medina ’96, MPA ’97, executive director of ILR’s Worker Institute and senior extension associate, honored as a Changemaker Champion by the YWCA of the City of New York.
A night of celebrating “Nuestra Esencia es Nuestra Presencia”
On Friday Oct. 17th, a myriad of students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members joined together at Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room in celebration of the 32nd Annual Latino Unity Dinner.
LSP Events
Feb
20
Friday
12:00 PM
Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty luncheon seminar
Rockefeller Hall
429
Feb
20
Friday
06:00 PM
Café con Leche
Anna Comstock Hall (Latino Living Center)
Feb
23
Monday
12:00 PM
Latina/o Studies Platicas
Rockefeller Hall
429
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Undergraduate and Graduate Study
Supplement your major, your Master's or Ph.D. with an interdisciplinary minor in Latina/o Studies that is open to undergraduates and graduates of all colleges at Cornell. Latina/o Studies offers a multi-disciplinary range of courses that enhance students’ understanding of Latinas/os in the United States ranging in topics from immigration, labor, politics, music and health to history, culture, law, education, performance and literature.
We are a dynamic community of students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds
Latina/o Studies is dedicated to the study of the historical, linguistic, literary, social, economic, and political experiences of a vastly heterogeneous population in the United States, that today totals over 55 million people. Officially founded in 1987 as the Hispanic American Studies Program, our name was changed to the Latina/o Studies Program in 1995. We nurture familia, inquire into the important questions of the day, and through our courses and other intellectual activities—conferences, lectures, exhibits, dialogues, and other research initiatives and activities--learn how Latinas/os contribute to a greater understanding of the world, through the analysis of politics, migration histories, health, labor insertion, literature, and the arts.