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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Recent LSP News
On storm-ravaged Vieques, a microgrid builds resilience
A collaboration with Cornell is bringing relief to Vieques, a Puerto Rican island that still has unreliable power nine years after Hurricane Maria. A solar-powered battery that operates independently of the main island’s grid is the first installment of a project led by Héctor Abruña, chemistry professor in Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences – still to come is a green-hydrogen fuel cell system.
Admitted Class of 2030 seeks real-world impact
Cornell admits the Class of 2030 emphasizing real-world impact, enrolling 5,776 students from 102 countries.
At Cornell University, the diverse cohort reflects the land-grant mission and applied learning goals across multiple colleges.
What does the Latina/o Studies Program mean to our students?
"What I like best about LSP is the staff; they make the space a second home for me. Their constant engagement with students and their commitment to fostering open community is felt throughout campus. They welcome anyone warmly, putting their best forward not only for the interns that work here, but also the students that visit."
Let’s grow something extraordinary together! Support the Latina/o Studies Program on March 12!
Héctor Abruña, long-time supporter of Latina/o Studies, honored for chemistry in the public interest
For his work in energy storage and power generation, Héctor D. Abruña, the Émile M. Chamot Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has received the 2026 Gustavus John Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest from the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society.
LSP Events
Apr
08
Wednesday
05:00 PM
Orozco Gallery Pop-Up Gallery & Community Event Series
115 S. Cayuga St., Ithaca NY 14850
Apr
09
Thursday
12:00 PM
Immigration Policy & Reform: A Conversation with Charles Kamasaki
Rockefeller Hall
4th Floor Rockefeller Hall conference room
Apr
09
Thursday
06:00 PM
Orozco Gallery Pop-Up Gallery & Community Event Series
115 S. Cayuga St., Ithaca NY 14850
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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.