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“Nuestra voz en español” will continue during Fall 2024 to bring students together to speak Spanish with other heritage speakers in an informal setting.
Every Thursday 5:00-6:00 pm @ 429 Rockefeller Hall - Starts September 19.
Rebeca L. Hey-Colón, Literatures in English and Latina/o Studies
Cine con Cultura launches its film festival celebrating Latinx Heritage month. The festival brings 14 films in Spanish, English, and Portuguese to Ithaca. Film screenings will be held at Cornell Cinema, Cinemapolis, and Ithaca College. Some films are free and all are open to the public.
"Cornell alumni are generous with their time and efforts to assist students, to answer questions from students, or connect them to people and places."
APSA awards Professor Shannon Gleeson, Latina/o Studies teaching faculty, the 2024 Latin@/x Caucus Best Book Award.
The Latina/o Studies Program welcomes Dr. Rebeca L. Hey-Colón, a new jointly appointed
associate professor in Latina/o Studies and the Department of Literatures in English in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Join the Latina/o Studies Program and the Latine Student Success Office for lunch as we welcome new and returning students.
Friday, September 13 @ 12 noon - 4th floor Rockefeller Hall
Peter John Loewen says he's excited to support faculty in their research, meet students and showcase the value of a liberal arts education.
The exhibit brings a nuanced view to a complicated period in Latin American art, and it is doing so with the help of student curators.
With these new appointments, the number of A&S faculty appointed to endowed professorships since fall 2018 has reached 76.
Coming from the University of Toronto, where he is the director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Loewen begins his five-year appointment as the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Aug. 1.
Congratulations to the Latina/o Studies undergraduate and graduate minors and graduates of the class of 2024!
Axaraly Ortiz is a history major.
Olivia Ochoa is a Spanish & American studies major.
Ana Gabriela Carmona-Pereda is a performing & media arts major.
Now in its twenty second year, the Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty luncheon seminar offers an opportunity for Latina/o and non-Latina/o students of all levels and disciplines to meet faculty and administrators from across the university for an informal conversation about their current research/work in progress.
Save the date for our first FWF on September 20, 2024.
We are excited to introduce “ALMA", (Aprendizaje, Liderazgo, Motivación y Autoestima), a new initiative under Latinx Student Empowerment.
The grants provide funding for students in unpaid or low-paying summer experiences to offset the cost of taking on those positions.
The Latina/o Studies Program laments the recent passing of former collaborator and affiliated faculty, Margarita Suñer, Professor of Linguistics Emerita in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Reflecting on wisdom, Ochoa notes the struggle to find not only an inclusive space but also a space where you feel like you belong. Regarding being at Cornell, "It gets easier and then it gets harder, but it gets better." To other Latine students, Ochoa remarked on the need to continue investing in the Latino Studies Program: " People really put so much effort into making it what it is. It's on them, it's on you all, to keep showing up."
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"I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study." Support Latinx Studies on March 14, 2024!
Latina/o Studies welcomes three new student interns: Hayley Marino (she/her) from the College of Human Ecology, Ángel Escamilla (he/him) from the College of Arts & Sciences, and Angélica Ochoa (she/they) from the College of Arts & Sciences.
“Nuestra voz en español” will continue during Spring 2024 to bring students together to speak Spanish with other heritage speakers in an informal setting.
Every Thursday 4:30-5:30 pm @ 429 Rockefeller Hall.
The collaborative mixed media projects, showcased online and in Rockefeller Hall, explore how culture strengthens and uplifts communities.
Estefania Perez ’21 is in her second year as a paralegal with the U.S. Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.
Now in its twentieth year, the Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty luncheon seminar offers an opportunity for Latina/o and non-Latina/o students of all levels and disciplines to meet faculty and administrators from across the university for an informal conversation about their current research/work in progress with lunch provided.
April 26 @ 12 pm
429 Rockefeller Hall
Gabriela S. Gómez Estévez
Assistant Professor
Director of Orchestras
Department of Music
College of Arts and Sciences
Fiction writer Manuel Muñoz, MFA ’98, draws inspiration from his upbringing in a Mexican-American farming family
Latina/o Studies visiting assistant Professor Fernando Enrique Villegas Rivera aims to connect with Cornell Latino/a/e Students by furthering his Transnational Studies of Migration.
María Cristina García, Professor of Latina/o Studies and Department of History awarded a 2023 Stephen H. Weiss Teaching Award. We are grateful to have faculty like Professor García advising and advocating for students in and outside of the classroom.
Three years after the disruptions of 2020, teaching and research continue to be immensely different from pre-pandemic times, according to scholar Debra Castillo.
Cornell alumna, Karla Vergara ‘11 J.D. Boston College ‘17 gave uplifting keynote address about her time at Cornell, her culture and advice to current Latine students at Cornell.
Join us for a weekend of events, A Celebration of Chicana Feminism and the Work of Helena María Viramontes, October 20 - 21, 2023 at Cornell University.
This new Mentoring Initiative for Cornell Latinx Students is designed to connect students with CLAA alumni who have expertise in specific fields, and to cultivate, engage, and inspire Cornell Latina/o/x students in achieving personal and professional excellence and be the leaders of today and tomorrow.
For the 2024 Fall semester, Latina/o Studies offers a range of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level with the opportunity to explore and learn about history, communities, literature, immigration, as well as cultural identity, migration, language, and more.
Juan Jaimes Costilla joins Cornell University as Associate Dean of Students and Director of Latinx Student Empowerment.
Held Oct. 20-21, “Lest Silence Be Destructive" will feature readings, discussions and the first public performance of a musical album based on Viramontes' work.
Simon Velasquez joins Latina/o Studies as the new Latine Student Success Office advisor.
¡Bienvenidos! event brings Latine students together for an evening of music, food and camaraderie!
Cine con Cultura launches its film festival celebrating Latinx Heritage month. This years festival brings 11 films in Spanish, English, and Portuguese to Ithaca to celebrate Latinx Heritage Month. Film screenings will be held at Cornell Cinema, Cinemapolis, CUSLAR, or virtually. Some films are free and all are open to the public.
Join the Latina/o Studies Program and the Latine Student Success Office for lunch as we welcome new and returning students, mingle with faculty, staff and friends, and learn about how to enhance your degree with a Latina/o Studies minor.
Friday, September 8, 2023 @ 12 noon
429 Rockefeller Hall
“Nuestra voz en español” will continue during Fall 2023 to bring students and staff together to speak Spanish with other heritage speakers in an informal setting.
Every Thursday 4:30-5:30 pm @ 429 Rockefeller Hall.
Congratulations to Karen Jaime, who recently received tenure and promotion to associate professor in Cornell University's Latina/o Studies and Department of Performing and Media Arts effective July 1, 2023. Jaime joined Cornell in 2014 and received her Ph.D. in 2013 from NYU in Performance Studies.
Karen Jaime (‘97) Assistant Professor of Performing and Media Arts and Latina/o Studies has been awarded a 2023-2024 Schomburg Fellowship and the Faculty Champion Award for Junior Faculty presented annually by the Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement and the Graduate and Professional Student Diversity Council at Cornell.
This summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
Now in its twentieth year, the Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty luncheon seminar offers an opportunity for Latina/o and non-Latina/o students of all levels and disciplines to meet faculty and administrators from across the university for an informal conversation about their current research/work in progress with lunch provided.
Congratulations to the Latina/o Studies undergraduate and graduate minors and graduates of the class of 2023!
Claudia León is an American Studies major.
Yomaris Valerio Hernandez is a sociology major.