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Spring 2025 Nuestra Voz en español/Spanish Conversation Hour
Nuestra voz en español brings students together to speak Spanish with other heritage speakers in an informal setting. No homework, no tests, just snacks and conversation.
Wednesdays 5:00 - 6:00 PM • 429 Rockefeller Hall
Latina/o Studies offers new way to connect with alumni
“Fridays with Alumni” kicks off Jan. 31 featuring Kim Cardenas '17 & Joseph De Los Santos '19,
Doctoral student Laura Caicedo creates community at Cornell
Like many academics, fifth-year doctoral candidate Laura Caicedo's (they/them) journey through academia has been complex and sometimes isolating.
Latina/o Studies launches Fridays with Alumni
Latina/o Studies and the Cornell Latino Alumni Association launches a hybrid lunchtime series, Fridays with Alumni.
Spring 2025 Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty seminar series
Now in its twenty-first year, the Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty luncheon seminar offers an opportunity for Latina/o and non-Latina/o students to meet faculty and administrators for an informal conversation about their current research/work in progress.
March 21 @ 12 Noon • 429 Rockefeller Hall
Vivian Zayas
Professor
Department of Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
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Chemist Héctor D. Abruña wins Enrico Fermi Award
The award recognizes scientists, engineers and science policymakers who have given unstintingly over their careers to advance energy science and technology.
31st Unity Dinner Creates Communidad Through Voces
The 31st Unity Dinner took place on October 18th and featured keynote speaker Dr. Evelyn Ambriz '11 and '15. The festive night included dinner and performances by Mariachi Regional en Cornell Univeristy, Salsa Pa'alante and Sabor Latino Dance Ensemble.
Karen Jaime awarded Cornell’s highest honor for graduate and undergraduate teaching
Karen Jaime, Associate Professor in Latina/o Studies and the Department of Performing and Media Arts in the College of Arts and Sciences received the Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in Graduate and Professional Degree Programs.
A&S announces membership in MLA Strategic Partnership Network
“We felt this is an important resource that should be available to our humanists at all levels, whether they have the resources to pay for membership or not,” said Peter John Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences.
Cornell historian featured in ‘game-changing’ PBS series about Latinos
Paul Ortiz served as an adviser and on-camera expert for “American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos,” a three-part docuseries premiering Sept. 27 on PBS.
ILR historian featured in ‘game-changing’ PBS series about Latinos
Paul Ortiz, who joined the ILR faculty in summer 2024 as a professor of labor history, served as an adviser and on-camera expert for “American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos,” a three-part docuseries premiering Sept. 27 on PBS.
Spring 2025 Latina/o Studies course offerings
For the 2025 Spring 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.
Cornell and the Ithaca community celebrate Latino Heritage Month
Cornell University, Ithaca College, and the downtown Ithaca community come together for a month long series of events in celebration of Latino Heritage Month.
Don't miss the Annual Heritage Fiesta this Saturday, October 5th, 11 am-5pm, 110 W. Green Street, Ithaca!
Students Bond Over Shared Identites at the Bienvenidos BBQ
Cornell’s Latine community members gathered at the Latino Living Center on September 6, 2024 for the annual Bienvenidos BBQ. Contagious music and laughter filled the air as students from all backgrounds visited student organizations' tables in the courtyard, munching down on catered arepas and snacks.
Fall 2024 Nuestra Voz en español/Spanish Conversation Hour
“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. No homework, no tests, just snacks and conversation.
New Faculty: Rebeca L. Hey-Colón
Rebeca L. Hey-Colón, Literatures in English and Latina/o Studies
2024 Cine con Cultura Latinx American Film Festival
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.
Latinx American Film Festival continues this week with 3 films:
Legacy of the Andes (ARG/USA/MEX) @ 10:50 am Ithaca College
Los Colonos (Chile) @ 8 pm Cinemapolis
Pictures of Ghosts (Brasil) @ 5 pm Cornell Cinema
From portfolios to pizza, fall A&S career events explore diverse fields
"Cornell alumni are generous with their time and efforts to assist students, to answer questions from students, or connect them to people and places."
Shannon Gleeson receives the 2024 Latin@/x Caucus Best Book Award
APSA awards Professor Shannon Gleeson, Latina/o Studies teaching faculty, the 2024 Latin@/x Caucus Best Book Award.
Dr. Rebeca Hey-Colón joins Latina/o Studies
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.
Latina/o Studies Open House to welcome students
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
New A&S dean relishes ‘life in a university’
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 College welcomes new faculty for 2024-25
Twenty-eight new faculty have joined the College of Arts & Sciences this year, bringing innovative ideas in a wide diversity of topics, from climate politics to experimental fiction, from artificial intelligence to health economics, enhancing the College’s interdisciplinary strengths and curiosity-driven discoveries.
Exhibition highlights once-overlooked colonial Latin American art
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.
A&S honors 10 faculty with endowed professorships
With these new appointments, the number of A&S faculty appointed to endowed professorships since fall 2018 has reached 76.
Peter Loewen named dean of Arts and Sciences
Coming from the University of Toronto, where he was the director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Loewen began his five-year appointment as the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Aug. 1.
Latina/o Studies celebrates the class of 2024
Congratulations to the Latina/o Studies undergraduate and graduate minors and graduates of the class of 2024!
'I have felt a sense of belonging'
Axaraly Ortiz is a history major.
'My ability to explore was instrumental in forming my academic consciousness'
Olivia Ochoa is a Spanish & American studies major.
'Performance has the ability to reshape our understanding of migration and citizenship'
Ana Gabriela Carmona-Pereda is a performing & media arts major.
Fall 2024 Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty seminar series
Now in its twenty-first 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.
New initiative “ALMA" at Cornell
We are excited to introduce “ALMA", (Aprendizaje, Liderazgo, Motivación y Autoestima), a new initiative under Latinx Student Empowerment.
Summer Experience Grant applications now open
The grants provide funding for students in unpaid or low-paying summer experiences to offset the cost of taking on those positions.
‘Innovative’ linguist Margarita Suñer dies at 82
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.
Olivia Ochoa '24 Finds “Familia” at LSP
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."
Support Latinx Studies on Cornell's Giving Day
"I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study." Support Latinx Studies on March 14, 2024!
Latina/o Studies Program Welcomes Student Interns from Class of 2027
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.
Spring 2024 Nuestra voz en español /Spanish Conversation Hour
“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.
Undergraduates celebrate Latinx history through Rockefeller Hall exhibition
The collaborative mixed media projects, showcased online and in Rockefeller Hall, explore how culture strengthens and uplifts communities.
Alumna encourages undergrads to ‘be bold’
Estefania Perez ’21 is in her second year as a paralegal with the U.S. Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.
Spring 2024 Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty luncheon seminar series
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
Giving voice to the often voiceless, alum wins a ‘Genius Grant’
Fiction writer Manuel Muñoz, MFA ’98, draws inspiration from his upbringing in a Mexican-American farming family
Fernando Villegas Rivera joins Latina/o Studies/Department of Government as visiting assistant professor
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.
Garcia receives Weiss teaching award
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.
Book reexamines scholarship, teaching in the era of COVID-19
Three years after the disruptions of 2020, teaching and research continue to be immensely different from pre-pandemic times, according to scholar Debra Castillo.
30th Annual Unity Dinner Celebrates Latinx Heritage Month, Unites Students and Faculty
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.
Lest Silence be Destructive: A Celebration of Chicana Feminism and the Work of Helena María Viramontes
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.
The Cornell Latino Alumni Association launches mentoring initiative for students
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.