Eduardo Peñalver ‘94, to become Georgetown University’s 49th president
Eduardo Peñalver ‘94, former Dean of Cornell Law School, and longtime supporter of LSP, to become Georgetown University’s 49th president.
Remembering Prof. Debra Castillo, champion of Latinx students, community
Professor Debra Castillo, Stephen H. Weiss presidential fellow and Emerson Hinchliff professor of Hispanic Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences, died Oct. 5 at the age of 72.
Spring 2026 Latina/o Studies course offerings
For the Spring 2026 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.
Annual Bienvenidos Provides Latine Communidad
Bilingual chisme, laughter, music, dancing and singing radiated throughout the crisp evening air of Thurston Avenue’s 500 block on Friday, September 5th, for the LLC's annual Bienvenidos BBQ
Hispanic Heritage Month & Cine con Cultura Film Festival
The Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County together with collaborators from Ithaca College, Cornell University, Cornell Cinema and community partners celebrate 2025 Hispanic Heritage Month. This month long celebration will include the 11th annual Cine con Cultura Latinx Film Festival and community events.
Fall 2025 Nuestra Voz en español/Spanish Conversation Hour
Nuestra Voz en español will continue this Fall 2025 semester on Thursdays from 4 to 5 pm. No assignments, no grades, no exams.
Latinx Microtheater Festival comes to Cornell and downtown Ithaca
Call for proposals for the Latinx Microtheater Festival. The deadline for submission is October 15th.
Welcome!
Debra Castillo, LSP Interim Director, welcomes new and returning students to campus.
Dr. Evelyn Ambríz '11 and '15 joins Latina/o Studies
Latina/o Studies welcomes Dr. Ambriz this academic year as a Visiting Scholar. She will collaborate with Dr. Debra Castillo to explore mentoring dynamics in the humanities and social sciences, fields where research is often solitary and identity development is deeply entangled with academic inquiry.
Engaged Opportunity Grants connect students with hands-on community projects
The David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement awarded nine grants to a diverse array of projects that connect classroom learning with hands-on collaboration.
Fall 2025 Latina/o Studies course offerings
For the 2025 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.
Kety Esquivel '97 ILR gives TEDx talk
Kety Esquivel '97 ILR and president of the Cornell Latino Alumni Association gives a TEDx Adams Morgan talk, 'Being Unstoppable, No Matter What'!
From posters to precedent, humanities scholars showcase their research
Projects spanned topics from Confederate cemeteries to Korean textiles.
Fall 2025 Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty seminar series
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. SAVE THE DATE Friday, October 24 @ 12 pm - 429 Rockefeller Hall Ariel Ortiz-Bobea Associate Professor Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management Jeb. E. Brooks School of Public Policy
'It's essential to view history considering multiple perspectives'
Isabella Riano is an American studies & government major.
Professor Karen Jaime receives VONA Fellowship
Voices of Our Nations Arts (VONA) has selected PMA/LSP Associate Professor Karen Jaime as a 2025 VONA Fellow. As a Fellow, Jaime will be participating in their summer poetry workshop.
“We are La Voz” event highlights Latine artists
A collaboration between Cornell faculty, students and Ithaca community members is bringing together a monthlong event in downtown Ithaca, focused on Latine artists.
Associate Professor Karen Jaime gave talk at the University of Miami’s Center for Humanities on Queer Nightlife Kinships
LSP/PMA Associate Professor Karen Jaime gave talk at University of Miami's Center for the Humanities on Queer Nightlife Kinships
Death of Pope Francis marks end of historic papacy
Cornell experts comment on the legacy of Pope Francis, who died on Monday, marking the end of a historic papacy.
Latina/o Studies celebrates the class of 2025
On this festive weekend the Latina/o Studies, LSP Student Success Office, and the Cornell Latino Alumni Association celebrated with families, students, faculty and staff the accomplishments of 12 undergraduate and 2 graduate students of the class of 2025.
Cornell Giving Day 2025
We’re on a mission to support students. Help us shape the future of Cornell— and beyond!
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
Join us for a hybrid conversation with 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. Freddy joined the Mayo Clinic as an Administrative Fellow in July 2019. Freddy holds a Master of Health Administration from Cornell University, Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology from Marquette University. Freddy is an executive board member for Cornell MOSAIC, an executive member of Cornell's Sloan Program Development Committee, and President of the Cornell Club of Northern Florida. Fridays with Alumni Hybrid event (virtual and in person) Friday, October 3, 2025 @ 12 pm 429 Rockefeller Hall
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.
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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 LSP 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.