2023-06-15
- The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has awarded funding to six teams of faculty and staff to advance innovative ideas that aim to improve student experiences, including one from the Department of Linguistics.
2023-06-12 - Spanish students Isela Villasenor and Brandon Snipe are the first two students to participate in the Mayo Clinic & Illinois Alliance’s new Health Equity Research Experience at Mayo Clinic (HERE), a pilot program for Illinois undergraduate students interested in conducting health equity research in a biomedical setting.
2023-06-09 - Arabic minor Yousra Mahmoud has been named a 2023-2024 Humanities in Action scholar.
2023-06-05 - Comparative and world literature professor Eric Calderwood wrote about the diverse meanings attributed to al-Andalus and the enduring cultural influence it has today.
2023-05-30 - Thirteen University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students and recent graduates, including three from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics, were offered Fulbright grants to pursue international education, research, and teaching experiences around the globe this coming year. Another six Illinois students were named Fulbright alternates.
2023-05-25 - Jacqueline Becerra, a senior double majoring in English and linguistics and teaching English as a second language, has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study foreign languages this summer. She's one of three University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students selected in 2023.
2023-05-16 - Cecilia Espinosa, a sophomore majoring in communication and political science with minors in Spanish and business, has been selected as a Key into Public Service Scholar by the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa honor society. This award recognizes students who have demonstrated interest in working in the public sector and possess a strong academic record in...
2023-05-10 - The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics is celebrating the Class of 2023 with a convocation ceremony on Saturday, May 13.
2023-05-05 - Mariselle Meléndez, professor of Spanish and interim director of the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics, has received a 2023 Campus Award for Excellence in Faculty Leadership from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign.
2023-05-03 - The Humanities Research Institute has awarded its annual summer faculty fellowships to nine faculty members for 2023, five of whom are from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics.
2023-05-01 - Two students from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics have received prestigious Boren Awards for study abroad during the 2023-24 academic year.
2023-04-27 - Spanish professor Mariselle Meléndez has been named the next director of the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics, effective August 16, 2023.
2023-04-25 - Linguistics professor Randall Sadler and Tricia Thrasher (PhD, ’22, French) have partnered with Immerse, a virtual reality language learning platform, and Meta—formerly Facebook, Inc.—to provide underserved high school students with headsets to participate in virtual reality language learning courses.
2023-04-21 - For his years of support and efforts at promoting the Department of Religion at Illinois, Doug Hoffman (BA ’75, religious studies) is being honored with the 2023 LAS Distinguished Service Award.
2023-04-21 - When you look at a résumé like T. Markus Funk’s (BA, '91, Germanic languages and literatures; BS, '92, business administration), there’s one thing you’ll likely notice right off the bat: the variety. That wide-ranging career has earned him many awards and recognitions over the years, including the 2023 LAS Alumni Achievement Award.