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.

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.

2023-04-18 - The School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics is pleased to announce the 2023-24 Dissertation Completion Fellowships, which provide advanced doctoral students with an academic year of support to complete their dissertations.

2023-04-07 - Two faculty members from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics have received a Prize for Research in the Humanities from the Humanities Research Institute. These prizes recognize outstanding humanities research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

2023-03-29 - An annual study of recent alumni reports that 94 percent of LAS alumni who graduated during the 2021-2022 period secured a first destination within six months of commencement.

2023-03-23 - The home of the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics officially has a new name. The Foreign Languages Building (FLB) is now the Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building (LCLB).