2023-02-03
- Spanish alumna Brittney Nadler was recently awarded a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship. Funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by Howard University, the Pickering Fellowship supports individuals who seek careers in the State Department’s Foreign Service.
2023-01-31 - Nine alumni from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences will receive the college’s 2023 annual alumni awards at a celebration in April, including two from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics.
2023-01-23 - Illinois alumna Laura Rodríguez-Romaní (BA, ’10, anthropology, Spanish; ME, ’14) has a passion for bilingual education and literature.
2023-01-06 - It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Bruce Rosenstock, professor of religion and director of graduate studies in the Department of Religion.
2022-12-19 - The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is recognizing several staff members and academic professionals for their outstanding contributions in 2022-2023, including Brenden Carollo, director of fourth semester Spanish in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese.
2022-12-16 - Classics graduate student Ky Merkley is being recognized for their exceptional dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion as one of four 2022 recipients of the Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Awards.
2022-12-14 - Two faculty members in the Department of French & Italian will spend part of the spring semester revising one of their courses with inclusivity in mind, with the help of a highly competitive award.
2022-12-12 - It’s been a busy year for Antony Augoustakis, professor of classics and interim director of SLCL. Along with taking over leadership of the school for the fall semester, he also published four books, all projects that have been several years in the works.
2022-12-07 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign senior Grace Mitchell, of Dixon, Illinois, was named a Schwarzman Scholar, one of 151 recipients selected from an international pool of nearly 3,000 applicants. Mitchell is pursuing a double major in East Asian languages and cultures and in political science.
2022-12-05 - If you’ve ever stood in front of a room full of people to take part in a debate, you know what a nerve-wracking experience it can be. Now, imagine doing it in another language. That’s the challenge some students are tackling – and surmounting – as part of the Arabic Debate Team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
2022-11-21 - Florencia Henshaw, director of advanced Spanish in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, has been selected for two prestigious service and teaching awards.
2022-11-21 - Mariselle Meléndez, professor of Spanish and interim associate director of the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics, has been chosen by the Office of the Provost to be a 2022-2023 fellow in the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Academic Leadership Program.
2022-11-14 - The College of LAS is welcoming 38 new professors for the 2022-23 academic year, including several in SLCL.
2022-11-09 - Miscommunication can have serious consequences in any situation, but in a healthcare setting it can become a matter of life or death. That’s why Matthew Ginsberg-Jaeckle (MA, ’15, translation and interpreting studies) is working to improve the way medical interpreters are trained.
2022-11-04 - When new students step foot on campus for the first time, it’s with the knowledge that it’s about to become their home away from home. It’s not always an easy transition, however, especially during a pandemic.