LLC News & Events
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UAlbany Student Stories Podcast in its 7th season!
UAlbany Student Stories podcasts share UAlbany students' own stories of finding themselves on the periphery of higher education and society and how they traverse their paths.
What to Know About Day of the Dead: A Q&A with Verónica Pérez Rodríguez
The Day of the Dead, a holiday traditionally celebrated in Mexico and Guatemala, has become increasingly popular in the U.S. as people look to partake in colorful, joyful celebrations honoring loved ones who have died. Verónica Pérez Rodríguez, director of the Institute for Mesoamerican Studies at UAlbany, explains the meaning behind the holiday.
Spanish Club Ofrenda 2024
The Spanish Club crafted a Día de los Muertos ofrenda for the community to share and participate in.
UAlbany Hosts Symposium on Mental Health in Communities of Color
On World Mental Health Day, UAlbany's BILPOC Faculty Advancement Initiative and the Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities, in partnership with local advocacy organization 'Partners in Community Development,' co-hosted a one-day symposium focusing on mental health in communities of color.
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with Authors
Hispanic novelists Angie Cruz and Lilliam Rivera came to UAlbany 10/8/24 to discuss their works and take questions.
UAlbany Faculty, Students Build Online Repository for Latin American, Caribbean, Latinx, and Iberian Studies
UAlbany faculty and students played a key role in an award-winning international project to create a repository of free online resources for Latin American, Caribbean, Latinx, and Iberian studies.
Russian Film Screening: Ugly Duckling 4/29/24 1p Standish Room
All are welcome to a film screening of Bardin's modern Russian clay-animation classic The Ugly Duckling on Monday 4/29/24 from 1-4 p.m. in the Standish Room of the Science Library.
BILPOC Lifting, Climbing and Thriving Conference 4/25/24 CC Boardroom
The Black Indigenous Latinx and People of Color (BILPOC) Conference: Lifting, Climbing and Thriving 4/26/24 8:30a-4:30p in UAlbany's Campus Center Boardroom brings the community together around the theme: Sustaining Scholarship and Scholars.
LLC News Archive
2019 News
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Congratulations to Ilka Kressner who has received The Judy L. Genshaft Initiatives For Women Award! |
| Congratulations to Cynthia Fox who received the Chancellor's 2018-2019 Award for Excellence in Faculty Service |
| Congratulations to Carmen Serrano and colleagues in 2 other departments who received funding for their StAR grant application, "Podcast Pilot Program: UAlbany Student Success Stories." |
| Congratulations to Megan Solon, Alejandra Aguilar, and Lotfi Sayahi who were nominated for the Torch Faculty/Student Engagement Award, “an opportunity for graduating seniors to recognize a faculty member who has had a positive impact on their academic and personal success" and for going "above and beyond." LLC’s faculty are committed to student success and students see that, acknowledging this work in promoting positive educational experiences. |
| Congratulations to Professor Sara Zahler this Spring's faculty Terra Awardee! The award recognizes contributions to the sustainability culture of UAlbany. |
| Congratulations to Timothy Sergay whose article "Jakobson, Whorf, and the Fractal Vision of Language" in ACTA UNIVERSITATIS UPSALIENSIS Uppsala Studies on Eastern Europe 8 was just published. A PDF of the book is available open access here. |
| Obituary It is with deep sadness that LLC shares the loss of French Emeritus Professor Robert Greene. |
| Congratulations to our newest Spanish PhD graduate, Dr. Farah Ali, who successfully defended 3/13/19! |
| Enrollment for Fall 2019 and Summer 2019 courses starts 3/11/19! Course offerings and fall course descriptions are available here. We look forward to seeing you in class! Students not enrolled in a degree program may enroll "non-degree" through the Office of General Studies (high school seniors who excel in their coursework are also eligible). |
| Congratulations to French alumnus John Teevan who just published another book, Secret Weapon and Last Hope, a political drama about power, betrayal, love, hope, and the forces that build a nation - and prevent its utter demise. |
| French broadcasts on radio across the US Read more here. |
| Spring 2019 LLC Activities All are welcome to LLC’s many extracurricular activities, including LLC Seminars, LLC Clubs and Tables, and other events. |
| It is with great sadness that we announce the death on October 23 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida of our colleague Maurice Westmoreland. A child of the mid-west, Maurice grew up in Iowa, received his BA from Lawrence University (Wisconsin), his MA and PhD in Spanish linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and completed three years on the faculty at Ohio State before coming to Albany. As member of the Program in Hispanic Studies, he taught Spanish and linguistics from 1990-2018 and served as department chair from 2014-2017. Over the years, he taught hundreds of students, and his sense of fairness and his dedication to their success has been an inspiration to us all. Indeed, having served on every Spanish linguistics PhD committee during this time, his commitment to students in our graduate program was especially noteworthy. Please join us a gathering to honor his memory on Saturday, December 8 from 3:00 - 4:00pm in the Alumni House, (UAlbany Uptown Campus, map here. We also welcome donations to the Maurice J. Westmoreland Award for Excellence in Hispanic Graduate Studies which we established upon his retirement and plan to confer annually to an outstanding graduate student selected by the Spanish faculty. For more information please contact Janna Harton ([email protected]). |