In April Professor Sandra Ruiz was awarded both the LAS Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by tenure-based faculty and the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Both awards are given to faculty who demonstrate sustained excellence and innovation in undergraduate teaching. Ruiz was the only junior faculty member receiving the Campus Award. Ruiz’s book Ricanness: Enduring Time in Anticolonial Performance (NYU Press) is forthcoming in June 2019.