LLS Scholarships and Undergraduate Research Award Winners

  It gives us great pleasure to announce the winners of this year’s LLS scholarships and paper award.Isabella “Issy” Marquez, Latina/Latino Studies, English, and Political Science major, and May 2021 graduate, is the winner of the ...

Latina/Latino Studies major Issy Marquez receives Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award

Senior Issy Marquez (triple major in Latina/Latino Studies, English, and Political Science) recently received the Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award. "The annual award goes to one senior from each participating four-year college and university in Illinois. Each year, the Lincoln Academy...

Moisés Contreras Heads to Italy on a Fulbright

Moisés Contreras (class of 2018)—Latina/Latino Studies minor, and Psychology and Italian major—is the recipient of a Fulbright award. Moisés will spend the 2019-2020 school year as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in a Sicilian High School in Italy. He will work with students in their...

Training Students in Immigration Law

Daissy Dominguez (Class of 2010, Political Science major) of the Dominguez Legal Justice Center has been an amazing mentor to several of our Latina/Latino Studies majors over the years, providing students with hands-on experience working on immigration legal cases. Most recently, Latina/o Studies...

Progreso Latino: LLS Students Present Research on Health, Wellness, and Education

On April 18, 2019 several Latina/Latino Studies students presented their research at the Illinois Undergraduate Research Symposium during the twelfth annual Undergraduate Research Week (April 14-20). The week is a celebration of...

Latina/Latino Studies student among 16 named as Lincoln Scholar

Formed in 2012 to support promising LAS students with financial need, the Lincoln Scholars Initiative had its first graduates during the 2015-2016 academic year, when eight Lincoln Scholars graduated. Last year, 12 graduated. This year’s graduates are departing with exciting dreams in a variety of...
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