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FLAS Alumni Spotlight: Ryan Christensen
Ryan Christensen; B.A. Spanish; Class of 2024 FLAS Fellow in Quechua
Where do you work and what is your current position?
I work at OSA Technology Partners as a Solutions…
FLAS Alumni Spotlight: Arón Olegnowicz-Cruz
Arón Olegnowicz-Cruz; B.A. Political Science, B.S. Psychology; Class of 2024 FLAS Fellow in Brazilian Portuguese and Mandarin Chinese
Where do you work and what is your current position?…
CRIS Pantry Staples Food Drive
Join Community Refugee & Immigration Services (CRIS) in fighting hunger this season by donating items on the Pantry List. Drop off donations by December 1st in 298 Hagerty, 140 Enarson Classroom…
Children’s book in Ngiva helps preserve indigenous language in Mexico
How can an endangered language be preserved? For Eric Silberberg and Juan Xítjōahnko Cruz it is by writing a children’s book in the language, and this is how the “Sinchekaani ti itan Ngiva…
2025 Brutus Calavera Coloring Contest Winners Announced
Congratulations to our winners in the 2025 Brutus Calavera coloring contest: Eloise, Lucy, Lucía, Josephine, Madi, Destiny, Sienna, Ellie, Alex, and Rae!
Nearly 200 children and adults…
South American Aviators and the Search for New Air Routes
By Dr. Pier Paolo Alfei (CLAS Visiting Scholar)
Between the end of World War I and the 1920s, several nations organized raids and international flights across…
Brutus Calavera Coloring Contest 2025
The Center for Latin American Studies is excited to announce the fourth annual coloring contest for Día de los Muertos. This coloring contest, open to children and adults of all ages, introduces…
IPAST 2025: Language Learning and Immersion in Brazil
The in-person portion of the 2025 Intensive Portuguese Abroad for Spanish Teachers (IPAST) Program, held in June and July, proved to be a “life-changing experience,” according to MA candidate and…
Indigenous Voices in the Green Energy Transition
Through the decades, Indigenous people have nurtured the well-being of the land they live on, guided by a deep spiritual and cultural connection to nature. As the world confronts the accelerating…