Undergraduate Research on Latin America Thrives at UWM

Every year, UWM’s Office for Undergraduate Research (OUR) hosts a spring symposium to recognize and celebrate undergraduate students’ contributions to the research enterprise here at UWM. This year’s symposium took place on Friday April 25, and featured over 275 student …

CLACS end-of-year celebration

Thursday, May 15 4:30pm Estabrook Beer Garden 4600 Estabrook Pkwy, Milwaukee WI 53217 Please join the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies to celebrate the end of this academic year! We will gather on May 15 near campus at …

2025-26 CLACS Fellows

Competition Announcement CLACS Faculty Fellows * 2025-26 Academic Year * Open to all UW-Milwaukee faculty and full-time academic staff A PDF of this call is available for download here. Challenge and Progress in Latin America and the Caribbean Application deadline: …

LACUSL Speaker Series: Prof. Pamela Harris

“Lathisms: Women Mathematicians in Latin America” Monday, April 28th, 2025 3:00-4:00 PM AGSL (UWM Libraries, 3rd floor) UW-Milwaukee Dr. Pamela Harris UWM Associate Professor of Mathematics Latinxs and Hispanics make significant contributions to the mathematical sciences while navigating challenges related to …

Award-winning Author Reyna Grande Visits MPS and UWM

Eighth grade students at Milwaukee’s Wedgewood Park International School got a treat one recent February morning: a visit from bestselling author Reyna Grande, whose memoir they read during their fall semesters. As the clock approached 10:00 AM, students filed into …

CLACS Faculty Prof. Jon Kahl Leads Study Abroad Experience

Photos of study abroad participants provided by UWM Mexico Study Abroad Course: Air Pollution and Ancient Cultures Facebook page. During UWinteriM 2025, Professor Jon Kahl (UWM, Atmospheric Science) led a study abroad experience to Southern Mexico titled, “Mexico – Air …

LACUSL Speaker Series: Prof. Jessica Nelson

“Remembered in Our Prayers”: Colonial Mexico, Philanthropy, and Public History Monday, March 31st, 2025 3:00-4:00 PM AGSL (UWM Libraries, 3rd floor) UW-Milwaukee Dr. Jessica Nelson Visiting Assistant Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee In colonial Oaxaca, Mexico, the spiritual and material …

Cuentos de Confianza Support Community Health

Image Designed by UWM student, Ricardo Roderick-Cornejo. Community health promoters (promotores de salud) across Wisconsin have been working with former CLACS faculty fellow Dr. Rachel Bloom-Pojar since 2021 to share their stories about working with sexual and reproductive health. The Cuentos de …