{"id":12130,"date":"2025-12-23T12:20:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/webid2-test-lsweb\/?page_id=7459"},"modified":"2025-12-23T12:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:20:37","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/latin-american-caribbean-studies\/about\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-c-list--border has-dates\"><li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/latin-american-caribbean-studies\/professor-presents-at-society-for-intra-american-psychology-conference-in-colombia\/\">Professor Presents at Society for Intra-American Psychology Conference in Colombia<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-09-08T17:17:40-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">September 8, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This summer, UWM professor and former CLACS Fellow Gabriela Nagy (Psychological &amp; Brain Sciences) traveled to Santa Marta, Colombia to share her research at the Intra-American Psychology Conference and conduct fieldwork. Professor Nagy presented part of her book manuscript, a project developed during her 2025-26 CLACS Fellows work on acculturative stress and resilience factors in &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/latin-american-caribbean-studies\/electrical-engineering-student-works-with-renewable-energy-lab-in-brazil\/\">Electrical Engineering Student Works with Renewable Energy Lab in Brazil<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-09-08T16:38:48-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">September 8, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">This summer, UWM student Eric Schmitt (Electrical Engineering, MS program) traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to expand his work on renewable energy systems through a collaboration with a Brazilian university lab. Supported in part by CLACS&#039;s Ruggiero-Handelman Field Research Award, Eric gained invaluable hands-on experience with specialized equipment and studied processes that advanced his &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/latin-american-caribbean-studies\/english-graduate-student-presents-research-on-caribbean-literature\/\">English Graduate Student Presents Research on Caribbean Literature<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-08-01T13:59:58-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">August 1, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">With support from CLACS, UWM PhD candidate Kimathi Muthee recently presented his research at the 25th Annual Africa Conference 2026, which took place in April at The University of Texas at Austin. He presented the paper &quot;Migration, Multilingualism, and the Making of Transcultural Identity in Marlon James and Edwidge Danticat.&quot; Muthee, center, presents his work &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/latin-american-caribbean-studies\/sociology-graduate-student-presents-research-on-immigrant-students-in-higher-education\/\">Sociology Graduate Student Presents Research on Immigrant Students in Higher Education<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-05-22T16:03:47-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">May 22, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">CLACS was delighted to support Rivka Comrov (UWM, Sociology) in her conference presentation last semester at the Wisconsin Sociological Association. Comrov, an MS student, traveled to University of Wisconsin-Stout in November 2025 to present research she conducted with her advisor, Professor Dante Salto (UWM, higher education policy). Sociology graduate student Rivka Comrov presenting at the &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/latin-american-caribbean-studies\/clacs-receives-teacher-training-grant-for-ay2026-27\/\">CLACS Receives K-12 Teacher Training Grant for AY2026-27<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-05-22T15:35:33-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">May 22, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">We at the UWM Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies are delighted to be recipients of a grant award from the Longview Foundation for the upcoming academic year. The Longview Foundation&#039;s mission is to build a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world by equipping youth with a global perspective and understanding of political, social, &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/latin-american-caribbean-studies\/history-professor-presents-research-on-indigenous-nuns-in-mexico\/\">History Professor Presents Research on Indigenous Nuns in Mexico<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-05-22T15:21:55-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">May 22, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Last month, Professor Jessica Nelson (UWM History) traveled to Puebla, Mexico to participate in the annual conference of the Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies (RMCLAS), and stuck around for some additional archival research. CLACS is proud to have supported this scholarly travel. Professor Jessica Nelson outside of the state university in Puebla, Mexico. &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/latin-american-caribbean-studies\/urban-studies-major-shares-impact-of-studying-in-mexico\/\">Urban Studies major shares impact of studying in Mexico<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-30T12:06:51-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 30, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">CLACS recently caught up with Alex Vyborny, a UWM senior majoring in Geography and Urban Studies, to learn about the impact of her study abroad experience in Mexico. This past January, Alex participated in the two-week UWinteriM course, &quot;Mexico: Air Pollution and Ancient Cultures,&quot; offered through UWM&#039;s Atmospheric Science program. UWM Professor Jon Kahl will &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/latin-american-caribbean-studies\/clacs-awards-funding-to-uwm-students-and-faculty\/\">CLACS funds 26 UWM students and faculty during 2025-26<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-29T13:27:24-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 29, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">As the academic year draws to a close, UWM&#039;s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies celebrates the many research initiatives and academic undertakings we have supported during 2025-26. This academic year, we supported 26 UWM faculty and students across 17 departments with $24,000 in financial support. Funding allowed faculty and students to travel for &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/latin-american-caribbean-studies\/centering-indigenous-knowledges-in-contemporary-brazil\/\">Centering Indigenous Knowledges in Contemporary Brazil<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-06T14:31:23-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 6, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Tuesday April 21, 20264:00\u20135:30 PM CT (5:00\u20136:30 PM Mato Grosso do Sul)Zoom webinar \u2013&nbsp;register here&nbsp;for link to joinThis event will be recorded and shared afterward with all who register. Este evento contar\u00e1 com interpreta\u00e7\u00e3o simult\u00e2nea em ingl\u00eas e portugu\u00eas. Veja abaixo os detalhes completos em portugu\u00eas do evento. Centering Indigenous Knowledges in Contemporary Brazil In &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/latin-american-caribbean-studies\/film-and-portuguese-student-expands-reach-of-uwm-faculty-research-on-brazil\/\">Film and Portuguese Student Expands Reach of UWM Faculty Research on Brazil<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-03T11:52:07-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">April 3, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">For most of 2025, UWM student Lucca Marcello (Film Production major, Portuguese minor) worked closely with UWM researchers to steward their 18 years of fieldwork materials on Brazilian folk heritage for the next generation of scholars. The result is a centralized database cataloging tens of thousands of research materials \u2013 heading soon to the University &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/latin-american-caribbean-studies\/eric-schmitt-portuguese\/\">Eric Schmitt \u2013 Portuguese<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-03-26T16:21:53-05:00\" class=\"post-date\">March 26, 2026<\/time><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Why did you apply for the FLAS Fellowship? I had been studying Portuguese independently for a few years but had always wished I had studied abroad during my undergraduate degree. So, when I found out that UWM had the FLAS Fellowship, I wasn\u2019t going to miss out on my chance to study abroad again. 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