September 2026

Remembering Larry Baldassaro

It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Larry Baldassaro, Professor Emeritus of Italian, passed away peacefully on September 8. The grandson of Italian immigrants, Larry joined the faculty at UWM in 1972 after earning his Ph.D. in …

Critical Languages Scholarship information session

The U.S. Department of State supports the Critical Languages Scholarship (CLS) program, which provides immersive summer study abroad programs of 7-10 weeks for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study languages deemed to have particular strategic importance to the U.S. Applicants must …