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GLC Receives CT Humanities Award
By Yale’s newsletter July 22, 2022 New Haven, Connecticut – The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at the MacMillan Center at Yale University has been award a $30,000 grant from Connecticut Humanities to enable them to develop a series of working groups for Connecticut teachers to study and develop curriculum and resources on Black and Latino […]
Instituto Affiliate Scott Wallace Publishes Nat Geo Article about Murders in the Amazon
“I knew the men murdered in the Amazon—and their alleged killer”
New Instituto MA student publishes demographic and human development studies
Luis Palomino, in-coming student in the MA in International Studies with a concentration in Latina/o and Latin American Studies, is co-author of two recent scholarly publications in Perú. One article, “Determinantes de la evolución del número de casos y muertes por COVID-19 en el Perú: movilidad, geografía y desarrollo económico,” tracks changes over time in […]
The Political Empowerment of Women in Colombia
Congratulation to Laura Bedoya in graduating and pursuing her education! Read her article today The Political Empowerment of Women in Colombia: Towards Gender Equality.
Professor Charles Venator-Santiago named to the national Scholarly Advising Committee of the National Museum of the American Latino
Professor Venator joins 17 other leading scholars of the Latino experience on the inaugural Scholarly Advising Committee of the National Museum of the American Latino . Further news here.
Ballard Exhibit Highlights Depth of Puerto Rican Puppetry to Educate, Entertain, Advocate
The Ballard exhibit highlights depth of Puerto Rican Puppetry, you can read more through UConn Today.
El Instituto MA Student Co-authors Paper on Immigrants’ School Adjustment
UConn alum Oxana Sidorova and Neag faculty member Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo published a paper, in the American Education Research Association’s Open Forum journal, based on their research on health access assistance provided by school employees to Mexican and indigenous Guatemalan families.
El Instituto Featured on WFSB News
WFSB News reporter Christian Colón reported on the academic programs of El Instituto as a Hispanic Heritage Month feature.
Activist-in-Residence MaryJoan Picone
Contributed by Anne Gebelein Thanks to the generosity of the CLAS Dean’s office, El Instituto was able to welcome its first Activist-in-residence, MaryJoan Picone, LCSW, in 2021. MaryJoan has been organizing Mexican farmworkers in the Glastonbury area for over a decade, and volunteers at the U.S./Mexico border as well, assisting migrants in need of food, […]