Congratulations to GHS student Lesley Trujillo on receiving the Dr. Ken Magid Scholarship to pursue an internship with the CDC and Red Cross in Kisumu, Kenya, this summer!

Congratulations to Dr. Lina-Maria Murillo (Assistant Professor: Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies and History) for winning the 2023 Catharine Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship for her article "Espanta Cigüeñas: Race and Abortion in the US-Mexico Borderlands," published in the Summer 2023 issue of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society.

Congratulations to Eric Vazquez on receiving the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Latinx Studies Section (LSS) Outstanding Article Award for his article titled, "'Your Life Is One-Hundred-Percent at Risk': The Caravan of the Mutilated and the Internationalism of the Vulnerable."

The GHS program sends huge congratulations to Dasia Taylor, recognized as USA Today's Woman of the Year from Iowa!

Join the GHSP in congratulating GHS senior Eleanor Hildebrandt on being awarded a 2023-24 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award to Germany.

Congratulations to LATS faculty Dr. Jose Fernandez on receiving an Arts and Humanities Initiative (AHI) grant! Dr. Fernandez will be conducting archival research into three major Latinx authors to examine the links between their literary writings and their articles in Spanish-language newspapers.

Latina/o/x Studies joins the Latino Native American Cultural Center in celebrating Native American Heritage Month. Visit LNACC's Facebook page or https://multicultural.uiowa.edu/celebrations/native-american-heritage-month for details on this month's events.

Congratulations to Celia Hernandez, Enterprise Leadership & Latina/o/x Studies student, on her recent win in the JPEC IdeaStorm competition! Hernandez's innovation, "Translate-It-Live," won the grand prize in the Common Good category.

On Wednesday, February 15, at 7:00pm, GHS and MPH student Asel Nasr will present her research findings related to advocacy, public health, and maternal mental health in Southwest Asian, North African, and Arab (SWANA) communities as part of an event hosted by the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council.

The GHS program congratulates alum Charlotte Lenkaitis (BS ’21) on her publication in the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy!

The LATS program congratulates assistant professor Dr. Jose Fernandez on the publication of his new book! Against Marginalization: Convergences in Black and Latinx Literatures can be ordered from Ohio State University Press.