Liberal Arts Services

In The Department

Welcome to the new Department of French and Italian webpage! We would like to thank LAITS for all their hard work and help in making this new site possible. We appreciate all suggestions, and any issues can be reported to: fritinfo@austin.utexas.edu.

Information on navigating the site.

To locate (your) Instructors, please follow the Faculty link on the left sidebar to the List A-Z link.

See the Calendar, under the Events link on the navigation bar, to see all upcoming French and Italian events.

The French Lyon Study Abroad Program and the Italian Rome Study Abroad Program can be found under the Undergraduate Program link in the naviagion bar, in their respective BA program links.

News

TLTC Grant

Texas Language Technology Center Wins Funding from the Department of Education to Develop Low-cost Alternative to Textbooks

Dr. Carl Blyth, director of the Texas Language Technology Center (TLTC) at the University of Texas has won a two-year award from the US Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE).

Unprecedented Number of Female Faculty Hired

About half of the 49 professors who will be joining the College of Liberal Arts faculty in 2009-2010 are female. That includes an unprecedented five women coming in as full professors from such schools as Harvard University, the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Southern California.

2009 Raymond Dickinson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship

We are happy to announce that our colleague, Guy Raffa, has been selected as the recipient of a 2009 Raymond Dickinson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship. The College of Liberal Arts established the Raymond Dickson Centennial Endowed Teaching Fellowship in 1989 to recognize faculty demonstrating outstanding commitment to teaching undergraduate and graduate students. Bravo, Guy! Keep up the good work!

Liberal Arts Council Teaching Award

We are pleased to announce that department chair and Professor of Italian Daniela Bini has been presented with a 2009 Liberal Arts Council Teaching Award, a recognition nominated and awarded by students.