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Founded in 1940, The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) is a language and National Resource Center integrating more than 30 academic departments at UT and offering programs that lead to B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees. More . . .
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LLILAS Announces Junco Scholarship for Study in Mexico
LLILAS offers an exciting new annual fellowship to UT graduate students to conduct summer research in Mexico. The Alejandro Junco Scholarships for the Study of U.S.-Mexico Social Problems were created to encourage students from the United States and Mexico to work together to explore solutions to some of the region’s most pressing social issues.
UT Filmmaker Examines Hardships of Immigration
Roy Germano, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Government, visited rural Mexico in 2007 as part of his dissertation research on Mexican immigration and politics. The result was his documentary, "The Other Side of Immigration," in which he examines why people migrate and what happens to the families left behind.
Brazilian Scholar to Be Spring 2010 Lozano Long Visiting Professor
Beatriz Ilari, Associate Professor of Music at the Universidade Federal do Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil, will be teaching at the University of Texas during the spring 2010 semester as the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Annual Visiting Professor.
Ecuador's Yasuní Park One of Earth's Most Biodiverse Habitats
Yasuní National Park in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon has been identified by a team of scientists as containing one of the most biodiverse arrays of plant and animal life on earth. UT professor Peter English says, "Amphibians, birds, mammals and vascular plants all reach maximum diversity in Yasuní."
Journalism Professor Featured in "Smithsonian" Magazine
Donna DeCesare, an award-winning photographer and Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas, is featured in the February 2010 edition of Smithsonian magazine. The story, “Out of the Guatemalan Gang Culture, an Artist,” profiles a young man DeCesare met during her project recording the spread of gang culture in Central America.
