Current News
LLILAS Undergraduate One of Dean’s Distinguished Graduates
Posted: May 15, 2013
Each spring the College of Liberal Arts honors as Dean’s Distinguished Graduates twelve graduating seniors who have proved themselves outstanding in the areas of scholarship, leadership, and service. This year one of those chosen is a LLILAS student, Travis Knoll.
Two Students Receive Newly Created Brazil Center Scholarship
Posted: May 14, 2013
LLILAS is pleased to announce the first-ever recipients of the Brazil Center Scholarship for Graduate Students. Congratulations to Justin Laue (Department of Geography and the Environment) and Eyal Weinberg (Department of History).
LLILAS Benson Projects Highlighted at Texas Conference on Digital Libraries
Posted: May 13, 2013
Several LLILAS Benson digital initiatives were prominently featured at the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries held in Austin May 7–8, 2013. In a session on May 7, LLILAS Benson GRA Nicholas Woodward delivered a presentation titled, “Crowdsourcing + Machine Learning: Building an Application to Covert Scanned Documents to Text.”
LLILAS Faculty in the News
Posted: Apr 30, 2013
Due to their wide range of expertise, LLILAS faculty are frequently called upon to discuss Latin America–related issues in the media, as well as receiving recognition for their contributions to Latin American Studies. Featured here are some of our most recent faculty in the news.
Jorge Derpic Awarded First Beca Anfibia
Posted: Apr 10, 2013
Jorge Derpic, a graduate student in the Department of Sociology, has been awarded the first Beca Anfibia, a summer stipend that supports a UT graduate student in the writing of a "crónica," or short essay, for a broad audience. The idea for the pilot scholarship grew out of a workshop taught by Chilean journalist and writer Cristian Alarcón, Visiting Resource Professor at LLILAS during spring 2013.
