10. 05. 2013
Erin and Students

LACIS Holofote: Interdisciplinary Student Erin Johnson Discusses her Recent Abroad Experience and Future Plans

The “LACIS Holofote (oh-lo-fo-chee),” or LACIS spotlight (holofote=spotlight in Portuguese), is a new blog series we are trying out. We will select a current or recently graduated LACIS student and train the spotlight, so...

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08. 02. 2013
trainstation

Peace Corps Volunteer and LACIS Alumna Molly Reddy Shares Her Experiences in Paraguay

Molly Reddy graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2010, majoring in Nonprofit & Community Leadership and LACIS. Soon after graduation, Reddy truly put her education received at UW to the test by...

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26. 11. 2012
Informal Interview with Diego Mora

Informal Interview with Diego Mora about the Cartoneras Phenomenon

“Can you give us a brief description of your background and your work is Costa Rica?”  I’m Diego Mora, from San José, Costa Rica. As a social psychologist, I worked in the application and...

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29. 10. 2012
Chilean students in Madison, 2007

Chilean Independence Day Dinner: Bringing the festive spirit from Chile to Madison

Chilean Students Association (CSA) In the globalized world in which we live today, chances are you already know a Chilean. Here in Madison we meet a few new Chileans every year, and it...

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29. 10. 2012
water_cannons

Jackson Foote conducts field research in central Chile, publishes article

Jackson Foote is a Ph.D. student in mass communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He studies the relationship between social movements and the media in the Americas. Jackson Foote recently returned from a...

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29. 10. 2012
amazonia

Past LACIS Tinker Visiting Professor Germán Palacio Has Article Published in Oxford Journal

LACIS would like to congratulate our 2011 Tinker Visiting Professor Germán Palacio of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Amazonia on the recent publication of his article in the Oxford Journal in Environment History. The article...

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29. 10. 2012
LACIS Graduate Kathryn Finley Founds pro bono Immigration Law Clinic

LACIS graduate Kathryn Finley Launches State’s First Immigrant Justice Clinic

In tandem with the Latino Law Student Association of the UW-Madison Law School, Kathryn Finley–president of the LLSA, third year law student, LACIS graduate and current candidate in LACIS’ MA law degree program–spearheaded an...

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18. 07. 2012
gabrielle korb

Hilldale Award Recipients: Professor Ksenija Bilbija and student Gabrielle Korb

  Professor Ksenija Bilbija and student Gabrielle Korb received a Hilldale Award (a competitive faculty/student research grant) for their project, “The Resurrection of a Cause: Sarita Cartonera’s Battle Against Economic Partiality with Cardboard.” Bilbija...

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17. 07. 2012
Eve

Sharing Article: “Harnessing Art’s Power to Challenge Social Norms”

This past March, LACIS welcomed graffiti artist and women’s activist, Panmela Castro to Madison. During her visit, she engaged in a series of interactive workshops with youth at Lodi High School and the Goodman...

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02. 07. 2012
Benj_Pab

Spring Tinker Fellow – Professor José Pablo Prado Córdova

Professor José Pablo Prado Córdova was the Spring 2012 Tinker Fellow coordinated by the LACIS program. He is an agronomist by training with a Masters of Science (MSc) in Environmental Sustainability from the...

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