by Emma Nelson, LACIS’ Communications Assistant With the generous support of LACIS, Pablo Moreno-Yaeger attended the Goldschmidt Conference in Prague, Czech Republic under funding from the Neale Silva Scholarship July 6th through the 11th of 2025. …
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Partners in Giving 2025: Ghost Walk
On October 30th, just hours before Halloween, staff from the International Division, including Dean Frances Vavrus, joined KJ, a tour guide from Mad City Ghost Walks, for a chilly and fun October afternoon. The group, …
LACIS Publishes its 2nd Annual “Impact Report”
2024-2025 was an extremely busy and transformative year for LACIS. A few primary highlights: LACIS’ longtime Associate Director, Dr. Alberto Vargas, retired. Dr. Adriana Angel joined LACIS as our new Associate Director. We organized or …
LACIS Assistant Director, Sarah Ripp, Presents at Lodi High School’s Career Day
On Friday, September 26, Sarah Ripp, Assistant Director of the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) at UW–Madison, participated in Lodi High School’s annual Career Day. Her session, “High School…to College…to Career: Your …
Fall 2025 Welcome from LACIS’ Faculty Director
Dear LACIS Community, Welcome to the beginning of the 2025-2026 Academic year! We hope you had a lovely summer that included time for adventure and relaxation. We are excited to see you at one of …
Latine Comic Collective—A Positive Force for Belonging and Cultural Expression with Latine Middle & High School Newcomers
Art projects can be a transformative force for Latine youth, offering a vibrant avenue for self-expression and cultural pride. In spring 2025, a group of LACIS-affiliated faculty and graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison …
Meet LACIS’ Summer 2025 Tinker-Nave Field Research Award Recipients!
Liz Birkhauser is a Dual PhD student in Health Services Research in Pharmacy/Environment and Resources Project: “Plant Knowlege Networks in Altered States and the Ecological Self” Location: Napo Province, Ecuador Tomas Ignacio Pino Flores is …
Latin American Music/Instrument Workshop @ Northside Elementary
On Monday, April 7, LACIS had the pleasure of hosting a bilingual (Spanish and English) outreach workshop, guided by the talented musicians Raquel Paraiso and Francisco “Pancho” López-Méndez, with the enthusiastic 4th graders at Northside …
Artists-in-Residence with Benjamin Barson and Gizelxanath Rodriguez
by Jacob Sorrells, LACIS M.A. student In March, LACIS was pleased to welcome saxophonist and author, Dr. Benjamin Barson, and award-winning vocalist and guitarist, Gizelxanath Rodriguez to campus for a week-long artists-in-residency which featured a …
Documentary Film Screenings and Artistic Expression
Earlier this month, LACIS was thrilled to host over 150 Wisconsin middle school and high school students to watch the film “Home is Somewhere Else” and interact through creative drawing and writing activities with co-director …