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 …
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LACIS Faculty Affiliate, Dr. Sarli Mercado, Becomes Full Teaching Professor
Author Karla Arenas Valenti Visits Local Schools
On Friday, October 18th, LACIS hosted children’s author, Karla Arenas Valenti, on two school visits. She visited Lodi Middle School, Lodi, WI, and Kromrey Middle School, Middleton, WI and shared details about her newly-published book, …
LACIS Assistant Director Presents at Lodi High School’s Annual Career Day
On Friday, September 20th, Sarah Ripp, LACIS’ Assistant Director, presented “High School…to College…to Career: Your Future in…Higher Education and Internationally Focused Employment” to nearly 75 students as part of Lodi High School’s annual “Career Day”. …
Reflections on the 2024 Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition (IAMoot) in Washington D.C.
by Valeria Martinez, J.D., Immigrant Justice Clinic, Law School, UW-Madison How should the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) interpret the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR) given our increasingly digital world? Does a country …
LACIS Faculty Director Fall 2024 Message
Dear LACIS Community, Welcome to the beginning of the 2024-2025 Academic year! It was an exciting first year as your faculty director and I look forward to what this coming year will bring. Hopefully you …
LACIS-Oconomowoc High School-Guatemalan Service Project Collaboration
During the spring of 2023 and spring of 2024, LACIS partnered with Oconomowoc High School Spanish teacher, Danielle Chaussee, and her advanced Spanish classes on a long-standing program she had in place with the Guatemala …
LACIS’ Director of Quechua, Dr. Armando Muyolema, Sworn in as Rector of Universidad Amawtay Wasi, Ecuador
by Vera Leone, LACIS MA-Dual Degree Student On Friday, June 7, 2024, the indigenous peoples and nationalities of Ecuador held an inauguration ceremony for the new leaders of Universidad Amawtay Wasi, Ecuador’s public indigenous community …
UW Alum, Dr. Carlos A. Argüelles-Delgado featured in La Republica (March 24, 2024)
UW Alum, Dr. Carlos A. Argüelles-Delgado featured in La Republica (March 24, 2024): “Meet the first Peruvian physicist to teach at Harvard and earn more than S/3 million to continue his research”. READ THE ARTICLE
UW Alum, Dr. Eduardo Santana, Appointed Emeritus Professor, University of Guadalajara
LACIS congratulates our colleague, Eduardo Santana, for his prestigious appointment as Emeritus Professor at the University of Guadalajara. See the note below and additional materials for more information about his long collaboration with LACIS. We …