# News Sort & Filters close ## Filters Publish Date expand\_more 2015 (1) 2016 (1) 2018 (1) 2019 (1) 2024 (2) 2025 (6) 2026 (8) Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 8 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by NewestOldestAlphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-APublish Date (DESC)Publish Date (ASC) sort list grid\_view ## 8 results [### María Luisa Parra Velasco Selected to Receive Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative Grant ](/news/2025/09/maria-luisa-parra-velasco-selected-receive-harvard-mellon-urban-initiative-grant) September 29, 2025 Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative (HMUI) Latino Scenescapes: A Digital Mapping of the Communities in the Boston Area. In the last 15 years, the advanced courses “Spanish in the Community” (59-59H) have connected Latino and non-Latino students with the... ![HMUI](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-09/Screenshot%202025-09-29%20at%204.22.44%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=SLr1yE7j) [### Alejandra Vela Martínez receives the Victoria Urbano Award in the category of Critical Essay Written by a Professor for 2025! ](/news/2025/09/alejandra-vela-martinez-receives-victoria-urbano-award-category-critical-essay-written) September 24, 2025 The jury was composed of Prof. Noel Valis, winner of the Victoria Urbano Prize for Academic Recognition; Prof. Nadina Olmedo, Presidente del Jurado and Representative of Associate Professors; and Alexandra Rodriguez Sabogal, the winner of the Award for a... ![agss](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-09/image.jpeg?itok=-jBQLZWc) [### Raquel Vega-Durán Awarded the Anya Bernstein Basset Excellence Teaching Award ](/news/2025/05/raquel-vega-duran-awarded-anya-bernstein-basset-excellence-teaching-award) May 16, 2025 We are delighted to share the good news that Raquel Vega-Durán has been awarded the Anya Bernstein Basset Excellence in Teaching Award in recognition for her “commitment to fostering an equitable and inclusive learning environment, [her] orientation... ![Raquel](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/headshot.jpeg?h=aba07317&itok=jjw_b_nI) [### Janet Beizer selected as a Walter Channing Cabot Fellow ](/news/2025/05/janet-beizer-selected-walter-channing-cabot-fellow) May 01, 2025 Janet Beizer has been selected by Dean Hoekstra and the Divisional Deans as a Walter Channing Cabot Fellow. The Cabot fellowships are given annually to a select few faculty colleagues in recognition of their achievements and scholarly eminence in the... ![book cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-05/beizer%20book%20cover.jpg?itok=bPiNB26W) [### RLL's Doris Sommer Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ](/news/2025/04/rlls-doris-sommer-elected-american-academy-arts-and-sciences) April 23, 2025 Please join us in congratulating Doris on her election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. "Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences honors excellence and convenes leaders from every field of human endeavor to examine new ideas... ![Doris](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-04/sommer_1-3_0.jpg?h=214edfd0&itok=DcYdcwro) [### Claire-Marie Brisson on Rediscovering French Roots in the American Rust Belt ](/news/2025/04/claire-marie-brisson-rediscovering-french-roots-american-rust-belt) April 15, 2025 Claire-Marie Brisson’s latest chapter, “The Francophonie is Here: French Language and Francophone Identity in the Rust Belt,” appears in the newly-published French All Around Us, Volume Two (TBR Books, 2025). The volume explores the dynamic presence of... ![Brisson holding book](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-04/Claire_Marie_Brisson%20publication_0.jpeg?h=3f44a9ed&itok=wftNInbV) [### Italian Program Establishes Largest Cash Prize in Harvard’s Romance Languages Dept. ](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/11/8/italian-prize-romance-languages/) November 08, 2024 The Diaco Prize for Best Composition in Italian will award $5,000 to concentrators or other undergraduates involved in the program for outstanding work. Nick C. Diaco ’04 and his family funded the award to encourage undergraduate travel to Italy. Chiara... description [### Applying AI—How and Why ](https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/03/jhj-ai-higher-education) February 14, 2024 Some professors have incorporated AI tools into their courses in innovative ways. A December 6 faculty presentation demonstrated some of the innovations being tested in classrooms. Senior preceptor in romance languages and literatures Nicole Mills... description