News & Events News & Events Catch up with our latest news, upcoming events, and faculty and student accomplishments. On This Page: Recent News Fall 2026 Chicano & Latino Studies Event Series Public events across departments showcasing new Chicano & Latino Studies scholarship and creative work Movement You Might Not Expect: How Cindy García is Redefining Ethnography Earlier this year, Cindy García was named the 2026 Melvin and Gertrude Waldfogel Scholar of the College. Here’s a look at how her work is helping shape the collaborative arts. Women's History Month 2026 Celebrating how women have shaped and strengthened the College of Liberal Arts community, and highlighting how we engage with women's history. Preparing global citizens: The interdisciplinary power of a gender, women and sexuality studies degree Assistant Professor Kari Smalkoski and Emily Bruce (PhD '15, history) are featured. The Lesser-Known Freedom Rides Sarah Snyder researches the legacy of the Black Panther Party’s free bus rides to visit prisoners. Upcoming Events In-Person Event, October 15, 2026 6th Annual Ramona Arreguín de Rosales Lecture: "Where Do We Go From Here? The Young Lords Speak and the Protracted Struggle for Liberation" Join the Department of Chicano & Latino Studies for the 6th Annual Ramona Arreguín de Rosales Lecture, presented by Dr. Jacqueline Lazú. Hybrid Event, October 19, 2026 Beautiful Mystery Join professor Erin L. Durban and author Danilyn Rutherford for a conversation and reading about Danilyn's book Beautiful Mystery Hybrid Event, October 29, 2026 Yuichiro Onishi Book Event Black Radical Thought in Japan: An Afro-Asian Intellectual History
Fall 2026 Chicano & Latino Studies Event Series Public events across departments showcasing new Chicano & Latino Studies scholarship and creative work
Movement You Might Not Expect: How Cindy García is Redefining Ethnography Earlier this year, Cindy García was named the 2026 Melvin and Gertrude Waldfogel Scholar of the College. Here’s a look at how her work is helping shape the collaborative arts.
Women's History Month 2026 Celebrating how women have shaped and strengthened the College of Liberal Arts community, and highlighting how we engage with women's history.
Preparing global citizens: The interdisciplinary power of a gender, women and sexuality studies degree Assistant Professor Kari Smalkoski and Emily Bruce (PhD '15, history) are featured.
The Lesser-Known Freedom Rides Sarah Snyder researches the legacy of the Black Panther Party’s free bus rides to visit prisoners.
In-Person Event, October 15, 2026 6th Annual Ramona Arreguín de Rosales Lecture: "Where Do We Go From Here? The Young Lords Speak and the Protracted Struggle for Liberation" Join the Department of Chicano & Latino Studies for the 6th Annual Ramona Arreguín de Rosales Lecture, presented by Dr. Jacqueline Lazú.
Hybrid Event, October 19, 2026 Beautiful Mystery Join professor Erin L. Durban and author Danilyn Rutherford for a conversation and reading about Danilyn's book Beautiful Mystery
Hybrid Event, October 29, 2026 Yuichiro Onishi Book Event Black Radical Thought in Japan: An Afro-Asian Intellectual History
