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Volume xvii of Brújula, “La primera persona en el mundo hispano," published, featuring contributions from UCD Spanish grad students and PhD candidates

 Hola a todxs,Quiero enviar una felicitación muy especial a lxs editores y colaboradores del último volumen de la revista Brújula titulado "La primera persona en el mundo hispano". Les adjunto el enlace electrónico donde podrán acceder a los artículos de Andrew Maune, Chandler Thompson, Adriana Rojas, Kristin Kawecki y Ross Hernández. En el proceso de edición participaron también Carlos Torres Astocondor, Leigh Houck, y Sara de Blas Hernández.

MLA’s Scaglione Prize For Comparative Literary Studies Awarded To Charlie D. Hankin

 

The Modern Language Association of America today announced it is awarding its thirty-second annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies to Charlie D. Hankin, assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Davis, for his book Break and Flow: Hip Hop Poetics in the Americas, published by the University of Virginia Press. 

The prize is awarded annually for an outstanding scholarly work that is written by a member of the association and that involves at least two literatures.

UC Davis Ranked No. 3 Public University for Setting Grads Up for Financial Success

 

The University of California, Davis, is third in the nation among public universities and 12th among all universities for how well it sets its graduates up for financial success in the WSJ/College Pulse rankings released today (Sept. 5).

The rankings, from The Wall Street Journal and its research partners College Pulse and Statista, consider how much a school improves students’ chances of graduating and their future earnings with results from student and alumni surveys on college life and diversity. The rankings no longer measure reputation or the college’s own finances.

Weaving Facts Through the Complexity of Global Migration

by Alex Russell

 

Luis left his home in Guatemala to escape the criminal gangs that were extorting him repeatedly with a threat of violence. He left behind his family, his culture and his very identity for a chance to live the American Dream.