September 24, 2013
UIC leads consortium of Latino research centersNational group promotes understanding of U.S. Latinos in politics, culture, economics
March 28, 2013
NIH official to discuss health disparitiesMinority health will be the focus of April 10 Chancellor’s Lecture Series event.
March 12, 2013
Campus NewsSylvia Puente, executive director of the Latino Policy Forum, presents “Fuerza Latina: A Paradox of Success and Hardship.”
March 12, 2013
Latino paradoxesSylvia Puente, executive director of the Latino Policy Forum, presents the Phillip Bowman Lecture March 13.
March 7, 2013
Latino advocate speaks on paradoxes in IllinoisSylvia Puente says Illinois Latinos are succeeding and struggling equally at unprecedented levels.
February 5, 2013
Sociologist considers Latina sexual identityDon’t paint Latina girls and their sexual lives with a broad brush. That’s a UIC sociologist’s message.
February 5, 2013
Salsa adds spice for older adultsUIC researchers want to know if salsa dancing improves the health and well-being of older Latinos.
January 17, 2013
New book documents Latina girls, sexualityA UIC sociologist studies young Latinas’ sexual experiences and how they learn about “safe” sex.
December 3, 2012
UIC musicologist wins national award for edited volumeMusicologist and cultural theorist Alejandro L. Madrid has received the Ruth A. Solie Award from the American Musicological Society for his latest book, “Transnational Encounters: Music and Performance at the U.S.-Mexico Border.”