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Morgan-Short, Taboada, Weber receive teaching awards
Professors Kara Morgan-Short and Inma Taboada of the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies and Elizabeth Dolly Weber of the Department of French and Francophone Studies are among the recipients of the 2012-2013…
French majors/minors receive $18,250 in study abroad funding
Congratulations to the following French majors and minors! Annayeli Munoz will be going to study in Senegal in the Spring.  She won three awards totaling $9,250, including the Gilman International Scholarship.  She is…
French major (and Spanish minor) Gabriela Reno receives Gilman Scholarship
Gabriela Reno was one of four LAS undergraduate students to receive Gilman Scholarships for summer 2012. Read her story in the Winter 2012 edition of AtLAS. (Scroll down for Ms. Reno’s profile and…
Jennifer VanderWoude receives Marie-Odile Sweetser Prize
Jennifer VanderWoude was awarded the Marie-Odile Sweetser Prize, which is given to an outstanding graduating French Major.
Yann Robert discusses politics in Tribune article
Yann Robert, assistant professor of French and Francophone studies,  discusses the French Revolution-based origins of the political terms “left” and “right” in an article from the Chicago Tribune. You can read the article…
French major wins Iranian-American Scholarship
Suzanne Oskouie, a neuroscience and French major in the Honors College, won an Iranian-American Scholarship Fund award. She was also a Highly Commended entrant in the Undergraduate Awards program, an Ireland-based organization that…
Kristan Karinen receives Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship
Kristan Karinen, a senior French and Francophone Studies major from Novato, California, is one of nine UIC undergraduates awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship for study abroad. She will spend a year in…
Thornton receives Dorothy Thelander Award
Jessica Thornton received the Dorothy Thelander Award for work on an undergraduate research project during the 2011-2012 academic year.
Galea awarded Fulbright Fellowship
Jessica Galea (French minor) was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study anthropology at the University of Bristol in England.
Drozd receives Marie-Odile Sweetser Prize
Megan Drozd received the Marie-Odile Sweetser Prize for excellence in French Studies, which is awarded annually to an outstanding graduating senior majoring in French.