El Cafecito, led by Associate Instructional Professor Verónica Moraga, has been recognized with a Diversity Leadership Award! These awards aim at giving visibility to collaborative efforts that advance “the university’s commitment to diversity.” April 2, 2026, at a lively ceremony, Verónica was handed the award by the university president, Paul Alivisatos.
Join us in person or virtually on April 9 & 10 for RLL’s Virgilio Lecture Series featuring award-winning novelist Andrea Bajani. The events are free and open to the public. Register in advance to attend virtually. Persons with disabilities who need an accommodation in order to participate should email Julio Mestanza (jmestanza@uchicago.edu) in advance.
The RLL department is proud to celebrate two finalists for the 2026 UChicago Literary Translation Prize: graduate student Cole Botta (Italian), for a translation from the Italian of Federigo Tozzi and undergraduate student Ernest Leong (French, senior), for a translation from the French of Swiss writer Alexandre Voisard. Congratulations to these two students on their work!
On February 12, Celia Bravo Díaz, Sara Dallavalle, and Diana Palenzuela Rodrigo presented the first phase of their project, “Rethinking Language Placement: How AI Can Improve Spanish and Italian Testing,” at the AI Initiative Campus Event held at Ida Noyes Hall at the University of Chicago.
