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  • $5M grant to support national initiative in Latino humanities studies

    Sep 22, 2021 1:45 pm
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    The University of Illinois Chicago has been awarded a three-year, $5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a national initiative in Latino humanities studies called “Crossing Latinidades: Emerging Scholars and New Comparative Directions.”