Romance Languages

Celebrate Research Progress

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences secured $83 million in sponsored grants to fund 199 research projects across the three divisions: Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. This year’s annual report provides a glimpse into the curious minds of researchers and their work.

Expanding Our Global Reach

SCHNITZER SCHOOL OF GLOBAL STUDIES AND LANGUAGES - After announcing a landmark $25 million commitment, Portland developer, philanthropist and alumnus Jordan Schnitzer shares his thoughts on living in an ever-globalizing world—and his hopes for the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages.

Defying the odds

ECONOMICS, SPANISH - Adrianna Vaca-Navarro has spent her life fighting against a system that was built against people like her. Now, she is a law student working to help others in need. Vaca-Navarro graduated in 2021. Now, she's a law student at the University of California, Berkeley. She is working to leverage her identity to help communities in need, aiming to fill the gaps within the legal system that she is studying.

Influential Angolan revolutionist's publications now accessible in English translation

ROMANCE LANGUAGES - A set of Angolan revolutionary Mário Pinto de Andrade's writings are now available in English thanks to Lanie Millar and Fabienne Moore, both associate professors in the College of Arts and Sciences. The two published a book of Andrade's essays and speeches they translated from French and Portuguese into English so more people could access his writings and gain perspective on such an important time in history.