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You can also learn more about ongoing activities, volunteer opportunities, and more in the ¡DALHE! quarterly newsletter, which is published four times per year. Check out our most recent issues:
How Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Changed Our Understanding of Racism
Hedwig Lee, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology, reflects on Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s impact on our understanding of contemporary racism.
Expanding Scholarly Perspectives Reflect Latinidad at Duke
From course offerings to faculty research to entire programs of study, Latinidad — a Spanish-language term often used by scholars to refer to the cultural and social identity of people of Latin American descent — is expanding at Duke, reflecting changes in student population.
Student Group Celebrates Jewish and Latino Heritage
Jewish communities have deep roots in Latin American history, with the first synagogue in the Americas built in Brazil in 1636. A student group known as “Jewtinos at Duke” celebrates this connection of shared Jewish and Latino heritage.
Hip-Hop As Education and Inspiration in Brazil and the United States
A multiyear Bass Connections team linking Duke and North Carolina Central University has been exploring the global links among education, hip-hop, and community building.
Saint Óscar Romero Relic Dedicated in Goodson Chapel
A service in Goodson Chapel was held at the culmination of the International Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Jan. 18–25) to dedicate a relic of Saint Óscar Romero. Duke Divinity School welcomed the Most Reverend Luis Rafael Zarama, bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Raleigh, N.C., as the guest preacher.
Wider Access to Antivenom in Brazil’s Amazon a Worthy Investment
Scaling up availability in hospitals and community health centers is a cost-effective route to preventing deaths and injuries from snakebites, new research shows.
From Classroom to Cow Farm: What I Learned in DukeEngage Costa Rica
DukeEngage is a fully funded program where students spend eight weeks during the summer working with a community to address big issues. The program in Costa Rica focused on Agriculture and Sustainable Development, with their community partner, Universidad Earth.
Sarah Quesada Receives MLA 2023 Honorable Mention for First Book
Sarah Quesada, Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Romance Studies and Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies is the recipient of a 2023 Honorable Mention for a First Book from The Modern Language Association of America (MLA).
New Research from Cristina Salvador Challenges the East-West Binary
Cultural psychology — the field of study that examines the influence of culture on how people think, feel and act — includes decades of research, but the sample of participants in those studies is narrow.
Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, MD, FAAFP, named President-elect of the World Organization of Family Doctors
Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, MD, FAAFP, director of health equity and associate professor in the Duke Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and has been selected as President-elect of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA).