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framed art on gallery wall
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Ingrid Bostrom
Installation view of "Mexican Prints: The Garcia-Correa Collection," on view at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara, from Sept. 13–Dec. 7, 2025.

Modern Mexican printmaking at UCSB

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Sara Poot Herrera a woman smiling
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Jeff Liang
UCSB Distinguished Professor Sara Poot Herrera

How to build global community through Mexican literature
Rocio Curiel sits among nature
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Jeff Liang

Field of dreams: Rocio Curiel’s remarkable path to graduation
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Giovanni Batz wins book prize for 'The Fourth Invasion'
historical map of US with text in Spanish and flowers
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Illustration by Matt Perko
Flower picking as a metaphor for rediscovery — professor emerita Víctor Fuentes’ "Florilegio" gathers centuries of overlooked Spanish-language literature from the U.S.

Spanish-language writers and the making of a U.S. literary tradition
color photograph of writer Manuel Munoz standing on a staircase
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John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
2023 MacArthur Fellow Manuel Muñoz

Manuel Muñoz wins Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature
three-panel photographic image of a woman holding a picture of her son, the cover of a new book on Guatemala and the dry riverbed below a dam
"The Fourth Invasion" argues that present-day hydroelectric projects are a continuation of Guatemala's long history of colonialism and resource exploitation and includes the state-sponsored genocide of the late 20th century

Guatemala’s history of colonialism, from genocide to extractionist industries
color photo portrait of gabriela castaneda
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Juan Hernández
Gabriela Castañeda with Border Network for Human Rights, El Paso, Texas

Immigration documentary focuses on ‘military border complex’
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Oral history project gathering stories from Afro-Chicanx community
Photo portrait of Gustavo Arellano
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Courtesy of Los Angeles Times
Gustavo Arellano, winner of the 19th annual Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature

Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano to receive Luis Leal Award
Silvia Rodriguez Vega and book cover with children's drawing

Children’s drawings illustrate the hurt imparted by policies of family separation 
Professor Mario T. García in a suit holding his left hand
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Matt Perko
Professor Mario T. García, February 2023

Mario T. García, a UC Santa Barbara professor for 47 years, to be honored at Sal Castro Memorial Conference

With $500,000 raised, the Ismael ‘Mayo’ de la Rocha Endowed Scholarship opens doors for underserved students with activism in their hearts
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