Sandra Rios retired from the English Department on December 2019 and has shared some experiences on her time here. How was the university when you first started teaching? When I started teaching at the unversity I love two facts about the department of English. First, some of my colleagues had … Read more…
Our English Department here at the UPRM took time on Thursday April 25th, to once again celebrate the academic excellence of its students. The semester may have had its ups and downs but with hard work, determination and grit these students made it onto honor roll. The criteria for honor … Read more…
Lights, lip-sync and laughs were all that was heard at the Musical Drag Show hosted by SpectRUM. Musical performances ranged from classics like Cats and Wicked to modern shows like The Greatest Showman. The Figueroa Chapel amphitheater was full as friends and students came to see the drag queens and … Read more…
On February 28th, Dr. Ricia Chansky’s Narrative as Social Justice class hosted students from the Interamerican University Fajardo (IUF) in the Figueroa Chapel auditorium to foster collaboration and ideas in Mi María, a project that gathers, curates, and amplifies the stories and images of people who endured the impact … Read more…
Our undergrad student Claudia Rodriguez is receiving the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program Award. The CLS Program is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for American students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. The program includes intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language … Read more…
Dr. Gabriel Romaguera, an adjunct assistant professor right here in UPRM, published his first novel “Murder at Crimson Manor” in December 2018. Inspired by events in the author’s life, this novel is a hilarious dark comedy surrounding a group of college housemates. It touches on the day to day grind … Read more…
Ms. Claudia Irizarry Aponte (from our 2017 graduating class) was recently chosen to receive the Social Justice Reporting Award; funded by the Sydney Hillman Foundation. This is one of four Alumni Awards that the School of Journalism gives to students, based on their excellent work and academic performance. After graduating … Read more…
Dr. Linda Rodríguez was accepted for the 7th time as an Associate Artist in the Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency Program this next Summer in New Smyrna Beach, Florida where she’ll be working with interdisciplinary artist Janie Geiser on a film project entitled “Fortress/Belvedere.”
Our dear colleague and friend Dr. Elizabeth Dayton has passed away. Here is the obituary prepared by her family. It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Elizabeth Pine Dayton on May 21, 2018. Born on November 7, 1951 in Washington DC, Liz, was “Buff” before she … Read more…
During this year’s 49th annual College English Association Conference, UPRM alumn and current adjunct faculty member, Dr. María C. Quintero, presented her paper “The Sands of Un-Certainty: Tidalectically Synthesizing Nature and Culture in Derek Walcott’s Omeros.” The theme of the CEA Conference was “Bridges” and hundreds of professionals and scholars … Read more…