The Center for Latin American Studies at The Ohio State University

Tomorrow the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, the Lal Carbon Center and CLAS are hosting Dr. Yuri Lopes Zinn for a lecture on Nitrogen and soil organic carbon sequestration and stabilization mechanisms.

📅 Tuesday, June 23, 2026
⏰ 1 p.m.
📍Kottman Hall, Room 333

Learn more at clas.osu.edu/events

Join CLAS and The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy tomorrow for a lecture on how drug utilisation research and pharmacoepidemiology are evolving within an AI-augmented framework for health decision-making.

Free and open to the public!
📅 Tuesday, June 16, 2026
⏰ 11 a.m.
📍103 Parks Hall

Find more info at go.osu.edu/AIdrug

For her final story as CLAS intern, Gabrielle DeMarco wrote a film review of "echoes of a wet finger" by Vitória Cribb.
In this film, we observe the main character, Tixa, as something of a human-reptile hybrid existing in her own solitary but technological universe.

You can read her review at go.osu.edu/echoes-review, featuring quotes from Department of Comparative Studies at OSU professor Dr. Liliana Gil. If you're curious, interested, or intrigued you can still catch the film at Wexner Center for the Arts until July 26.

Once a week, Michelle Wibbelsman, professor of Latin American Indigenous Cultures, and her group of students can be found in the Timashev Family Music Building at Ohio State, brandishing their traditional instruments while singing songs from Chile, Peru and Bolivia, to name a few.

The Andean Music Ensemble was created in 2014, with the goal of connecting people to new cultures, according to Wibbelsman.

“I think that music kind of provides a bridge or a passage for that,” Wibbelsman said. “That allows us to introduce a variety of students from all different types of backgrounds … whether it’s cultural values, languages, practices, things like that, but through this really unique lens of music and music practice,” Wibbelsman said.

Read more at thelantern.com

https://www.thelantern.com/2026/04/andean-music-ensemble-integrates-community-and-latin-american-tradition-into-performance/

📸: Courtesy of Michelle Wibbelsman
✍️: Audra Incledon | Lantern Reporter

In Spring 2026, Evan Beard, a fourth-year student double majoring in Linguistics and Romance Studies (OSU Department of French and Italian), minoring in International Relations (OSU International Studies Program) and FLAS Fellow for Portuguese, has been working as a Portuguese language intern with the Greater Columbus Sister Cities International, Inc. program.
Click below to read Evan's reflection on his experience and the opportunity to use the language in real-life situations.

go.osu.edu/Evan-Curitiba

The School of Music is looking for a part-time undergraduate student assistant to help with the Desde el principio project. This is a project that offers Latin American music classes for infants (aged 0-36 months). Total hours of work expected throughout the summer is 75 hours. Funding to cover transportation between the School of Music and the off-site locations is available.

Apply at go.osu.edu/desdeelprincipio-job

The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) invites graduate students to submit a proposal for a graduate lecture during the Autumn 2026 semester. This initiative will serve as a professional development opportunity for students and as a way for them to share their research and interests with other peers and faculty.

Learn more at go.osu.edu/CLASGradLecture

The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) seeks proposals for Curriculum Development Grants from graduate students to create new courses at Ohio State with an emphasis on Latin America, or design curricular modules to be used as a resource for K-12 students or for instructors at the K-12 or community college level.

CLAS will accept modules in a variety of formats, such as a website, a PowerPoint slide video with embedded audio recording, an online video or podcast, online text with illustrations and citations, or a guided module.

Access go.osu.edu/CLAS-CurriculumDevelopment to learn more.

Learn Haitian Creole this summer for FREE!

Classes will take place in July. This initiative is free and open to all individuals 18 and over. You do not need to be affiliated with Ohio State to participate. Space is limited. If you're interested and available to attend classes, please fill out the interest form on our website by June 1, 2026.

Huge thanks to the Arts and Sciences at Ohio State Office of Engagement for making this possible, and all our other sponsors (OSU Department of French and Italian, Center for Languages, Literatures and Cultures, The Humanities Institute at Ohio State, Center for Ethnic Studies/Latinx Studies Program)!

Learn more and sign up at go.osu.edu/KickstartKreyol26

Today is Ohio State's Day of Giving!

Please consider donating to the Center for Latin American Studies so we can continue to support our students and community. Past donations went directly to our CLAS Research & Travel Award.

In Spring 2026, we were able to give out awards to three students. By donating $150, you will allow us to fund an additional student in Fall 2026. If $150 is out of your budget, any amount can go a long way.

Donate at go.osu.edu/GivetoCLAS