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February 11, 2022

As part of the HSI Infrastructure Initiative, the CSRC in collaboration with the Office of Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) will administer $250,000 in seed funding (up to $30,000 per award) to help launch and support research projects on and/or involving Latinx populations in the US. Projects are expected to advance the goals of the HSI Initiative by enhancing UCLA’s commitment to supporting scholarship with implications for diverse Latinx communities. Deadline extension: March 28, 2022

February 3, 2022

Last month, America lost a true leader, someone who fought for our country while also challenging it to live up to its ideals and promises. The Hon. Esteban E. Torres was a child of immigrants, a military veteran, autoworker, labor organizer, civil rights and community development activist, and US Congressman. He was also an artist, drawing and painting whenever he could.

January 26, 2022

An obituary for the Hon. Esteban E. Torres, former US congressman representing California, included a photo from the CSRC. The CSRC holds the Esteban E. Torres Papers in its archive.

January 18, 2022

In the latest contribution to the CSRC Post, Nicole Ucedo, CSRC research and archive assistant, writes about her discoveries while processing the Josefa L. Serna Papers.

January 18, 2022

It is with profound sadness that we share the news of the passing of our dear friend and colleague Agustín Gurza. He died Saturday, January 8.

January 11, 2022

UC Riverside News reported UCR ARTS received a $50,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support the forthcoming exhibition Christina Fernandez: Multiple Exposures at the California Museum of Photography. Chon A. Noriega, former CSRC director, is serving as a consultant on the exhibition. The exhibition catalog will be published by CSRC Press in fall 2022.

December 30, 2021

A feature in ARTnews included discussion of the traveling exhibition Laura Aguilar: Show and Tell, organized by the CSRC in partnership with the Vincent Price Art Museum, and numerous Latinx artists who have been featured in CSRC exhibitions and publications.

December 16, 2021

UCLA Newsroom summarized key achievements within the UCLA community during 2021, including the announcement that UCLA will seek to achieve the designation of Hispanic Serving Institution by 2025. As noted in the story, the CSRC will play a key role in a helping to build an infrastructure to support future Latinx Bruins,

December 15, 2021

Investing in the academic success of Latinx students, new faculty leadership, fall events on YouTube, additions to archival collections and updated finding aids, CSRC publications win awards, funding opportunities, and more in the Fall Quarter newsletter!

December 14, 2021

Former CSRC director Chon Noriega was quoted in a UCLA Newsroom story about the 2021 inductees into the National Film Registry that were created by Bruins. These include Chicana (1979, Syliva Morales) and Requiem-29 (1970, David Garcia). Both films are held in the Chicano Studies Research Center collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

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