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to expand. | L&S graduate is an inspiring story of success |
Carlos Torres, who graduated in May with a degree in Psychology, was recently featured in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Once struggling to learn English, student now heads to Harvard Med.
The story tells of Torres' inspiring life from a town in Mexico, to earning citizenship in the United States and his acceptance at UW-Madison.
While at UW-Madison, Torres was a Chancellor's Scholar who co-founded PALMA, a Latino pre-medical student organization. Although only two-years-old, the organization has already received
Community Health Award by the Dane County Latino Health
Council.
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 | Beltran receives faculty fellowship award |
Assistant Professor Mary Beltrán received the Institute for Research in the Humanities Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity Faculty Fellowship Award for 2009-2010 and her book, “Latina/o Stars in the U.S. Eyes: The Making of Meanings of Film and TV Stardom” which will be published this year by University of Illinois Press.
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