Learn & travel with Cornell alumni, faculty this summer
A&S faculty will lead many courses on campus and join educational vacations as part of Cornell Adult University.
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The Department of Romance Studies gives voice to the literatures and cultures of those parts of the world where French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish are or have been spoken.
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Your support enables the Department of Romance Studies to enhance the experience for undergraduate and graduate students and contribute to faculty excellence. Gifts can help fund lectures and conferences, faculty and student research, distinguished speakers, field trips, and other Department priorities. Please consider a donation to either the unrestricted gifts fund or the endowment gifts fund.
Romance Studies Unrestricted Gifts Fund
- Gifts made to this fund are available immediately for Department priorities.
Romance Studies Endowment Gifts Fund
- Gifts made to this fund are placed in an Endowment account where they are invested in perpetuity. Income from the endowment is provided each year to the Department for priorities.
Upcoming Events
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Romance Studies News
Reunion 2022 features host of A&S events
A number of special events are planned in the College of Arts & Sciences to celebrate Reunion 2022.
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Grateful to be together: Meet the extraordinary class of 2022
Hear about the Cornell experiences of some of the amazing students in our graduating class.
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Migrations grants fund worldwide interdisciplinary projects
Cornell faculty and their community partners will tell the stories of local migrant farmworkers, use documentary film to better understand climate change and dispossession, learn how migratory birds are affected by drug trafficking and more.
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Arts and Sciences faculty honored for teaching, advising excellence
"These faculty members and graduate teaching assistants have made tremendous contributions for the benefit of our students, guiding their educational paths and molding their experiences."
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'Identify what truly motivates you'
Natalie Kalitsi is an Information Science and French major.
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'I participated in a summer research program with anthropologists from Brazil'
Ariana Croese is majoring in Italian & German Studies.
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'I didn't even know I could get this excited about learning and research'
Amelia Clute is a College Scholar and Spanish Language major.
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