News
NIAF Congressional Fellowship
Every fall semester, The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) places outstanding Italian American college students, graduate students and recent graduates in offices of members of the…
Dana Renga Interviewed on The Daily Beat
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Italian Dana Renga spoke on The Daily Beat with Joe Virgillito about mafia, its pop culture portrayals, glamorization within Italy and…
Italian Summit: The Future of Italian in Ohio High Schools and Universities
With support from the Istituto di Cultura Italiana in Chicago, the Department of French and…
Summer French in Laval Study Abroad Program is now accepting applications!
This program is a five-week summer program granting 6 semester credits. In addition to rigorous courses in language, literature, and culture, Laval organizes all sorts of cultural and social…
Humanities Grads Gainfully Employed and Happy
New data suggest that STEM majors are not the only route to success.
By Scott Jaschik | February 7, 2018
What's the worst college major for your…
French Graduate Students contribute to Kim Thúy's Publication
When Québécois writer, Kim Thúy, visited our department last spring, she was so impressed by the graduate students that she met that she asked them to contribute a creative piece for a forthcoming…
Return to Roots: Juan Tramontin (Italian minor)
Major: Logistics
Minor: Engineering and Italian
Class of 2020
Written by Rebecca Slavik
Juan Tramontin was born in Caracas, Venezuela to a Lebanese mother and an…
Growing Up with French: Elise Gallerno
Elise Gallerno
Third Year
Double Major French and Business
By Megan Wadas
You mentioned that you're Canadian-American. When did you move to the US and from where?So I was…
Troy Weider (French Major) Wins Grant Money for Undergraduate Research
Troy Weider (Class of 2018) won an Undergraduate Research Scholarship, an International Research Grant, and a Global Mobility Grant from OURCI to do research in Texas and Alsace, France this past…