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CILAS NEWS
Tour of US-Mexico Border
UCSD's Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP), Urban Studies and Planning Program (USP), Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (CILAS), the Environmental Track of the American Public Health Association (APHA), and the Coastal Training Program of the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve organized and led a tour on Sunday, October 26th for 60 participants of the APHA conference: 'Public Health without Borders' (2008 Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Diego, CA October 25-29, 2008). The tour provided a first hand look at environmental problems associated with the U.S.-Mexico border fence and the rapid rise of irregular settlements in the City of Tijuana . The tour focused on: (1) the region's environmental and public health challenges, and (2) the effects of cross-border flows of wastes on efforts to protect transboundary watersheds and coastal ecosystems. The 60 participants included faculty, researchers, doctors, nurses, environmental and public health scientists, health care providers, government officials, industry leaders and community-based partners. The tour was captured in film for inclusion in a documentary about global environmental health. Links:
1. Photo Gallery of the tour
2. Photo Gallery Los Laureles Canyon
3. Global Planning Grid Initiatives
4. 2008 APHA conference 'Public Health without Borders' web site
Nancy Egan is the winner of the 2008 Hughes Prize.
Congratulations Nancy!
CILAS Designated National Resource Center
We are pleased to announce that the San Diego Consortium for Latin
American Studies has again been designated a National Resource Center
(NRC) in Latin American Studies by the U.S. Department of Education
(USDE). The prestigious award provides over $1 million funding for
the four-year period beginning in Fall 2006.
The consortium is a partnership between the Latin American Studies
Center at San Diego State University (SDSU) and the Center for Iberian
and Latin American Studies (CILAS) at UC San Diego.
Title VI grants are competitively awarded for research and language
training on specific world regions. Title VI grant funds are allocated
to expand curricular offerings, host visiting professors, conduct
K-12 teacher training and other outreach programs, organize public
conferences among other activities. Additionally the grant funds
fellowships for Foreign Language and Area Study (FLAS) for the academic
year as well as summer language study fellowships.
During the previous grant cycle, among the many outreach events,
including international conferences and lectures, CILAS also earmarked
funds to bring three Latin American Visiting Professors and began
teaching Zapotec, an indigenous language of Southern Mexico.
CILAS would like to thank the Latin Americanist faculty for their
willingness to contribute to the program.
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Thinking about Studying Abroad?
Latin American Studies encourages their majors and minors to study abroad.
Students will find programs in which to improve their Spanish language
skills or integrate themselves into one of the many different cultures and
countries in Latin America through the University of California′s Education
Abroad Program (EAP) or UCSD′s Opportunities Abroad Program (OAP).
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