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Hispanic Linguistics News

Prospero Garcia is now Assistant Professor at Rutgers Camden
Congratulations to Próspero on his successful dissertation defense, and his new job as a tenure track Assistant Professor at Rutgers Camden.

Beatriz Pariente-Beltran is now Spanish Language Program Director at Carleton College
Congratulations to Beatriz on her successful dissertation defense, and her new job as Language Program Director at Carlton College.

Congratulations to our MA Students (Class 2012)!
Congratulations to Dave Dericco, and Silvia Perez for successfully completing their M.A. in Hispanic Linguistics.

Beginning of the year meeting:
We had our first meeting of Hispanic linguists on August 29, 2012. We were happy to inform the members of our program that we will be searching for a new professor in Hispanic Linguistics this year. We also discussed the updates to our program and congratulated the members of our group for their achievements during the 2011/12 academic year.

Recursion in Brazilian Languages and Beyond
Luiz Amaral, Tom Roeper (UMass Linguistics) and Marcus Maia (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) are organizing a conference on Recursion in Brazilian Languages and Beyond. The conference will take place in Rio in 2013, and the call for papers will come out in December.

Formal Approached to Heritage Language:
The Language Acquisition Research Center would like to thank all of the presenters, attendees, and organizers for making the Formal Approaches to Heritage Languages conference such a success. Over 60 researchers, students and teachers shared their r Research and provided a thoughtful and insightful forum for discussion of heritage languages. Check LARC's web site for more details.