UW-Madison becomes hub for Puerto Rican studies with new center

UW-Madison becomes hub for Puerto Rican studies with new center

The three-year project is the first of its kind in the Midwest.

UW professors launch Puerto Rican Studies Hub

UW-Madison professors Aurora Santiago Ortiz and Jorell Meléndez-Badillo recently established a Puerto Rican Studies Hub on campus, with the help of a $3 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Puerto Rican Studies Hub aims to create a space where scholars, community members and students can unite and consider wide connections of Puerto Rican studies, according to associate professor of Latin American and Caribbean history and co-…