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Prof. Leire Carbonell-Agüero Welcomes a Baby Boy!

June 10, 2013 by GSTILE
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Professor Leire Carbonell-Agüero of Spanish Translation and Interpretation welcomed baby Liam on May 28th. Congratulations! Continue reading →

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Professor Kavenoki Speaks at T&I Conference in Russia

June 7, 2013 by GSTILE
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Professor Kavenoki spoke on June 3, 2013 at the 5th Industry of Translation and Interpretation International Conference in Perm, Russia on the T&I Market in the United States, Russia, and Other Geographic Locations in the Russian-English Combination. The conference was held at the National Research Polytechnic University. She also gave an open lecture on June 5, 2013. [...] Continue reading →

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Prof. María Sierra Córdoba Serrano comes out with a new book

May 16, 2013 by GSTILE
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The University of Ottawa Press, Canada’s oldest French language university press and the only bilingual university press in North America, has just published Prof. María Sierra Córdoba Serrano’s work Le Québec traduit en Espagne: analyse sociologique de l’exportation d’une culture périphérique. The book was selected by the publisher to be showcased at the 2013 ACFAS [...] Continue reading →

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Update: MIIS Alum in Afghanistan

May 9, 2013 by GSTILE
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MIIS Alum Tara Bates, M.A. TESOL 2007, started out teaching ELF (English as a lingua franca) in Afghanistan. At about the same time her ELF fellowship finished, Kabul Education University had started working on a project and unexpectedly needed a course designer/mentor for their Afghan instructors. Bates offered to fill in for one semester. KEU seemed to like the work [...] Continue reading →

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Guest Lecture on SLA Research

May 6, 2013 by GSTILE
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Dr. Lourdes Ortega, Linguistics Professor at Georgetown University, will be giving a lecture on “How Useful is Instructed SLA Research for Teachers, and What does Epistemological Diversity have to Do with it?” Professor Ortega will examine ways in which the blooming of cognitive, sociocultural, and sociocognitive theories of additional language learning has invigorated the capacity [...] Continue reading →

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Multilingual Mural Party

May 1, 2013 by GSTILE
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Our Green Thumb Garden and B.U.I.L.D. are hosting an end of the semester painting party in the garden this Friday, May 3 @ 1:00pm! We need artists and multilinguists. Let’s paint a mural that showcases MIIS love of the environment and international cooperation. What are some words about nature in Spanish? Portuguese? Chinese? Korean? Japanese? [...] Continue reading →

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Cross-Strait Immersive Module a Success!

April 29, 2013 by GSTILE
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Professors Jinhuei Enya Dai and Wei Liang took a group of MIIS students to Taipei and Shanghai during MIIS’ spring break to explore the complicated relationship between mainland China and Taiwan. The group visited government offices, businesses, and universities, as well as meeting with a group of Taiwanese veterans. They were also able to meet [...] Continue reading →

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Seminar on “Why Russia Matters to the United States”

April 24, 2013 by GSTILE
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Dr. Dmitri Trenin, the foremost expert in Russian foreign policy and US/Russian relations, will be conducting a seminar April 25, at 12:15 pm to 1:30 pm in Irvine Auditorium. He is a senior associate of the Carnegie Endowment, the Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, and the Chair of its Foreign and Security Policy Program. [...] Continue reading →

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Whole Foods Vegetarian Tour with Professor Scorse!

April 10, 2013 by GSTILE
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Want to make the transition to a planet-base diet that is better for you, your family, the animals, and the environment, but not sure how to start? Then join Professor Scorse and other MIIS students on April 16th at 4PM for a tour of Whole Foods where a range of veggie samples will await you. There [...] Continue reading →

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Minhua Liu named Co-Editor of the journal “Interpreting”

April 9, 2013 by GSTILE
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Chinese T & I Professor Minhua Liu is the new Co-Editor of Interpreting: International Journal of Research and Practice in Interpreting Beginning with the Spring 2013 issue published in March, Professor Minhua Liu started her tenure as the new Co-Editor of Interpreting, the field’s premier academic journal. Interpreting was established in 1996, and for the [...] Continue reading →

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