Honors and Awards

Christina Sztajnkrycer in front of flowering bush
Christina Sztajnkrycer selected as Joff Hanauer Excellence in Western Civilization Graduate Fellow!
(February 3, 2016)
Person walking across Morocco in a bright blue Muslim dress
2015 FIS Photo Contest Winners Announced!
(November 19, 2015)
16th Century Whale Drawing
Article Written by Louisa Mackenzie, FIS Associate Professor of French, Awarded Literature Prize
(October 20, 2015)
Newberry Library of Chicago logo, an "N" intersected by an "L"
Susan Gaylard, FIS Associate Professor of Italian, wins 10-month Newberry Fellowship
(October 20, 2015)
FIS Grad Student and TA Receives Mellon Fellowship
(August 7, 2015)
FIS Faculty, Louisa Mackenzie's book ranked in French Embassy's top 30 French summer reading list
(July 1, 2015)
Two FIS Faculty Named Chevaliers dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques!
(May 20, 2015)
French Major Nominated for $5,000 Scholarship!
(April 23, 2015)
Simpson Center Announces Funding Awards for 2015-2016, Includes 3 FIS Professors!
(January 22, 2015)
And the winners are...
(December 9, 2014)
Christina Sztajnkrycer, Graduate Student in French Studies, Selected for Jewish Studies Graduate Fellowship 
(May 12, 2014)
Amy Barbour
Italian minor receives FLAS award 
(April 26, 2013)
Aerial view of Newberry library in Chicago
Prof. Susan Gaylard receives Newberry Library-Kress Foundation Fellowship
(April 17, 2013)
Natalie Downs pictured on staircase in UW's Suzzallo Library
Graduating Italian Student Receives Fulbright Award! 
(April 16, 2013)
Natalie Parrish in Rome - Spring 2013
Italian student awarded a FLAS! 
(April 11, 2013)
Louisa Mackenzie with Marianne Hirsch, Vice President of the MLA (photograph courtesy of David Fox)
Louisa Mackenzie receives Honorable Mention for recent book project 
(February 1, 2013)
Matthew Fitzgerald in ASUW Senate forum
Graduating Italian student selected to attend the European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE) Visit Program in Belgium! 
(June 21, 2012)
Francis Ramoin
French Major Selected as Bonderman Travel Fellow!
(May 7, 2012)
Josh Gailey plays the trumpet along the Tiber in Rome
Josh Gailey (Italian, Applied Music, and Music History Major) Named as Dean's Medalist in the Arts!
(March 30, 2012)
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Louisa Mackenzie Receives Society of Scholars Fellowship for 2012-2013
(February 2, 2012)
Anne Latowskey
Alumna Anne Latowsky Garners Article Prize and NEH Fellowship
(January 31, 2012)
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Three Dean's Medalists Hail from French and Italian Studies
(December 1, 2011)