Honors and Awards

realistic pencil drawing of a lion
Louisa Mackenzie receives joint Mellon Fellowship for course development
March 8, 2016
Picture of Maya Smith in sunlight
Maya Smith earns Royalty Research Fund Scholar award
March 3, 2016
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Logo
Maya Smith awarded Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
March 3, 2016
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