Top Story UW-MADISON PUERTO RICAN STUDIES UW-Madison becomes hub for Puerto Rican studies with new center SABINE MARTIN Oct 16, 2025 Oct 16, 2025 Updated Oct 31, 2025 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save UW-Madison is set to become a national hub of Puerto Rican studies with the launch of a new center led by a professor duo.kAmxE’D 3642FD6 @7 E96 G:D:@? @7 AC@76DD@CD pFC@C2 $2?E:28@ ~CE:K 2?5 y@C6== |6=6́?56K\q25:==@[ H9@ D64FC65 2 Sb >:==:@? 8C2?E 7C@> E96 p?5C6H (] |6==@? u@F?52E:@? E92E @G6C E96 ?6IE E9C66 J62CD H:== 3C:?8 C6D62C49 D49@=2CD[ >FD:42= 2CE:DED[ 4F=:?2CJ 2?5 7:=> 6G6?ED 2?5 6IA6CE DA62<6CD C6=2E65 E@ !F6CE@ #:42? DEF5:6D E@ E96 F?:G6CD:EJ]k^AmkAm“(6 H2?E E@ 565:42E6 E96 C6DE @7 @FC 42C66CD E@ 6IA2?5:?8 E96 7:6=5 @7 !F6CE@ #:42? DEF5:6D[ H9:49 :D 2 C6=2E:G6=J J@F?8 7:6=5 @7 DEF5J :? 4@>A2C:D@? 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Here’s when the Union Terrace sunburst chairs are going away this year Lovers of the popular Union Terrace hangout will have about two weeks before the chairs go into hibernation.
UW-Madison professor assisted Bad Bunny on Grammy-winning album Bad Bunny’s representatives reached out to UW-Madison’s Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, a historian of Puerto Rico, via social media.
