Cultivating Culture Q&A Kayla Toves spoke with Cultivating Culture about her work in language revitalization and what she’s learned living between cultural and academic settings. Kayla Toves took her own advice and stood up for herself. The senior at Cornell University faced pushback when she recently petitioned the institution to accept Ōlelo Hawaiʻi as her […]

After more than a year, Spanish language stories are returning to The Montclarion. To help serve the large Hispanic/Latino student population on campus, The Montclarion, working with the Department of Spanish and Latin Studies, created an internship to find a student to translate English language articles into Spanish. Our Spring 2026 intern is Carlos Padilla, […]

A new event helped students connect their language studies with their career goals.

Damien Fellows ’26, an international relations student, will return to South Korea this summer to continue his studies through a Critical Language Scholarship. 

Language and the connection to culture are central to everything Maria Angela Moreira does. She established Moreira Education Solution in 2017 to foster a society where everyone can reconnect with their roots, embrace their identity, and contribute to [this] country’s cultural and linguistic wealth. Originally from São Paulo, Moreira came to our shores 11 years …

This post was updated March 3 at 6:42 p.m. Studying a new language is more than memorizing words. It allows learners to hear new perspectives, sheds light on international issues and offers community to heritage speakers.