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![Eikel-Pohen portrait](/media/images/Mona_EikelPohen_2022_copy.93eac545.fill-150x150.jpg)
(March 2, 2022)
Mona Eikel-Pohen Wins Outstanding German Program Development and Advocacy AwardThe award was presented by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Small Undergraduate German Program Special Interest Group.
![Professor Jaklin Kornfilt (right) accepting an honorary doctorate during a ceremony at the University of Cyprus.](/media/images/Kornfilt_Rector_and_Dean.2cce4bb8.fill-150x150.jpg)
(Jan. 12, 2022)
LLL Professor Awarded Honorary Doctorate for Contributions to Linguistic Theory and Turkish LinguisticsThe honor was conferred to Professor Jaklin Kornfilt by the University of Cyprus.
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(Aug. 11, 2021)
Preserving African Language and CultureLLL Professor Christopher Green receives prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship.
![Tej Bhatia portrait](/media/images/tej-bhatia-portrait-original-2019-.fb071b98.fill-150x150.jpg)
(July 9, 2021)
LLL Professor Tej Bhatia Interviewed by The New York TimesBhatia contributed linguistic expertise for an article about contemporary Bhangra.
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(June 2, 2021)
Linguistics Professor Featured on HDIAC Podcast SeriesTej Bhatia, professor of linguistics and director of South Asian languages, discussed the effects of multilingualism and socio-culturalism on the brain.
![Stolpersteine, or “stumbling stones,” honoring Simon and Frieda Herschberg, who once lived in Bochum, Germany.](/media/images/Herschberg_Stumbling_Stones.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
(May 20, 2021)
German Language Class Connects U.S. Citizens with their Jewish Family HistorySU students help a relative of Holocaust victims learn about his family’s past.
![Dylan Bryant on the terrace of his apartment in La Rioja, Spain.](/media/images/IMG_20210207_131016216.2e16d0ba.fill-150x150.jpg)
(April 23, 2021)
Alumni Postcards: Dylan Bryant ’20Bryant has spent the academic year teaching in La Rioja, Spain.
![Buon Appetito! students sampling carbonara with their families.](/media/images/Dads_trying_the_carbonara_.71d69ca9.fill-150x150.png)
(March 19, 2021)
Buon Appetito! LLL Provides SU Students a Virtual Taste of Italian Food and CultureThe one-credit course offered during Winterlude presented students with an opportunity to experience Italy from the comforts of their own kitchens.