Maria Lugones, 76, professor of comparative literature and Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies (LACAS), died Tuesday, July 14. From Argentina, she came to the United States in the 1960s, earning her bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and her master’s degree and doctoral degree in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
She joined the faculty at Binghamton University in 1993, brought in to to direct, invigorate and strengthen LACAS. In that role, she built a vibrant program.
Central to her political and intellectual work was building coalitions among women of color, coalition building and grassroots work as a popular educator outside of the academy.
As an activist/scholar, she followed the maxim, “I won’t think what I won’t practice.” She was one of the co-founders of the popular education collective “La Escuela Popular Norteña,” based in Valdes, N.Mex. She authored several path-breaking texts on women-of-color coalition building, radical multiculturalism and coloniality and gender. She was the author of several books and many articles, including the highly praised and cited book, “Pilgrimage/Peregrinajes: Theorizing Coalition Against Multiple Oppressions” (2003).
Among her many honors, she was named Distinguished Woman Philosopher for 2016 by the Society for Women in Philosophy, and she was awarded the 2020 Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award from the Caribbean Philosophical Association in recognition of her works “in or of special interest to Caribbean thought.” The honor was awarded to Lugones for “her groundbreaking contributions to decolonial philosophy/theory; feminist philosophy/theory; Indigenous philosophy/theory; critical gender, race and sexuality studies; Latin American philosophy; and world systems theory.”
19 July 2020
16 July 2020
Maria Lugones died
Campus mourns Maria Lugones, professor of comparative literature and Latin American and Caribbean Area studies
14 July 2020
Order on international students rescinded
"U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs on Tuesday announced that the U.S. had agreed with Harvard and MIT to rescind a new policy requiring the students to take at least one in-person class."https://t.co/PCISdR2WZj
— Mikhail Zinshteyn (@mzinshteyn) July 14, 2020
Breaking: US agrees to rescind order blocking foreign students taking classes online from living in the US. Just announced in federal district court in Massachusetts
— Julia E. Ainsley (@JuliaEAinsley) July 14, 2020
So to summarize - The Trump Administration has rescinded the 7/6 F-1 students directive. Schools can go online if they want. No new I-20s needed. F-1 visas should be proceeding. Congratulations Harvard and the Wilmer Hale team. Big big win!
— (((Greg Siskind))) (@gsiskind) July 14, 2020
09 July 2020
08 July 2020
Letter to international students
Dear Binghamton University International Student,
On Monday, July 6, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) issued updated guidance for international student enrollment for the fall 2020 academic semester. We understand that this has generated many questions and a great deal of concern. International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) is carefully reviewing this newly issued guidance, in coordination with other departments on campus, in an effort to provide the most comprehensive guidance as quickly as possible.
Here is what we can tell you now. Binghamton University will not be fully online in the fall. That means international students with F-1 and J-1 visas may attend and remain in compliance with the latest guidance. Our schedule of classes will allow international students to maintain their non-immigrant status while pursuing their course of study. We will offer courses in various formats; some will be fully in-person, many others will be hybrid (partially in-person and partially on-line), and some fully on-line. We will work with all students who plan to be on campus to create schedules that include fully in-person and hybrid courses to keep them in good status. The week after Thanksgiving, all hybrid and in-person courses will have a one-week on-line component, and, therefore, will not affect the status of students. In addition, courses such as thesis, dissertation, final project, and many independent study classes remain unchanged by the new guidance and, therefore, continue to be viable options for our international students. Our advisors and program directors will work with students to provide them a schedule that conforms with the updated SEVP guidelines.
Should newly admitted or continuing international students find themselves unable to arrive/return to campus to pursue their studies for the fall 2020 semester, the university will work with them to identify online course offerings that can be taken from abroad. Advisors and program directors will work directly with students to answer questions they may have about the impact of taking online courses while not in the U.S.
We are asking every international student to please complete this short survey at their earliest convenience. The purpose of this survey is to gather information on international students’ plans for the fall 2020 semester, in an effort to ensure we can provide the best possible support and course options. This survey is for informational purposes only, and your responses are not binding. We understand that your plans may still change between now and the start of the semester. We will send you a follow-up form in August to report your final decision for the fall 2020 semester.
As more detailed information becomes available, we will keep you informed, and continue to update the FAQs on our website. Binghamton University is fortunate to have such a wonderful international student population that brings so many valuable perspectives to our classrooms, labs, and social life. We value you and support you, and we are here to serve you, especially in times of uncertainty.
Kind regards,
Patricia Bello, Assistant Provost for International Education and Global Affairs
Donald G. Nieman, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
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