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It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Blanca Vázquez, an incredible and irreplaceable individual who had a lasting impact on CENTRO, Hunter College, and the Nuyorican … Continued

Scroll towards the bottom of this page to read the statement in Spanish. “On Tuesday, July 8th at 4 p.m., 15-20 Homeland Security vehicles arrived at the National Puerto Rican … Continued

CENTRO Press and Lost and Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative are excited to announce the selected fellows for the Diasporican Archives Graduate Research Fellowship for the 2025 summer term: … Continued

12 Community Organizations to Receive Funding for Cultural Preservation Projects New York, NY — A new community-centered initiative, the Diasporic Collage Community Microgrant Program, has been launched through a partnership … Continued

New York City, NY (June 4, 2024) – The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has announced a new documentary series titled Diasporican Art in Motion Docuseries, … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) is excited to announce its new fellows for its Rooted + Relational Summer Research and Artist-In-Residence: Alexandria Ramos, Assistant Professor … Continued

The Art History Program at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus, has been selected to collaborate with the Center for Puerto Rican Studies in New York City on … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has announced its newest exhibition, Afterlives of San Juan Hill, at CENTRO en El Barrio, located within the Silberman School … Continued

The 2025-2026 theme, Boricuas in Relation, invites applicants to engage with the phenomenon of Boricua archipelagic and diasporic community formation with other racial and ethnic groups. Boricuas have long developed … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has announced that it is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Rooted + Relational Micro-Grant program. CENTRO will award up … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has announced that it is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Rooted + Relational Fellowship Program. This fellowship program convenes … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has announced its New York City premiere of the art exhibition, Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a … Continued

The president of Puerto Rico’s Senate—Thomas Rivera Schatz—introduced Senate Bill 273 on January 23, 2025, seeking to supersede the law that created the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. Senate Bill … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has announced that The Diaspora The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has announced that The Diaspora … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has announced an open call to numerous summer opportunities: research fellowships, an artist-in-residence fellowship, and the DiaThe Center for Puerto … Continued

Puerto Rico woke up to darkness this morning as a result of a countrywide energy blackout. It is likely to remain in the dark for up to 72 hours. Beyond … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has announced the selected photographers for the first edition of “On Both Sides of the Lens: Documenting the Puerto Rican … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has announced the recipients of its inaugural Community Micro-Grants for the Rooted + Relational Micro-Grant 2024-2025 Program. CENTRO has awarded … Continued

Protestor holding up a sign with the Puerto Rican flag on it that reads “Puerto Rico is no Joke – Want to Laugh – Burn Your Own” at a protest … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has announced that Puerto Rican Voices has won two New York Emmy Awards. The investigative TV documentary series streamed on … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC) are collaborating to announce Glendalys Medina — Bronx-based conceptual interdisciplinary … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) has announced the fellows selected for the inaugural year of the “Rooted + Relational” research initiative: Dr. Alberto Ortiz Díaz, … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has announced that they have received $6,468,000 in funding from the Mellon Foundation. This grant is part of Mellon Foundation’s … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has announced that it is now accepting a second round of applications for the 2024-2025 Research Associate Program. CENTRO is … Continued

New York City, NY (May 14, 2024) – The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has announced the relaunch of its Press and will be publishing the … Continued

CENTRO and Lost and Found: The CUNY Poetics Initiative proudly announce the fellows from the CUNY Graduate Center selected for the inaugural year of the Diasporican Archives Summer Fellowship: Krystina … Continued

On March 28th, 2024, Dr. Karin Orvis, Chief Statistician of the United States, announced on behalf of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) via the White House Briefing Room … Continued

CENTRO has announced César Abreu as the Spring 2024 Artist in Residence. Abreu, a versatile artist known for his work in dance and film, will embark on a groundbreaking project … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has announced a transformative 5-year research initiative launching in fall 2024 titled: “Rooted + Relational” and led by CENTRO Directora, … Continued

CENTRO has announced the opening of the exhibition, The Fires: Hoboken 1978–1982 in partnership with the Hoboken Historical Museum, Diaspora Solidarities Lab, and New Jersey Council for the Humanities from … Continued

The CENTRO team is deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Professor and former CENTRO Interim Director, Dr. Gabriel Haslip-Viera. Gabriel’s contributions as a professor and former chair at … Continued

CENTRO, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, received two New York Emmy Awards October 28 for “Puerto Rican Voices,” an investigative series about colonialism in Puerto Rico … Continued

We are thrilled to welcome Gabriel Bouche Caro as our new artist in residence! Born in Puerto Rico and now based in the vibrant hub of New York City, Gabriel … Continued

CENTRO will share resources with local communities to demystify the process of archiving personal materials and highlight the importance of preserving our shared experiences. New York, NY – The Center … Continued

Study Group convenes an interdisciplinary hub of researchers to imagine Post-Disaster Futures for Puerto Rico and its Diaspora The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, in partnership with … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) in collaboration with Hunter East Harlem Gallery is thrilled to announce the extension of the thought-provoking exhibition, Ida y Vuelta: Experiencias de la … Continued

This fall, I begin my term as the eighth Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO). As the first Afro-Puertoriqueña to lead this storied institution in its 50-year … Continued

Two years ago, when President Jennifer J. Raab asked me to take on the leadership role at CENTRO, I was taken aback. I was content teaching my classes at Hunter … Continued

Image by CENTRO communications team The entire team at CENTRO is pleased to share that award-winning writer and scholar, Dr. Yomaira Figueroa, has been appointed the next Director of the … Continued

We are thrilled to share that New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced an allocation of $20 million in capital funding for CENTRO! Capital funds can only be used for … Continued

The symposium is hosted by the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at the Silberman School for Social Work in El Barrio from May 12th to 13th. The Center for Puerto … Continued

These funds will provide tools to continue developing programs that will impact the preservation and accessibility to our history and cultural contributions. Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Friday March 10, … Continued

The new study group seeks to study post disasters and the collective future in the context of Puerto Rico. Applications are due May 22, 2023. The Center for Puerto Rican Studies … Continued

The exhibit will be on view from March 30, 2023 to September 30, 2023 (New York, NY – March 14, 2023) The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) in partnership … Continued

  Adál (Utuado, 1948 – San Juan, 2020)An artist of great recognition in media such as photography, performance, and installation. He studied at the Art Center College of Design (1971-1973), … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO), has named Leenda Bonilla the Spring 2023 Artistic Research Resident Fellow with a focus on an art project exploring themes … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) is excited to announce a partnership with Arte Público Press at the University of Houston for el Proyecto de Literatura Puertorriqueña. CENTRO will … Continued

Collaboration between CENTRO and Lincoln Center, and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture The project is one piece of an ongoing commitment to confront injustices in its founding history … Continued

The celebration includes a new webpage dedicated to highlighting its impact over the last 50 years, multiple public events, and a campaign to raise over $5 million.

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO), in partnership with Museo de Arte Contemporáneo has named Jacoub Reyes as the winner of the Artistic Research Residency Program … Continued

CENTRO is pleased to announce that it has joined the Latinx Arts Consortium of New York (LxNY) and will be in company with some of the most recognizable Latinx organizations … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College (CUNY) has received $792,000 in federal funding as part of a $1.7 trillion omnibus bill signed into law by President Biden last … Continued

CENTRO and the Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc. (HITN) have selected Joseph Torres as the recipient of the scholarship for the Fall CENTRO Internship Program. Torres is a participant … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO), in partnership with Ponce Bank, has named Dennis Flores as the winner of the Artistic Research Residency Program.  Flore’s proposal … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) is proud to announce the signing of a partnership agreement with the Whitney Museum of American Art in support of the upcoming exhibition, … Continued

On Friday, October 21st, 2022, Diana Boss Bastides, Nilda Lopez, Alice Fabela, and Katrina Gallegosthe of the Smithsonian Latino Museum Studies Program visited the CENTRO Library and Archives. During the … Continued

On Tuesday, November 15th, 2022, our Directora Dr. Yarimar Bonilla testified before Congress during a hearing titled “Persistent Poverty in America: Addressing Chronic Disinvestment in Colonias, the Southern Black Belt, … Continued

Produced by Juan Carlos Dávila, the investigative series debuts November 2 with episodes on energy, environment, displacement, economic precarity, and impact of natural disasters On Wednesday, November 2, The Center … Continued

CENTRO receives an award from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to update online learning The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College has received a $150,000 … Continued

Scholarly group brings together academics, journalists and artists to study issues confronting Puerto Rico and its diaspora throughout the United States The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, … Continued

The Arts and Culture unit creates new initiative: Diasporican Art in Motion (DAM) The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) is the only research institution nationwide exclusively devoted to documenting … Continued

You may have noticed that this past year CENTRO underwent a massive makeover.⚒️ With the help of our friends at Tembol and Nuno Studio, we refreshed our brand with a … Continued

Join us on Thursday, June 16th at 4 PM and Friday, June 17th through Saturday, June 18th starting at 11 AM EST for Jornadas Educativas – 2nd Conference on Art, Research, and Multidisciplinary Creation. In this … Continued

We are proud to introduce CENTRO’s Spring/Summer 2022 interns! Our interns are undergraduate and graduate students from Hunter College and are interested in research, policy, media, education, and outreach. They … Continued

The Museum of Art of Puerto Rico and the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College are collaborating on a second edition of the conference for art, research, and … Continued

Introducing Centro’s Spring 2022 Research Fellows! Erika Davis, Tabatha Cruz, and Gabriela Aoun were selected from a vast group of applicants and are all working with Centro Research Director, Jennifer … Continued

On March 17th 2022, Centro’s Data Hub Research Director, Jennifer Hinojosa and Research Assistant Jorge Soldevila-Irizarry led a training session for 17 surveyors.  The training took place in Centro de … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies begins 2022 with the announcement of its first Artistic Residencies Program. With the goal of promoting artistic research, focusing on the Puerto Rican Diaspora … Continued

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Hunter College a grant of $1,238,000 to support scholarly groups at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro) that will bring together academics, … Continued

On December 10th, 2021, Centro Directora, Yarimar Bonilla, and Centro Director of Research, Jennifer Hinojosa spoke at the panel presented by the United States Commission on Civil Rights on the … Continued

Last Wednesday, December 8, 2020, CENTRO employees and researchers had the opportunity to visit the most recent exhibition at el Museo del Barrio: En Foco: The New York Puerto Rican … Continued

On December 6th, 2022, Centro was able to host a free advanced screening of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story for our friends and members of the community. Over 200 people … Continued

On November 29th, 2021, Centro’s Library and Archives at the Silberman School of Social Work in Harlem was visited by the one and only actress, Rita Moreno, and screenwriter, Tony … Continued

Next Tuesday, November 29th, 2021, Centro will be participating in #GivingTuesday. We have been beyond grateful to have so many people participate, attend, and tune in to our events in … Continued

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, an institution dedicated to researching and documenting the experience and contributions of Puerto Ricans in the diaspora, houses -among other things- … Continued