CENTRO's Research Unit is an interdisciplinary hub that brings together students, scholars, and community partners to investigate urgent themes facing our communities. Over the past decades our scholars have produced benchmark publications that have transformed the field of Puerto Rican Studies and timely reports that have shaped national debate, most recently in regard to Puerto Rico's economic crisis, austerity politics, post-disaster migration and hurricane recovery.
January 28, 2025
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) invites applications from scholars, writers, and faculty for the 2025 Rooted and Relational Summer Research Fellowships. The fellowship tenure is three months during … Continued
March 21, 2025
Cumbre Afro is coming to New York for the first time and will be ending in East Harlem, nestled between two prominent archives, The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at … Continued
November 13, 2024
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
August 29, 2024
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
July 25, 2024
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
