Debra Castillo, scholar and champion of Latinx students, dies at 72
October 14, 2025
October 14, 2025
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 14 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Debra Castillo, scholar and champion of Latinx students, dies at 72
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Professor Debra Castillo, a Stephen H. Weiss presidential fellow and Emerson Hinchliff Professor of Hispanic Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Oct. 5 in Ithaca. She was 72.
Castillo's scholarship focused on migration, border studies and Latin American and Latinx . . .
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Debra Castillo, scholar and champion of Latinx students, dies at 72
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Professor Debra Castillo, a Stephen H. Weiss presidential fellow and Emerson Hinchliff Professor of Hispanic Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Oct. 5 in Ithaca. She was 72.
Castillo's scholarship focused on migration, border studies and Latin American and Latinx . . .