Her University of Michigan It is considered one of the most prestigious universities of united stages and the world. It is public and stands out for its research activation. The Catalan Jordi RibasCorporate Vice President of Microsoft and International Prestigio Expert in the ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCY, and their wife, Laurahave made possible the creation of a Plaza of Professor Title of Catalan Studies in Dicha Universidadthrough an economic endowment entirely private.
Her Ribas Family Early Career Teacherrship in Catalan and Romance Studies It is the consolidation of teaching and research in Catalan studies in the University of Michigan and amplifies its impact in the America of the North. The donation guarantees that existist of a plaza of titular fija professor, with academic continuity, international project and a stable space for the research and dissemination of the Catalan language and culture. The agreement between the Ribas family, which resides in the Washington State, and the universidad has already been approved and signed, and it is planned that the studies set themselves in march during 2026.
The University of Michigan, which is located between the 25 best university university Times Higher Education World University Rankingsform part of the Llullthe University Network of Catalan Studies on the outside, and during the course 2023-2024 offered two asigned to Catalan language and culture, with a Treatyment of Students. This initiative will be fortified the relationship between the University, the Institut Ramon Llull and the rest of university that make up the Llull network. The Institute will intensify its collaboration with this center, expanding the program of cultural and academic activities related to Catalan.
The private endowment in the form of endowment o Académico sponsorship contributes Solidez and sustained to the project of Catalan culture at international level. This type of initiative contributes to the Collective Progreso, an abrriendo nuevos of exchange and collaboration, and ayudando to preserve and spread the cultural heritage, to the same time that encourage research and outreach.
The unique of the Ribas family is that this initiative lives in a small seed, and will continue to work with the Institut Ramon Llull so that other families or Fundación Catalanas are encouraged to establish the plazes of fijas of professors of Catalan studies in the leading universities of all the world.
