http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:56:32 GMT Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/27 Like many researchers, Michael Ugarte finds his research to be rooted in his personal history. "My research is connected directly to who I am, what part of the world I come from, and where I grew up," begins the MU Professor of Romance Languages. As we sat in his tiny office, I found myself staring into the kind eyes of this gentle soul, mesmerized as he described the personal connections involved in his research. Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:56:32 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/27 (LuAnne Roth)