UConn Today – #Global
- Snapshot: Elic Weitzel in Kosovo June 28, 2019A UConn graduate student in archaeology just returned from a research trip to Kosovo, where he is helping collect and identify artifacts to help understand the history of the region.Elaina Hancock
- Education Abroad: Drew-Asia Keating ’20, London, England April 24, 2019First-generation college student Drew Asia-Keating '20 (CLAS) says her Education Abroad experience in London took her out of her comfort zone.Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
- Education Abroad: Luis Rivera ’19, Prague, Czech Republic April 19, 2019Accounting major Luis Rivera '19 (BUS) says his Education Abroad experience in Prague, Czech Republic, helped him grow as a person.Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
- Education Abroad: Omaniel Ortiz ’20, London, England April 11, 2019For first-generation college student Omaniel Ortiz, his Education Abroad experience in London was the first time he traveled outside the U.S.Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
- Education Abroad: Anna Zarra Aldrich ’20, London, England April 5, 2019People 'asked me a lot of questions about American politics and we talked a lot about Brexit. Working and meeting with different people was a huge part of the experience,' says Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS).Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
- Education Abroad: Preston Bogan ’19, Paris, France March 25, 2019'If you don’t look outside your own comfort zone ... you are missing out,' says Bogan after spending a semester in Paris.Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
- Education Abroad: Ashley Jacques ’20, Dublin, Ireland March 13, 2019'I am now kicking myself that I did not do a full semester,' says Ashley Jacques '20 (BUS), as she recalls the summer she spent with an Education Abroad program in Ireland last year.Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
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8/26
First day of classes
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8/28
Social Security Services Day
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8/29
Dr. Nkoli Aniekwu: âThe Globalization of African Studies: An Affirmative Approachâ
Dr. Nkoli Aniekwu: âThe Globalization of African Studies: An Affirmative Approachâ
Thursday, August 29th, 2019
04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus Class of 1947 room, Homer Babbidge Library
Dr Nkoli Ijeoma Aniekwu is currently a Scholar in Residence at the Africana Studies Institute, University of Connecticut at Storrs. She is a Professor of Law at the University of Benin, Nigeria, and a Martin Flynn Global Law Professor at the UConn School of Law at Hartford.
Dr Aniekwu will present a paper; ‘The Globalization of African Studies: An Affirmative Approach’ at the Babbidge Library on the 29th of August, 2019 at 4.30pm. -
9/4
Education Abroad 101
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9/5
UConn Winter in London Info Session
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9/5
Opening Reception for West African and Cuban exhibitions
Opening Reception for West African and Cuban exhibitions
Thursday, September 5th, 2019
04:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Storrs Campus The William Benton Museum of Art
Join us for an Opening Reception at The Benton Museum for "Souvenirs D'Afrique: Arts of Africa from the Collection of Janine and Josef Gugler", and for "The Lure of Cuba: Reginald Marsh's Tropical Watercolors, 1924-1930".
RSVP appreciated to benton@uconn.edu or 860-486-4520.
FREE. Open to everyone.
Cash Bar; Light hors d'oeuvres
Remarks at 5:30
From 5:00-6:30pm enjoy live music by performers from the musical FELA! playing a variant of Fela’s music. FELA aKUsTIc is a radical reinterpretation of the music of Afrobeat creator Fela Kuti. Fela’s 15+ piece orchestra has been stripped down to a 3-piece band featuring: Duain Richmond (who played the role of Fela on Broadway) on vocals, Ricky Quinones (from the Broadway musical) on guitar, and Domenica Fossati, multi-instrumentalist and singer.
Fela Kuti was from Nigeria—where the majority of the collection in the Souvenirs d’Afrique exhibition was compiled in the early 1960s. Fela’s popularity peaked in the 1970s but he started playing in the 60s in the Nigerian Afrobeat and highlife scene in Lagos.
More information about the exhibition at http://benton.uconn.edu.
Image Credit: Igbo Maiden Mask (collected in Ukpo-Ak-pu, Nigeria, 1961 by Janine and Josef Gugler). This mask is unused by was intended for ritual masquerade. Collection of the Benton Museum. -
9/6
Education Abroad Fall Fair
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9/9
Collaborative Advising for Communication Majors
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9/10
Pre-Completion Practical Training (CPT + Pre-OPT) - Hartford
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9/10
Funding Education Abroad Info Session
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9/10
Human Rights Film Series: FOR SAMA
Human Rights Film Series: FOR SAMA
Tuesday, September 10th, 2019
04:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus Konover Auditorium, Dodd Center
FOR SAMA
screening & discussion
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
4:00pm – 6:30pm
Konover Auditorium
Dodd Center
Join us for a special screening and discussion of the PBS Frontline documentary FOR SAMA.
FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her.
Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice – whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
The film is the first feature documentary by Emmy award-winning filmmakers Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts.
For more info visit: https://thedoddcenter.uconn.edu/2019/08/08/sept-10-2019-human-rights-film-series-for-sama/ -
9/11
Collaborative Advising for Communication Majors
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9/11
Gilman Scholarship Information Session
