September 17, 2013 | UConn philosophy professor Lewis R. Gordon will serve as the Nelson Mandela Visiting Professor in the Department of Politics & International Relations at Rhodes University in South Africa during the fall semesters of 2014 and 2015.
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Called to New Zealand to Open Addiction Research Center
September 6, 2013 | Longtime UConn Health Center addiction researcher Thomas Babor is known worldwide for his study of problems associated with alcohol and illegal drugs—so much so that he was invited to New Zealand to join the country’s associate minister of health for the opening of the University of Auckland’s Centre for Addiction Research
Measuring the Sustainability of Urban Transportation Systems
August 15, 2013 | A group of researchers in UConn’s departments of geography and civil and environmental engineering have developed and tested a new index that will measure the sustainability of complex urban transportation systems across the globe.
$3.5 Million Grant Allows UConn’s ‘GlobalEd2′ Program to Reach More Classrooms
August 8, 2013 | A $3.5 million federal grant will enable more than 8,000 middle school students in Connecticut and Illinois to participate in the groundbreaking GlobalEd2 social studies simulation developed by University of Connecticut researchers.
Universitas 21 Students Negotiate Through Human Rights Program
July 22, 2013 | Students from universities in Singapore, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States sat around a table in the ballroom of the Student Union last week in an animated discussion.
Boosting Crop Yields in Australia
July 17, 2013 | A new technology developed at UConn that enhances salinity tolerance in plants holds out hope for improving the crop yields of farms in saline areas, like Hansen’s.