October 8, 2024 | (Jaclyn Severance, UConn Today) Founded in 1959, the ISA has long served as a central hub for the exchange of ideas, for networking, and for programmatic initiatives among those involved in the study, teaching, and practice of international studies. Through its international and regional conferences and its academic journals, the organization […]
Feature Stories
‘Unforgettable Experience’: UConn Nursing
October 7, 2024 | (Grace Fontanarosa , UConn Today) On the very first day of clinical at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) in Rwanda, seniors Gabriella Argenio ’24 (NUR) and Kaitlynn Brito Torres ’24 (NUR) had the immersive experience of participating in their first live birth. Together, they rolled up their sleeves and jumped […]
UConn Innovation Documentary Draws Hundreds
October 1, 2024 | (Stephanie Reitz, UConn Today) Connecticut’s rich culture of innovation and UConn’s integral place in its past and future successes are on display in a new documentary, which drew about 400 guests to a recent premiere event in Hartford and prompted a thought-provoking panel discussion afterward. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, an early […]
UConn at the UN
September 27, 2024 | (College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, UConn Today) Three UConn student leaders recently traveled to United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York City to participate in international discussions on the future of multilateralism and international cooperation. The event covered topics including sustainable development, international science cooperation, science diplomacy, and other […]
Students Experience ‘Authentic’ Greece
September 26, 2024 | (Sarah Al-Arshani, UConn Today) Seven undergraduate students got an authentic perspective on Greece this summer as part of a new study abroad course designed by professor of anthropology Dimitris Xygalatas. “This is a field school that relates both to my own culture and my background as an anthropologist. [I am Greek […]
Five Faculty Members Named Fulbright Scholars For 2024-25
September 3, 2024 | (Mike Enright, UConn Today) Five University of Connecticut faculty members have been named Fulbright Scholars for the 2024-25 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Fulbright Scholars are faculty, researchers, administrators, and established professionals teaching or conducting research in affiliation with institutes abroad. Fulbright […]
Partnership, Collaboration, and Clarity – A Mindful Approach
July 22, 2024 | (Jaclyn Severance, UConn Today) Andrahennadi is the founder/director of the Centre for Advanced Learning of Mindfulness, or CALM, and a pioneer in the delivery of eco-contemplative mindfulness practice through her M4E and MTMCR programs. Both programs involve onsite training workshops and retreats based on the eco-contemplative framework that Andrahennadi developed through her Ph.D. […]
Vice President for Global Affairs Joins Delegation to Israel
March 1, 2022 | (Stephanie Reitz, UConn Today) UConn’s Participation in Israel Mission Produces Fruitful Discussions, Partnership Extension From February 17-24, UConn Vice President for Global Affairs Daniel Weiner joined a high-level delegation including interim UConn President Radenka Maric accompanying Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont for a trade mission to Israel. While there, the group met […]
The Armenian Weekly – Armenian Memory Project
February 9, 2022 | The Armenian Weekly | By Lillian Avedian “In the spring of 1915, Nigoghos Mazadoorian and his father Garabed came across an early ripening mulberry tree while walking through their orchards in Ichmeh, a village in the Ottoman Armenian province Kharpert. As per the traditional way of collecting mulberries, Nigoghos climbed the […]
ECNU & UConn Holds Global Elites Academic Program
September 2, 2021 | ECNU News | East China Normal University “East China Normal University (ECNU) and University of Connecticut (UConn) held the online academic program themed “Global Elites in Humanities and Social Sciences” this summer. It creates a multiple platforms for ECNU undergraduates to look into the frontiers of disciplines, expand their research ideas […]