News Source: UConn Today Author: Mac Murray Date: October 9, 2025 On Oct. 9, an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars gathered at the UConn Humanities Institute (UCHI) to discuss “a deceptively simple question”: What are we talking about when we talk about AI? UCHI Director Anna Mae Duane introduced the symposium with this framing to illustrate […]
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Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Recognized as a Global Leader in Venture Creation
News Source: UConn Today Author: Claire Hall Date: October 8, 2025 UConn’s Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CCEI) has received the Outstanding Contributions to Venture Creation Award at the 2025 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Conference in Calgary, Canada. The award honors a university center that demonstrates excellence in supporting the launch and growth of startups […]
UConn Student Represents US in UN Global Youth Statement
News Source: UConn Today Author: Elaina Hancock Date: August 27, 2025 Each year, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) holds a Conference of Parties (COP) to discuss the current status of global actions on climate change, and future steps to take. Leading up to the COP, youth from over 70 countries convene […]
UConn Students Explore Entrepreneurship Across Borders Through an Abrahamic Lens
News Source: UConn Today Author: Combined Reports Date: August 21, 2025 Forty-five university students from across the Middle East, North Africa, and the U.S., including UConn, completed an innovative online course this summer designed to explore how shared values rooted in the Abrahamic traditions can foster successful entrepreneurial practices in the MENA region and beyond. […]
Second Human Rights Summit comes to UConn with Focus on Sports, Featuring Iconic Athletes from 1968 Summer Olympics
News Source: UConn Today Author: Jaclyn Severance Date: August 11, 2025 In the summer of 1968, on an Olympic podium in Mexico City, a pair of American track athletes each bowed their heads and raised a black-gloved fist into the air. Tommie Smith was 24 years old with a gold medal around his neck, while […]
UConn Has Record-Breaking Cohort for Gilman Scholars
News Source: UConn Global News Author: Mike Enright Date: May 27, 2025 A record-breaking 31 UConn students have been awarded a Gilman Scholarship in the latest cohort of the prestigious academic award. The award is congressionally funded through the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs at the State Department. The funding supports expanding student participation in study […]
UConn GTDI Marks Significant Milestone
News Source: UConn Today Author: Sita Nyame The Office of Global Affairs’ Global Training and Development Institute (GTDI) at the University of Connecticut, in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, recently marked a significant milestone with the graduation of the 20th cohort of the Nexus Startup Hub. Administered by UConn and funded by […]
Vietnam PM Pham Minh Chinh Hosts US Universities, Including UConn
News Source: VOV Author: Lai Hoa Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh Hosts U.S. Universities, Including University of Connecticut, for IAPP 2025 On March 31, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with a delegation of 21 top U.S. universities, including the University of Connecticut, at the Government Headquarters in Vietnam. The delegation participated in the International […]
UConn Engineering Student’s Journey in Baden-Wuerttemberg
News Source: UConn Global News Author: Sita Nyame The Office of Global Affairs is the University of Connecticut’s gateway to the world. Through this office, we provide leadership for building and sustaining global and experiential learning. We also support international students and scholars, nurture strategic global partnerships, manage mobility programs, promote international research, and deliver […]
Discussions on Public Health and Ecology for ‘Thinking Globally’
News Source: UConn Today Author: Kimberly Phillips A series of virtual panel discussions this semester from the Office of Global Affairs and International Studies Association aims to prompt students, faculty, and the community to think bigger than themselves, even bigger than UConn, when considering issues that touch nearly every corner of the world. “Thinking Globally […]