March 9, 2021 | UConn Today Article by Anna Zarra Aldrich ’20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research: “UConn researchers and collaborators at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology developed a theoretical model that will expediate the development of affordable fuel cells, a key technology for sustainable energy.”
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Pandemic Journaling Project Captures the Complex Story of Life Amid COVID-19
February 24, 2021 | Understanding feelings of sadness and grief caused by the pandemic is an ongoing struggle for many of us. After almost a year of “pandemic life,” everything feels very different than it was in the “before time.”
Right Now Feels So Long & Without Any End in Sight
February 15, 2021 | More than 700 people have been keeping digital diaries as part of Pandemic Journaling Project. It may be the most complete record of our shifting moods in this isolating year.
A statement from the Human Rights Institute
January 12, 2021 | The HRI and Dodd Impact will work in solidarity with our partners on and off campus to foster the knowledge, values, and skills necessary for democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
Storming the Capitol Building Is Not a Privilege
January 12, 2021 | Philosophy Department Head Lewis Gordon writes about the cry of white privilege surrounding the attack on the Capitol and the lack of appropriate action in response to the events that unfolded.
To save democracy, recommit to principles of the rule of law and human rights at home
January 12, 2021 | Kathryn Libal, Director of the Human Right Institute and Glenn Mitoma, Director of Dodd Impact analyze the importance of shifting focus back to the core principles of human rights.
The Crime Trump Committed in Stirring Up His Mob
January 11, 2021 | Associate Dean of the School of Law Richard Ashby Wilson discusses how Trump crosses the line this time to incite imminent lawless action.
Point of Tranquility Album
September 14, 2020 | Music professor Kenneth Fuchs released a series of works for symphonic winds recorded by the United States Coast Guard Band.
American Environmentalism’s Racist Roots Have Shaped Global Thinking About Conservation
September 2, 2020 | The Conversation | By Prakash Kashwan, Associate Professor of Political Science | The United States is having a long-overdue national reckoning with racism. From criminal justice to pro sports to pop culture, Americans increasingly are recognizing how racist ideas have influenced virtually every sphere of life in this country.
Coronavirus Gets Dangerously Close to Isolated ‘Arrow People’ in Amazon
August 18, 2020 | National Geographic | By Scott Wallace, Associate Professor of Journalism. Amid rising alarm that the novel coronavirus has reached deep into the Amazon rainforest, threatening isolated tribes, Brazil’s Supreme Court this month unanimously ruled in favor of Indigenous people’s demands to force the government to protect them from the pandemic.