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 […]
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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 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 […]
Gilman International Scholarship October 2024 Recipients
News Source: UConn Global News Author: Combined Reports Date: January 8, 2025 The Gilman Scholarship, a prestigious academic award congressionally funded through the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs at the State Department, has been awarded to eight UConn students for the current application cycle. Eligibility for the Gilman Scholarship requires undergraduate students to be […]
Business Students Attend Top International Climate Conference
December 20, 2024 | UConn Global News Junior Chapal Bhavsar is interested in big, sustainable-technology projects,
UConn to Collaborate With Saudi Arabia’s KAUST
December 19, 2024 | UConn Global News Conn has signed an agreement to collaborate with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) of Saudi Arabia
Advancing Global Engagement Through Conference Participation
The Office of Global Affairs is committed to supporting professional development and fostering global collaboration by sponsoring staff to attend and present at key conferences.
NAFSA Region XI Case Study Winner
November 1, 2024 | UConn Global News Leslie Lawrence from ISSS, based at UConn School of Law, attended the 2024 NAFSA Region XI conference, where she competed on a team of four and won the NAFSA Region XI Case Study Competition! Their case study focused on creating a comprehensive strategy for internationalizing a fictional institution, […]