April 3, 2020 | Each year the University of Connecticut hosts hundreds of visiting scholars who are experts in their fields to teach, research, and train with university faculty and students. Qing Wang, Ph.D., joined the Neag School of Education for the 2020 spring semester from a UConn partner university, East China Normal University in Shanghai.

March 9, 2020 | This spring semester nine students from UConn’s School of Social Work were part of the Germany Travel Study course taught by Associate Professor Lisa Werkmeister Rozas, Ph.D. The students spend their time at the UConn School of Social Work and the main Storrs campus as well as in New York City and 10 days in Germany* to develop a fuller understanding of human behavior, social policies, ethics and values, human oppression and human rights through American and international perspectives of the Holocaust

March 5, 2020 | “People were aware of one thing… They will not come back,” said Dr. Matthias Hass, the curator of the traveling exhibition “The Wannsee Conference and the persecution and murder of the European Jews” that opened Monday March 2 at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.

February 6, 2020 | A new UConn exhibition provided by the Consulate General of Israel to New England called “Beyond Duty: Diplomats Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations” opened at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center Wednesday evening.

November 20, 2019 | On November 9, 2019, UConn students showcased the global community on campus and created a vibrant atmosphere with traditional outfits, dances, music, and food from all over the world.

October 25, 2019 | Trust in the American government is lacking, students and staff sat down at Avery Point to discuss what to do about it. The Avery Point Global Cafe hosted their tenth year of deliberating discussions.

October 4, 2019 | From west coast to east coast Thomas Katsouleas has made a lasting impression everywhere he resides. UConn welcomes him with celebration as the sixteenth president of the university.

August 28, 2019 | “On July 4th, along a dusty backroad in the southwest Brazilian state of Rondônia, near the logging hub of Espigão d’Oeste, unknown assailants stopped a tanker truck, yanked the driver from the cab, and set it ablaze. The truck was carrying aviation fuel to resupply government helicopters supporting an operation against illegal loggers. Fearing further attacks, government agents suspended the operation and withdrew from the area.”

August 23, 2019 | “Summer travels have led Newtown High School social studies teacher Rachel Torres to being excited for the 2019-20 school year: She documented traveling to Lithuania and Poland while learning about the Holocaust.”

July 14, 2015 | UConn Today asked Fred Carstensen, professor of finance and economics in the School of Business, to help explain the crisis in Greece and the threat posed to the eurozone. Here is an edited transcript of that conversation.