December 2, 2015 | Governments of developing countries need revenue to meet their substantial spending, development, and poverty reduction goals.
Outreach & Events
The Syrian Refugee Emergency: Humanitarian and Human Rights Perspectives
November 1, 2015 | Four and a half years after the Arab Spring generated unprecedented democratization protests in Syria and the outbreak of civil war, nearly half of the Syrian population has fled their homes internally or crossed borders to seek safety in neighboring counties.
Chief of Emergency Medicine Aiding Typhoon Victims
November 18, 2013 | Dr. Robert Fuller, medical director of the UConn Health Center Emergency Department, is in the Philippines, providing emergency medical care to survivors of the typhoon.
Corporate Social Responsibility Group to Receive Dodd Human Rights Prize
November 18, 2013 | An international group that monitors the positive and negative impacts of thousands of businesses on human rights around the globe, will be awarded the sixth biennial Thomas J. Dodd Prize.
Human Rights Conference Draws High School Students
October 22, 2013 | Violence Against Women is the topic of a human rights conference on campus that will include special workshops for high school students.
A Journey through Indian Art
October 18, 2013 | For Kathryn Myers, curating the exhibition “Convergence: Contemporary Art from India and the Diaspora” that opens on Oct. 22 at the William Benton Museum of Art was considerably less difficult than the first time she organized an exhibition of art from India nearly a decade ago.
UConn Wins U.S. Dept. of State Grant for Sports Exchange Program with South Africa
October 2, 2013 | For the second year in a row, the University of Connecticut has been awarded $225,000 for an International Sports Programming Initiative exchange grant by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Sports United Division.