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UConn’s Global Impact: A Year of Connection and Collaboration

As part of International Education Week 2026, we're highlighting the many ways UConn continues to make an impact around the world. Through international partnerships, study abroad experiences, global training opportunities, and our international community, UConn continues to build connections that extend beyond campus. Over the past year, students, faculty, and programs have worked together to exchange knowledge, explore new perspectives, and strengthen relationships across cultures. Explore the stories that reflect UConn's commitment to global and inclusive engagement.

Portrait of Ella Egan standing outdoors with campus buildings in the background.
UConn Business Student is Intern at 2026 Winter Olympics

During the summers when the Olympics are held, the 20 members of the extended Egan family gather together to cheer for their favorite athletes as they vie for medals in the international competition.

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Charles Venator-Santiago, director of the Puerto Rican Studies Initiative at UConn, speaks ahead of a video message from Pablo José Hernández, resident commissioner of Puerto Rico, during the second annual Puerto Ricans in Connecticut Policy Summit in the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford on Friday, March 20, 2026. (Sydney Herdle/UConn Photo)
Two-Day Puerto Rican Summit Aims for Change

While a two-day summit addressing issues of importance to Puerto Ricans might sound like a niche event, UConn’s Charles “Rob” Venator-Santiago stressed during opening remarks Friday the ideas generated from the 300 attendees are things that can benefit everyone in Connecticut, not just its Puerto Rican community.

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The entire team of UConn students at the sunrise on Volcan Baru celebrating the culmination of their clinical work.
Panama Trip Helps Propel Soon-to-Be Grads to Health Careers

When Jiannah Paulino ’26 (CAHNR) and Jayline Steiding ’26 (CAHNR) came to UConn in the fall of 2022, the Allied Health Sciences major had never crossed their minds. Now, as they prepare to graduate from the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR) and pursue careers in health care, they look back on their studies in allied health as the key to their passions.

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UConn, Three Other Partner Universities to Host International Conference on Real Estate and Sustainability in 2027

The Center for Real Estate and Urban Economic Studies is co-leading, co-organizing, and co-sponsoring a four-day symposium in Zurich, Switzerland, drawing international experts to address sustainability in the real estate industry.

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Spring blossoms across campus at sunset
UConn Students Earn Gilman Scholarships

A total of 15 UConn students have been awarded a Gilman Scholarship in the latest cohort to earn the prestigious academic award. The award is congressionally funded through the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs at the State Department.

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UConn Faculty Named Fulbright Scholars and Specialists

Three University of Connecticut faculty members have been named Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the 2026-27 academic year by the U.S. State Department and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Additionally, four faculty were recently named Fulbright Specialists.

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A group of researchers of various ages sits on the steps outside a UConn building.
Supporting Community Health from New Haven to Nepal

Asked about the driving force for his lab’s work, associate professor Roman Shrestha says it all comes down to “really making a difference for the vulnerable populations we work with.”

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University of Connecticut President Radenka Maric with Koji Murota, Deputy Executive Director of Kyoto University and Director-General of the Office of Institutional Advancement and Communications; and Hirofumi Seike, PhD, Specially Appointed Associate Director of the Office of Institutional Advancement and Communications.
Continuing the Conversation with Kyoto University

The Office of Global Affairs recently hosted a delegation from Kyoto University on September 18, continuing efforts to strengthen academic cooperation between the two institutions.

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Jenevera Mensah's venture, NeeVera, launches this fall with a colorful capsule collection of African-inspired fashions, made in Ghana.
From Campus to a Capsule: UConn Undergrad Launching African-Inspired Fashion Line Supporting Women in Ghana

There isn’t just one thing that Jenevera Abena Addai Mensah ’29 (ACES) is passionate about. There’s many. She loves color and art – choosing to wear bright reds, orange, and yellow – and bold patterns, a celebration of her African culture, she says.

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