NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Campus & Community Outreach & Events Student Experiences Faculty Research Please add a featured image to your post: Spring 2020 – Weather Conditions and COVID-19 Transmission Spring 2020 – Launch of #UConnGlobalAtHome#UConnGlobalAtHome A UConn Global Affairs Initiative Written by Nicholas Hampton, Multimedia Project Specialist April 20, 2020 The University of Connecticut’s Office of Global Affairs is... Spring 2020 – YSEALI Alumnus and COVID-19YSEALI Alumnus Continues to Help Those in Need COVID-19 in the Phillipines Written by Nicholas Hampton, Multimedia Project Specialist April 8, 2020 Image courtesy of... Spring 2020 – International Scholar Qing WangInternational Scholar Qing Wang Written by Nicholas Hampton, Multimedia Project Specialist April 1, 2020 Each year the University of Connecticut hosts hundreds of visiting scholars... Spring 2020 – German Travel StudyImplications of the Holocaust German Travel Study Written by Nicholas Hampton, Multimedia Project Specialist March 5, 2020 The University of Connecticut School of Social Work... Spring 2020 – The Wannsee ConferenceThe Wannsee Conference and the persecution and murder of the European Jews New Exhibition in the Dodd Center Written by Nicholas Hampton, Multimedia Project Specialist... Spring 2020 – UConn Recognized As Top Producer of Fulbright ScholarsUConn Recognized As Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars Written by Mike Enright ('88), University Communications February 10, 2020 The University of Connecticut has been recognized... Spring 2020 – Beyond Duty“Beyond Duty: Diplomats Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations” opened at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center Wednesday evening.... 2019 Fall – Worldfest Celebration2019 WORLDFEST GOES GREEN Written and filmed by Nicholas Hampton, Multimedia Project Specialist November 20, 2019 With 195 countries, the world can feel like a... Fall 2019 – UConn and Brown Partner for YSEALIUConn partnered with Brown University to host a ninth group of Young Southeast Asian Leadership Initiative fellows. YSEALI was launched by President Obama to develop... Fall 2019 – Avery Point Global CafeTrust in the American government is lacking, students and staff sat down at Avery Point to discuss what to do about it. The Avery Point... Fall 2019 – Katsouleas InaugurationFrom west coast to east coast Thomas Katsouleas has made a lasting impression everywhere he resides. UConn welcomes him with celebration as the sixteenth president... Summer 2019 – Inside the faltering fight against illegal Amazon logging"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... Summer 2019 – Travels Lead To ‘The Making Of A Holocaust Educator’"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... Summer 2019 – When UConn called, it was game on for Croatian recruit Nika Muhl"Nika Muhl stared at the email. Was this a prank? Or was this real? The subject line read, "Greetings from UConn", and that was intriguing... Spring 2019 – Discovering Armenian Heritage and CultureConnecticut was home to a program of music, demonstrations, a panel of renowned scholars and Armenian food on Saturday, March 30 as the University of... Spring 2019 – Vice President Weiner Moderates “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor”On Monday, March 25, Yossi Klein Halevi and former Palestinian Authority advisor Ghaith Al-Omari discussed the past, current and future relationship between Israelis and Palestinians.... Fall 2018 – UConn Grad Student Winner of 2nd Round U21/PwC Innovation ChallengeUniversitas 21 and PwC, two globally-focused organisations, have come together to offer the Innovation Challenge. This unique partnership was formed to offer Masters and PhD... Fall 2018 – UConn Professor Recognized for “Improving World Order”The Human Rights Institute is delighted to announce that the work of three economic and social rights scholars, including Gladstein Committee Member and Professor Emeritus... Fall 2018 – UConn & Baden-Württemberg – One of Our Most Vital RelationshipsUConn’s collaboration with the German State of Baden-Württemberg is one of the University’s most important global partnerships. ... Fall 2018 – UConn and Brown to Partner on State Department Academic FellowshipIn 2013 the U.S. Department of State launched the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) aimed at strengthening leadership development in Southeast Asia.... Summer 2018 – UConn Professor Releases Fifth Disc with the London Symphony OrchestraKenneth Fuchs, D.M.A., Professor of Music Composition at UConn’s School of Fine Arts continued his series of recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra from August... Fall 2017 – Fulbright Scholar ReceptionOn Wednesday, November 9, 2017, the Global Affairs office hosted a reception to recognize UCONN as a Top Producer of U.S. Fulbright Scholars for the... Summer 2017 – UConn Awarded 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund GrantThe University of Connecticut (UConn) has been selected as a grant award recipient of the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund’s The Marlene M.... Spring 2017 – Global Culture in the World of Puppetry at the Ballard InstitutePuppetry provides a unique way to explore global cultures with art. While the Ballard Institute sees many exhibits, The World of Puppetry sits permanently in... Summer 2017 – CELEBRATING 25 YEARSIn May 2017, Connecticut and the German state of Baden-Württemberg celebrated the 25th anniversary of their academic exchanges at the University of Heidelberg.... Spring 2017 – Cycles and Cyclones – Riding On Wheels of OpportunityTwo UConn professors hope to use the bicycle as a vehicle for social mobility, educational opportunity and female empowerment. Given the overwhelming success, international relief... Spring 2017 – Resisting the “Wheel of History”The Khmer Rouge reign in Cambodia began in 1975, when black-uniformed soldiers marched into the nation’s capital during the Cambodian New Year. Cathy J. Schlund-Vials,... Spring 2017 – A Message Regarding the Executive Order on ImmigrationDo you have questions or concerns how the Executive Order concerning immigration may impact you or others you know?... Fall 2016 – 3rd Annual Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate – From the Rise & Fall of World Powers to the Geopolitical Impact of CybersecurityThe Third Annual Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate (ADSD), held on November 12 -14, 2016 at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi was organized by Emirates... Fall 2016 – A Trip into Dutch Living: Realizing New VistasA UConn Economics and Human Rights double major took to fulfilling her semester abroad at the University of Amsterdam. What she didn't know was that... Summer 2016 – The first PAGE(S): initiation of Pleistocene Archaeology, Geochronology and Environments of the Southern CaucasusThe Southern Caucasus was selected for study as it is the region where the earliest human fossils have been found outside Africa, as well as... Summer 2016 – Professor Richard Langlois Appointment and Teaching at the University of WitwatersrandProfessor Richard Langlois has been appointed distinguished Professor in the School of Economic and Business Sciences (SEBS) at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits).... Summer 2016 – UConn Secures Verbal Agreements with Seven Cuban Institutions for Collaborative Health ResearchEnter Dr. Weiner’s work in Cuba, Dr. Fisher’s interest in global health research, and President Obama’s timely efforts and Huedo-Medina has a recipe for success.... Spring 2016 – From Heidelberg to Connecticut: A Visit to UConn Promotes Dialogue and CollaborationDepartment Head for Personnel Development at Germany’s Heidelberg University Matthias Rolle-Weidemann visited UConn to understand the workings of a large, public American university. Along the... Spring 2016 – Children of the Soil... Spring 2016 – Elusive Search for Social Justice in Africa: The Relevance of Nkrumah’s Vision to the Struggle for Economic IndependenceThe father of modern African nationalism and the great torch bearer of pan-Africanism, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was very clear in his vision that political... Spring 2016 – India’s Democracy: Electoral Vibrancy, Liberal DeficitsHis academic articles have appeared in the leading journals of political science and development. His honors include the Guggenheim, Carnegie, Luebbert and Lerner awards.... Spring 2016 – Children of Aleppo: Frontline Documentary Screening & Discussion ... Spring 2016 – UConn Genomics Researcher awarded fellowship from CASCADE-FELLOWSCASCADE-FELLOWS is an international fellowship program for talented young researchers in the Life Sciences, supported by the EU Marie Curie COFUND scheme and managed by... Spring 2016 – Indian Foreign Policy and Global Change: Multilateralism from Nehru to ModiManu Bhagavad will give a lecture and presentation based on his critically acclaimed book, The Peacemakers / India and the Quest for One World, published by HarperCollins... Spring 2016 – Israel Academic Travel Awards 2016Questions? Contact judaicstudies@uconn.edu.... Spring 2016 – Modern Islamophobia: Muslims in Europe and the U.S.Dr. Mehnaz M. Afridi is an assistant professor of religion at Manhattan College.... Spring 2016 – UConn Human Rights Institute Receives $4 Million GiftThe UConn Human Rights Institute received the largest gift in its history.... Spring 2016 – Resettling Syrian Refugees in the United States: Tuesday, Jan 26th... Fall 2015 – Poor Democracies in a Conundrum: International Trade and Government Revenues in Developing CountriesGovernments of developing countries need revenue to meet their substantial spending, development, and poverty reduction goals.... Fall 2015 – Syrian Refugee Crisis Continues to Capture World’s AttentionUConn Today invited three UConn professors to share their insights on the refugee emergency.... Fall 2015 – The Syrian Refugee Emergency: Humanitarian and Human Rights PerspectivesFour and a half years after the Arab Spring generated unprecedented democratization protests in Syria and the outbreak of civil war, nearly half of the... Summer 2015 – UConn now oversees State of Connecticut’s exchange program with Baden-Württemberg GermanyThe administration of the State of Connecticut’s exchange program with Baden-Württemberg Germany has shifted from Connecticut’s Office of Higher Education in Hartford to the University’s... Summer 2015 – UConn Professor William Jelani Cobb Has Become a Leading Voice on Race, Culture and PoliticsCobb plans to help his students at UConn look at humanity in a different way.... Summer 2015 – Back from the Brink? The Greek Debt Crisis and the EurozoneUConn Today asked Fred Carstensen, professor of finance and economics in the School of Business, to help explain the crisis in Greece and the threat... Spring 2015 – The Trans-Pacific Partnership – Why It MattersA professor of economics who specializes in international finance and international economic growth talks about the pros and cons of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.... Spring 2015 – The Fourth Winter of FukushimaA Japan scholar and professor of history at UConn, recently visited a small town in Fukushima near the nuclear power plant for an essay published... Spring 2015 – Instagram Likes, and Other Things that Don’t Really MatterNora McNeil, a junior Human Development and Family Studies major and member of the CLAS Student Leadership Board, reflects on how traveling internationally has made... Spring 2015 – Climate change upheaval seen brewing in atmosphere, oceansJames O’Donnell, director of the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation at UConn Avery Point, said the global average temperature is a valuable way... Spring 2014 – Diaries of a Cold War DiplomatAs Russia moved to begin annexing Ukraine’s Crimea region earlier this month, history Prof. Frank Costigliola discusses recent events in his “Rise of U.S. Global... Spring 2014 – The Kennan DiariesThe Kennan Diaries, spans 88 years and totals over 8,000 pages, and is full of keen political and moral insights, philosophical ruminations, poetry, and vivid... Spring 2014 – Studying Latin America at HomeA transfer student from Manchester Community College realized that UConn’s Latin American Studies major would also provide him with the tools he needs for his... Spring 2014 – UConn Stem Cell Line Goes GlobalThe University of Connecticut recently signed an agreement with a global supplier of biological research tools to market stem cells developed here to investigators studying... Spring 2014 – Young Scientist Exchange Takes UConn Researcher to JapanA UConn researcher participated in a prestigious U.S.-Japan Young Scientist Exchange Program that enabled him to spend five days visiting top Japanese universities and... Spring 2014 – UConn Researcher Part Of International Effort To Better Assess Colon Cancer RiskGenetic tests have provided only a frustratingly vague idea about patients’ risks for colon cancer, until now.... Fall 2013 – Mapping the Spread of Tropical DiseaseTwo professors at the Defense Academy had been evaluating training programs online and they were certain that it would be worth traveling 5,200 miles from... Fall 2013 – Bird Flu Research Earns Professor Accolades in ChinaA UConn researcher was keenly interested in the news of an influenza virus that normally only affects birds jumped to human hosts in China earlier... Fall 2013 – Groomed to Guide World DiplomacyTo advance his plan to be a career diplomat with the U.S. State Department, D’Oleo-Lundgren studied in an intensive Arabic language program funded by an... Fall 2013 – Chief of Emergency Medicine Aiding Typhoon VictimsDr. Robert Fuller, medical director of the UConn Health Center Emergency Department, is in the Philippines, providing emergency medical care to survivors of the typhoon.... Fall 2013 – Corporate Social Responsibility Group to Receive Dodd Human Rights PrizeAn international group that monitors the positive and negative impacts of thousands of businesses on human rights around the globe, will be awarded the sixth... Fall 2013 – The International Language of SciencePerhaps most importantly, I returned to Connecticut with a sense of what I had always known but had never experienced quite like this: science is... Fall 2013 – Human Rights Conference Draws High School StudentsViolence Against Women is the topic of a human rights conference on campus that will include special workshops for high school students.... Fall 2013 – A Journey through Indian ArtFor Kathryn Myers, curating the exhibition “Convergence: Contemporary Art from India and the Diaspora” that opens on Oct. 22 at the William Benton Museum of... Fall 2013 – UConn Wins U.S. Dept. of State Grant for Sports Exchange Program with South AfricaFor 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... Studying the Effects of War Propaganda on Combatants in SerbiaStudying the Effects of War Propaganda on Combatants in Serbia | 09/20/2013 UConn Today By Kenneth Best “Everywhere I went the effects of the war... Fall 2013 – Gordon Named Nelson Mandela Visiting Professor at South African UniversityGordon Named Nelson Mandela Visiting Professor at South African University | 09/17/2013 UConn Today By Kenneth Best UConn philosophy professor Lewis R. Gordon will serve... Fall 2013 – Called to New Zealand to Open Addiction Research CenterThe patient tower at UConn John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington on June 26, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo) Called to New Zealand to Open Addiction Research... Summer 2013 – Measuring the Sustainability of Urban Transportation SystemsMeasuring the Sustainability of Urban Transportation Systems | 08/15/2013 UConn Today By Christine Buckley A group of researchers in UConn’s departments of geography and civil... Summer 2013 – $3.5 Million Grant Allows UConn’s ‘GlobalEd2′ Program to Reach More Classrooms$3.5 Million Grant Allows UConn’s ‘GlobalEd2′ Program to Reach More Classrooms | 08/08/2013 UConn Today By Combined Reports A $3.5 million federal grant will enable... Summer 2013 – Universitas 21 Students Negotiate Through Human Rights ProgramUniversitas 21 Students Negotiate Through Human Rights Program | 07/22/2013 UConn Today By Kenneth Best Students from universities in Singapore, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom,... Summer 2013 – Boosting Crop Yields in AustraliaBoosting Crop Yields in Australia | 07/17/2013 UConn Today By Steve Criss A new technology developed at UConn that enhances salinity tolerance in plants holds... Summer 2013 – Helping Future Teachers Develop Global Literacy Skills“The issue of creating globally competent educators wasn’t something previous generations had to face, but it’s a very real issue now, and its importance is... Fall 2012 – UConn Awarded Grant to Start Sports Programming Exchange with ChinaThe U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Sports United Division has awarded an International Sports Programming Initiative exchange grant to... Fall 2012 – U21 Making a Difference in Public EngagementCourtney Beyers, a nursing student at the University of Connecticut, has recently been awarded the Provost’s Award for Public Engagement at the university, reflecting her... Fall 2012 – UConn Student Plays Hands-on Role at Rhino Sanctuary, Part 2For UConn senior Alana Russell ’13 (CANR), wildlife conservation signifies for more than the subject matter that she reads about in class. The natural resources...
Spring 2020 – Launch of #UConnGlobalAtHome#UConnGlobalAtHome A UConn Global Affairs Initiative Written by Nicholas Hampton, Multimedia Project Specialist April 20, 2020 The University of Connecticut’s Office of Global Affairs is...
Spring 2020 – YSEALI Alumnus and COVID-19YSEALI Alumnus Continues to Help Those in Need COVID-19 in the Phillipines Written by Nicholas Hampton, Multimedia Project Specialist April 8, 2020 Image courtesy of...
Spring 2020 – International Scholar Qing WangInternational Scholar Qing Wang Written by Nicholas Hampton, Multimedia Project Specialist April 1, 2020 Each year the University of Connecticut hosts hundreds of visiting scholars...
Spring 2020 – German Travel StudyImplications of the Holocaust German Travel Study Written by Nicholas Hampton, Multimedia Project Specialist March 5, 2020 The University of Connecticut School of Social Work...
Spring 2020 – The Wannsee ConferenceThe Wannsee Conference and the persecution and murder of the European Jews New Exhibition in the Dodd Center Written by Nicholas Hampton, Multimedia Project Specialist...
Spring 2020 – UConn Recognized As Top Producer of Fulbright ScholarsUConn Recognized As Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars Written by Mike Enright ('88), University Communications February 10, 2020 The University of Connecticut has been recognized...
Spring 2020 – Beyond Duty“Beyond Duty: Diplomats Recognized as Righteous Among the Nations” opened at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center Wednesday evening....
2019 Fall – Worldfest Celebration2019 WORLDFEST GOES GREEN Written and filmed by Nicholas Hampton, Multimedia Project Specialist November 20, 2019 With 195 countries, the world can feel like a...
Fall 2019 – UConn and Brown Partner for YSEALIUConn partnered with Brown University to host a ninth group of Young Southeast Asian Leadership Initiative fellows. YSEALI was launched by President Obama to develop...
Fall 2019 – Avery Point Global CafeTrust in the American government is lacking, students and staff sat down at Avery Point to discuss what to do about it. The Avery Point...
Fall 2019 – Katsouleas InaugurationFrom west coast to east coast Thomas Katsouleas has made a lasting impression everywhere he resides. UConn welcomes him with celebration as the sixteenth president...
Summer 2019 – Inside the faltering fight against illegal Amazon logging"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...
Summer 2019 – Travels Lead To ‘The Making Of A Holocaust Educator’"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...
Summer 2019 – When UConn called, it was game on for Croatian recruit Nika Muhl"Nika Muhl stared at the email. Was this a prank? Or was this real? The subject line read, "Greetings from UConn", and that was intriguing...
Spring 2019 – Discovering Armenian Heritage and CultureConnecticut was home to a program of music, demonstrations, a panel of renowned scholars and Armenian food on Saturday, March 30 as the University of...
Spring 2019 – Vice President Weiner Moderates “Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor”On Monday, March 25, Yossi Klein Halevi and former Palestinian Authority advisor Ghaith Al-Omari discussed the past, current and future relationship between Israelis and Palestinians....
Fall 2018 – UConn Grad Student Winner of 2nd Round U21/PwC Innovation ChallengeUniversitas 21 and PwC, two globally-focused organisations, have come together to offer the Innovation Challenge. This unique partnership was formed to offer Masters and PhD...
Fall 2018 – UConn Professor Recognized for “Improving World Order”The Human Rights Institute is delighted to announce that the work of three economic and social rights scholars, including Gladstein Committee Member and Professor Emeritus...
Fall 2018 – UConn & Baden-Württemberg – One of Our Most Vital RelationshipsUConn’s collaboration with the German State of Baden-Württemberg is one of the University’s most important global partnerships. ...
Fall 2018 – UConn and Brown to Partner on State Department Academic FellowshipIn 2013 the U.S. Department of State launched the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) aimed at strengthening leadership development in Southeast Asia....
Summer 2018 – UConn Professor Releases Fifth Disc with the London Symphony OrchestraKenneth Fuchs, D.M.A., Professor of Music Composition at UConn’s School of Fine Arts continued his series of recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra from August...
Fall 2017 – Fulbright Scholar ReceptionOn Wednesday, November 9, 2017, the Global Affairs office hosted a reception to recognize UCONN as a Top Producer of U.S. Fulbright Scholars for the...
Summer 2017 – UConn Awarded 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund GrantThe University of Connecticut (UConn) has been selected as a grant award recipient of the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund’s The Marlene M....
Spring 2017 – Global Culture in the World of Puppetry at the Ballard InstitutePuppetry provides a unique way to explore global cultures with art. While the Ballard Institute sees many exhibits, The World of Puppetry sits permanently in...
Summer 2017 – CELEBRATING 25 YEARSIn May 2017, Connecticut and the German state of Baden-Württemberg celebrated the 25th anniversary of their academic exchanges at the University of Heidelberg....
Spring 2017 – Cycles and Cyclones – Riding On Wheels of OpportunityTwo UConn professors hope to use the bicycle as a vehicle for social mobility, educational opportunity and female empowerment. Given the overwhelming success, international relief...
Spring 2017 – Resisting the “Wheel of History”The Khmer Rouge reign in Cambodia began in 1975, when black-uniformed soldiers marched into the nation’s capital during the Cambodian New Year. Cathy J. Schlund-Vials,...
Spring 2017 – A Message Regarding the Executive Order on ImmigrationDo you have questions or concerns how the Executive Order concerning immigration may impact you or others you know?...
Fall 2016 – 3rd Annual Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate – From the Rise & Fall of World Powers to the Geopolitical Impact of CybersecurityThe Third Annual Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate (ADSD), held on November 12 -14, 2016 at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi was organized by Emirates...
Fall 2016 – A Trip into Dutch Living: Realizing New VistasA UConn Economics and Human Rights double major took to fulfilling her semester abroad at the University of Amsterdam. What she didn't know was that...
Summer 2016 – The first PAGE(S): initiation of Pleistocene Archaeology, Geochronology and Environments of the Southern CaucasusThe Southern Caucasus was selected for study as it is the region where the earliest human fossils have been found outside Africa, as well as...
Summer 2016 – Professor Richard Langlois Appointment and Teaching at the University of WitwatersrandProfessor Richard Langlois has been appointed distinguished Professor in the School of Economic and Business Sciences (SEBS) at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)....
Summer 2016 – UConn Secures Verbal Agreements with Seven Cuban Institutions for Collaborative Health ResearchEnter Dr. Weiner’s work in Cuba, Dr. Fisher’s interest in global health research, and President Obama’s timely efforts and Huedo-Medina has a recipe for success....
Spring 2016 – From Heidelberg to Connecticut: A Visit to UConn Promotes Dialogue and CollaborationDepartment Head for Personnel Development at Germany’s Heidelberg University Matthias Rolle-Weidemann visited UConn to understand the workings of a large, public American university. Along the...
Spring 2016 – Elusive Search for Social Justice in Africa: The Relevance of Nkrumah’s Vision to the Struggle for Economic IndependenceThe father of modern African nationalism and the great torch bearer of pan-Africanism, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was very clear in his vision that political...
Spring 2016 – India’s Democracy: Electoral Vibrancy, Liberal DeficitsHis academic articles have appeared in the leading journals of political science and development. His honors include the Guggenheim, Carnegie, Luebbert and Lerner awards....
Spring 2016 – UConn Genomics Researcher awarded fellowship from CASCADE-FELLOWSCASCADE-FELLOWS is an international fellowship program for talented young researchers in the Life Sciences, supported by the EU Marie Curie COFUND scheme and managed by...
Spring 2016 – Indian Foreign Policy and Global Change: Multilateralism from Nehru to ModiManu Bhagavad will give a lecture and presentation based on his critically acclaimed book, The Peacemakers / India and the Quest for One World, published by HarperCollins...
Spring 2016 – Modern Islamophobia: Muslims in Europe and the U.S.Dr. Mehnaz M. Afridi is an assistant professor of religion at Manhattan College....
Spring 2016 – UConn Human Rights Institute Receives $4 Million GiftThe UConn Human Rights Institute received the largest gift in its history....
Fall 2015 – Poor Democracies in a Conundrum: International Trade and Government Revenues in Developing CountriesGovernments of developing countries need revenue to meet their substantial spending, development, and poverty reduction goals....
Fall 2015 – Syrian Refugee Crisis Continues to Capture World’s AttentionUConn Today invited three UConn professors to share their insights on the refugee emergency....
Fall 2015 – The Syrian Refugee Emergency: Humanitarian and Human Rights PerspectivesFour and a half years after the Arab Spring generated unprecedented democratization protests in Syria and the outbreak of civil war, nearly half of the...
Summer 2015 – UConn now oversees State of Connecticut’s exchange program with Baden-Württemberg GermanyThe administration of the State of Connecticut’s exchange program with Baden-Württemberg Germany has shifted from Connecticut’s Office of Higher Education in Hartford to the University’s...
Summer 2015 – UConn Professor William Jelani Cobb Has Become a Leading Voice on Race, Culture and PoliticsCobb plans to help his students at UConn look at humanity in a different way....
Summer 2015 – Back from the Brink? The Greek Debt Crisis and the EurozoneUConn Today asked Fred Carstensen, professor of finance and economics in the School of Business, to help explain the crisis in Greece and the threat...
Spring 2015 – The Trans-Pacific Partnership – Why It MattersA professor of economics who specializes in international finance and international economic growth talks about the pros and cons of the Trans-Pacific Partnership....
Spring 2015 – The Fourth Winter of FukushimaA Japan scholar and professor of history at UConn, recently visited a small town in Fukushima near the nuclear power plant for an essay published...
Spring 2015 – Instagram Likes, and Other Things that Don’t Really MatterNora McNeil, a junior Human Development and Family Studies major and member of the CLAS Student Leadership Board, reflects on how traveling internationally has made...
Spring 2015 – Climate change upheaval seen brewing in atmosphere, oceansJames O’Donnell, director of the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation at UConn Avery Point, said the global average temperature is a valuable way...
Spring 2014 – Diaries of a Cold War DiplomatAs Russia moved to begin annexing Ukraine’s Crimea region earlier this month, history Prof. Frank Costigliola discusses recent events in his “Rise of U.S. Global...
Spring 2014 – The Kennan DiariesThe Kennan Diaries, spans 88 years and totals over 8,000 pages, and is full of keen political and moral insights, philosophical ruminations, poetry, and vivid...
Spring 2014 – Studying Latin America at HomeA transfer student from Manchester Community College realized that UConn’s Latin American Studies major would also provide him with the tools he needs for his...
Spring 2014 – UConn Stem Cell Line Goes GlobalThe University of Connecticut recently signed an agreement with a global supplier of biological research tools to market stem cells developed here to investigators studying...
Spring 2014 – Young Scientist Exchange Takes UConn Researcher to JapanA UConn researcher participated in a prestigious U.S.-Japan Young Scientist Exchange Program that enabled him to spend five days visiting top Japanese universities and...
Spring 2014 – UConn Researcher Part Of International Effort To Better Assess Colon Cancer RiskGenetic tests have provided only a frustratingly vague idea about patients’ risks for colon cancer, until now....
Fall 2013 – Mapping the Spread of Tropical DiseaseTwo professors at the Defense Academy had been evaluating training programs online and they were certain that it would be worth traveling 5,200 miles from...
Fall 2013 – Bird Flu Research Earns Professor Accolades in ChinaA UConn researcher was keenly interested in the news of an influenza virus that normally only affects birds jumped to human hosts in China earlier...
Fall 2013 – Groomed to Guide World DiplomacyTo advance his plan to be a career diplomat with the U.S. State Department, D’Oleo-Lundgren studied in an intensive Arabic language program funded by an...
Fall 2013 – Chief of Emergency Medicine Aiding Typhoon VictimsDr. Robert Fuller, medical director of the UConn Health Center Emergency Department, is in the Philippines, providing emergency medical care to survivors of the typhoon....
Fall 2013 – Corporate Social Responsibility Group to Receive Dodd Human Rights PrizeAn international group that monitors the positive and negative impacts of thousands of businesses on human rights around the globe, will be awarded the sixth...
Fall 2013 – The International Language of SciencePerhaps most importantly, I returned to Connecticut with a sense of what I had always known but had never experienced quite like this: science is...
Fall 2013 – Human Rights Conference Draws High School StudentsViolence Against Women is the topic of a human rights conference on campus that will include special workshops for high school students....
Fall 2013 – A Journey through Indian ArtFor Kathryn Myers, curating the exhibition “Convergence: Contemporary Art from India and the Diaspora” that opens on Oct. 22 at the William Benton Museum of...
Fall 2013 – UConn Wins U.S. Dept. of State Grant for Sports Exchange Program with South AfricaFor 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...
Studying the Effects of War Propaganda on Combatants in SerbiaStudying the Effects of War Propaganda on Combatants in Serbia | 09/20/2013 UConn Today By Kenneth Best “Everywhere I went the effects of the war...
Fall 2013 – Gordon Named Nelson Mandela Visiting Professor at South African UniversityGordon Named Nelson Mandela Visiting Professor at South African University | 09/17/2013 UConn Today By Kenneth Best UConn philosophy professor Lewis R. Gordon will serve...
Fall 2013 – Called to New Zealand to Open Addiction Research CenterThe patient tower at UConn John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington on June 26, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo) Called to New Zealand to Open Addiction Research...
Summer 2013 – Measuring the Sustainability of Urban Transportation SystemsMeasuring the Sustainability of Urban Transportation Systems | 08/15/2013 UConn Today By Christine Buckley A group of researchers in UConn’s departments of geography and civil...
Summer 2013 – $3.5 Million Grant Allows UConn’s ‘GlobalEd2′ Program to Reach More Classrooms$3.5 Million Grant Allows UConn’s ‘GlobalEd2′ Program to Reach More Classrooms | 08/08/2013 UConn Today By Combined Reports A $3.5 million federal grant will enable...
Summer 2013 – Universitas 21 Students Negotiate Through Human Rights ProgramUniversitas 21 Students Negotiate Through Human Rights Program | 07/22/2013 UConn Today By Kenneth Best Students from universities in Singapore, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom,...
Summer 2013 – Boosting Crop Yields in AustraliaBoosting Crop Yields in Australia | 07/17/2013 UConn Today By Steve Criss A new technology developed at UConn that enhances salinity tolerance in plants holds...
Summer 2013 – Helping Future Teachers Develop Global Literacy Skills“The issue of creating globally competent educators wasn’t something previous generations had to face, but it’s a very real issue now, and its importance is...
Fall 2012 – UConn Awarded Grant to Start Sports Programming Exchange with ChinaThe U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Sports United Division has awarded an International Sports Programming Initiative exchange grant to...
Fall 2012 – U21 Making a Difference in Public EngagementCourtney Beyers, a nursing student at the University of Connecticut, has recently been awarded the Provost’s Award for Public Engagement at the university, reflecting her...
Fall 2012 – UConn Student Plays Hands-on Role at Rhino Sanctuary, Part 2For UConn senior Alana Russell ’13 (CANR), wildlife conservation signifies for more than the subject matter that she reads about in class. The natural resources...
