Author Archive
Living Ernestina: A Woman’s Story of Bravery, Exile, Tragic Love, and Activism
'This kind of story reminds us that everyday people can have such an impact in many ways, but it’s easy to be forgotten'
Study: Police Finance Organizations Allow Steady Flow of Dark Money to Law Enforcement
'When you don’t know what’s going into a police budget, that raises questions about who the police are working for. Is it the community that pays taxes or someone else?'
Art Exhibition No ‘Joke’ in Asking Hard Questions
'Joker Stardust,' on display March 27-30, started as a critique of consumerism inspired by the 1980s but eventually morphed into a multilayered project focused on the 1960s and 1970s that asks the question, 'Who am I?'
Upcoming Discussions on Public Health, Ecology Designed to Get People ‘Thinking Globally’
'One of the main aims of the series is to get academic expertise down the pipeline and make it available to the wider public'
UConn Study of Hashtag – #childhoodcancer – Shows Families Leading the Conversation
Family members of children with cancer accounted for most of the content, making up 41.5% of the tweets that were reviewed
‘It’s time to tell my story’: Sociology Professor Recalls 7 Decades of Racial Reckoning
Noël Cazenave says he became aware of racism within his own family, as the aunts, uncles, and cousins on his mother's side often treated him differently because his skin color was darker than theirs
Humanities Project Looks at Black American Sign Language, African American English
'It’s important to unpack how systemic structures influence the way people live'
Influence of Technology, Science Shapes Latest Show at Contemporary Art Galleries
'Data Infused' includes works from artists who’ve studied subjects including computer science, architecture, graphic design, and artificial intelligence, all of which have influenced their creative outputs
Puppetry Exhibition Showcases Photographic Work of UConn Alum, 60 Years of Puppet Arts
'Puppetry brings out all of these really essential parts of being human,' says Cheryl Henson, curator of the exhibition and daughter of renowned puppeteer Jim Henson
Humanities Fellow Studying Literature from Black Power Era and its Reception in France
The French, even though an ocean away, are fascinated by what happened in America in the mid-1960s to 1970s