Global Cultures & Perspectives
Snapshot: A Unique Collaboration Helps Boost Conservation with GIS Training
A close-knit group of friends -- who also happen to be GIS experts -- share their knowledge to enhance conservation efforts in Africa
September 29, 2025 | Elaina Hancock
Survey Asked Parents Whether They Consult with Doctor or Social Media Before Visiting ER
'The hypothesis of the study was that younger parents would be more likely to use online health information and certain types of online health information as well'
September 22, 2025 | Kimberly Phillips
UConn Student Spends Summer in Turkey As Part of CLS Program
The Critical Language Scholarship program provides summer programs for students to learn languages of strategic importance to the United States
September 10, 2025 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
UConn Students Explore Entrepreneurship Across Borders Through an Abrahamic Lens
The program will be offered again in Spring 2026
August 21, 2025 | Combined Reports
Life with Lori June: Professor Turns Kitchen into Classroom to Show Us How She Does It
'I guess my life is a lot about food. It’s my creative outlet. Food is the way that I love people. Life with Lori June is just a new extension of that'
August 7, 2025 | Kimberly Phillips
War-Torn Central America in the 1980s Comes to Life in New Historical Memoir
It all started with a Polaroid Swinger camera and leather-bound diary
July 7, 2025 | Kimberly Phillips
Abrahamic Hackathon Connects UConn Students with Peers from Middle East and North Africa
A group of UConn students recently forged new academic and social bonds with peers from throughout the Middle East and North Africa as participants in a virtual global “hackathon”
June 17, 2025 | Stephanie Reitz, and Combined Reports
Six Recent Graduates Earn Spots in Fulbright U.S. Student Program
The program provides grants for individually designed study and research projects or for English teaching assistantships around the world
June 11, 2025 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
It’s Not the Game, It’s the Group: Sports Fans Connect the Most Over Rituals
The study, by a UConn team of scientists, shows that levels of emotional connection and euphoria are on average higher during intense pre-game rituals than they are during the game itself
June 10, 2025 | Christine Buckley
Recent Graduate Named to Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange
The fellowship provides American and German young professionals the opportunity to spend one year in each other’s countries
June 3, 2025 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications