Global Cultures & Perspectives

A group of excited students pose as the sun sets on the Serengeti in the background.

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

A mother and daughter in a doctor's office with the doctor looking into the child's mouth

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'

A woman with long dark hair standing with hot air balloons in the air behind her over a Turkish landscape

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

Wilbur cross with a tree in the foreground

UConn Students Explore Entrepreneurship Across Borders Through an Abrahamic Lens

The program will be offered again in Spring 2026

A woman stands in front of a kitchen counter with colorful cut vegetables on a cutting board.

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'

A reporter with a camera hanging from his neck and microphone in his hand interviews a military officer.

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

The Wilbur Cross cupola sits on a summer day

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”

Wilbur cross with a tree in the foreground

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

A fan of Brazil celebrates with soccer balls around his face, and his face painted with the Brazil flag

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

A boy standing next to a U.S. and Germany flag

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