Global Cultures & Perspectives

Red handprints and paint splatter over a blue and yellow background, the colors of the Ukrainian flag, with the words '!Stop War!' in the center, featuring black line drawings of human hands pulling at the borders of the country and a flying dove.

Babbidge Library Exhibit Offers Powerful Images of War, and Hope, Created by Ukrainian Children

"Children Draw War, Not Flowers" will be on display at the Homer Babbidge Library through August 1

April 17, 2025 | Jaclyn Severance

Black-and-white photograph from 1938 depicting a crowd of women, many carrying protest signs. In the background, the iconic Washington Memorial pokes over the tree line.

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'

April 9, 2025 | Kimberly Phillips

Researchers work in a village in Peru.

NSF Project Evaluates Students’ Attitudes Toward Human Rights in Engineering 

Faculty from engineering, human rights, and education are integrating human rights into the engineering curricula to foster a more socially aware generation of engineers

March 19, 2025 | Olivia Drake

UConn student Anthony Mensah hands out food to a line of young people during a food drive in Accra, Ghana.

UConn Senior’s Organization Takes Aim at Food Insecurity

Focusing on healthy proteins for families in New Haven and Ghana

February 26, 2025 | George Velky

Community Impact UConn Voices
A group of students holding a banner on a study abroad trip.

Students Gain Fieldwork Experience Studying Geohazards in Taiwan

UConn students explored the country’s rich geological landscape and worked alongside students from National Taiwan University

February 18, 2025 | Sarah Al-Arshani

Entryway sign lit up green for St. Patricks Day and for Sustainability.

Commitment to Energy Sustainability Links Huskies From Different Generations Through International Contest

'For students who are at the very beginning of their careers to put together such a sophisticated design with such pragmatic energy realism is very impressive'

January 8, 2025 | Stephanie Reitz

Alumni Entrepreneurship UConn Voices
The first measurable snowfall of the year coats the UConn Storrs campus among the holiday lights before sunrise

Eight Students Earn Scholarships From Gilman Foundation

Each Gilman Scholar is required to complete a service project upon their return from studying abroad in their campus or home community

January 8, 2025 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

University News
Roman Shrestha, Michael Copenhaver, and Pablo Kokay Valente at UConn Waterbury.

Global and Local Impacts of HIV Research in CAHNR

In honor of World AIDS Day on December 1, 2024, UConn Today is highlighting work from researchers in the Department of Allied Health Sciences who are playing a role in this continuing effort close to home and across the globe

November 29, 2024 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources

Research & Discovery
Participants in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) hold a cultural fair in Monteith Building

UConn Institute Working to Train Social Entrepreneurs Around the Globe

The Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative goes beyond the classroom to help address real-world problems

November 25, 2024 | Jaclyn Severance

Entrepreneurship UConn Voices
A cohort of 14 UConn@COP fellows traveled to Baku, Azerbaijan to attend the 29th UN Climate Conference of Parties.

UConn@COP29: First Impressions and Fresh Perspectives

14 UConn students attended the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties, or COP29, in Azerbaijan

November 25, 2024 | Elaina Hancock