Global Cultures & Perspectives
UConn Students Explore Entrepreneurship Across Borders Through an Abrahamic Lens
The program will be offered again in Spring 2026
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'
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
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”
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
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
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
Beautiful Choices: UConn Makes Its Mark on the World of Literary Translation
'You can't reproduce the language, but you can reproduce the effect it has on you when you read it'
Guggenheim Fellow from UConn Preserving Wayang Puppetry for Posterity
'This is a generous award that puts me into some remarkable company. If you look back at the people in my field who have received a Guggenheim, it’s a ‘who’s who’ of American theater'
Global Training and Development Institute Marks Significant Milestone
The 20th cohort of the Nexus Startup Hub graduated this spring