Global Cultures & Perspectives

Man in a navy half-zip sweater using a smartphone

Allied Health Sciences Professor Uses mHealth Tools to Improve HIV and Substance Use Prevention Efforts in Malaysia

Prof. Roman Shrestha has won a $3.4M grant to optimize a smartphone app to improve access to health care for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Malaysia

Pink ribbon breast cancer on pink background.

Surviving Breast Cancer: Nigerian Women Share Their Stories

Breast cancer is among the leading killers of women in Africa

Waterfall surrounded by trees

Partnership, Collaboration, and Clarity – A Mindful Approach to Building Community during Conflict

'Of the many programs that I have run so far, for me, this has been the most life-transforming program to witness'

Participants of the Summer Seminar for Genocide Studies and Prevention engage in discussion during a session

First Scheidt Family Seminar Fellows at UConn Join Growing International Genocide Prevention Network

'The heart of genocide is one social identity hoping to wipe out another social identity'

Usama Sheikh in a laboratory.

Technology Entrepreneurship: Waste Not, Want Not

Innovative brothers create wastewater reprocessing system to help address their native country’s environmental crisis, conserving water and repurposing it for various applications

Elsio Wunder, assistant professor of pathobiology at his lab.

UConn Researcher Confronts a Neglected Disease

'We are creating all the perfect conditions for the number of cases to grow'

Artwork depicting various hands of differing demographics with 'La Comunidad Intelectual' in writing

10 Years On, Latine Students Continue to Thrive in La Comunidad Intelectual

'We’re not about geography, we’re about community'

The pope looks down on St. Peter's Square with an Olympic athlete in the foreground.

The Catholic Church is Using the Paris Olympics to Engage Young People

But several popes have already promoted sports as a way to teach Christian values

The cupola above the Wilbur Cross building.

Fulbright Recipients to Teach English Abroad

One student has also been named a recipient of a Scoville Peace Fellowship, the first in UConn history

Aerial image of the University of Connecticut during Fall 2023.

Ten Students Earn Awards 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