Global Cultures & Perspectives
Providing Care Beyond Borders
Spearheaded by a UConn Health medical student, more than 30 medical providers brought specialty and primary care to residents of the Dominican Republic
January 2, 2024 | Carolyn Pennington
UConn DMD Professor Documents Story of Latino Mental Health through Humanities Institute Fellowship
Oscar Guerra's new project explores mental health and the social, cultural, and political factors that affect it
January 2, 2024 | Jaclyn Severance
12 Generations and Counting: Indian Shadow Puppetry Exhibition Hundreds of Years in the Making
'Shadow puppetry is a living tradition, and I come from a traditional family that is doing modern things'
November 10, 2023 | Kimberly Phillips
Memories of the Past, to Support the Future: UConn Presents 2023 Dodd Prize with Sweeping Conversation about Global Democracy
'This year’s recipient of the Dodd Prize embodies the understanding that human rights are a cause that cannot be limited to individual countries'
October 26, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
Inaugural Human Rights Summit Comes to The Dodd Center with Critical Focus on Global Assault on Democracy
UConn community and leaders, activists, academics, artists, policymakers, and students from across the country and around the world will come together in Storrs to place critical focus on human rights at the inaugural Human Rights Summit at The Dodd Center
October 23, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
Snap Shot: How Will Organisms Adapt to Climate Change?
A UConn Marine Sciences researcher is spending time in Chile studying an important forage fish, and how this vital part of the food chain will adapt to a changing climate
October 12, 2023 | Elaina Hancock
Conflict and Commerce: A Journey to Support Founders in Ukraine
'In newly liberated cities, the business returns within days. The cities recover their shops, their supply chains, and people return to work'
September 20, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
Doctoral Student Named to First Class of Quad Fellows
The Quad program is highly competitive with only 100 students selected for the initial class among 3,600 initial applicants
September 15, 2023 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
UConn Junior Takes Part In Prestigious Summer Program
Mariam Vargas spent six weeks in Washington, D.C., learning from diplomats, foreign service officers, and other leading foreign affairs professionals.
August 28, 2023 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
Meet the Researcher: Marie Coppola, CLAS
Coppola’s language research with deaf people in Nicaragua sheds light on how linguistic structures and communities are formed
August 21, 2023 | Mac Murray