Human Rights
Holocaust Survivor Shares Her Story of Survival
'Your honor, I’ve never been in the witness protection program, but I’ve had four last names'
May 1, 2025 | Nora Broderick
Diverse Global Scholars on Antisemitism, Antiblack Racism Come to UConn This Week
Black Jewish Scholars on Antiblack Racism and Antisemitism conference will be held on April 29 and April 30
April 29, 2025 | Jaclyn Severance
Study Examines Attitudes, Challenges for Disabled Grad Students
UConn Physics Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Erin Scanlon, will lead the UConn portion of the joint, three-year, $1.3 million NSF-funded project with the University of Wisconsin and the University of Illinois
April 29, 2025 | Loretta Waldman, for the OVPR
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
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
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
Policymakers, Business Leaders Say Sustainable Investing is Smart Investing
State Treasurer explored how investors can ensure no one is left behind through a just climate transition during a keynote address to UConn students and faculty
March 13, 2025 | Nora Broderick
UConn Law Library Exhibit Shows Alumnus’ Case Against Department of Defense
Joe Steffan donates his files to the library in hopes that those studying the case and the issue of gay rights in the future will understand how they were litigated
March 11, 2025 | Diana Nearhos
Benton Exhibit Honors Minnie Negoro, Pioneering UConn Ceramics Professor
UConn historians curated the exhibit to honor Negoro's impact on the University and her personal experience with a dark chapter of American history — the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII
February 19, 2025 | Sarah Al-Arshani
Award-Winning Authors Share Stories of Human Rights, Impact on Children in Visits to Hartford and Storrs
'I knew the power of great literature in influencing me'
November 18, 2024 | Jaclyn Severance