Dodd Impact
Meet the Researcher: Glenn Mitoma, Neag School of Education, Human Rights Institute
Glenn Mitoma has spent his career studying human rights and helping others understand how they can realize them in their communities
A Letter to the UConn Community Regarding UConn Reads
UConn Reads unveils Spring 2021 signature events
Message from the HRI and Dodd Impact Directors: Yom Hashoah and Antisemitism
Today, we join many around the world in commemorating Yom Hashoah—Holocaust Remembrance Day—in honor and memory of the six million Jews who perished as a result of Nazi crimes during World War II. With the recent antisemitic attacks on our campus, this occasion is made all the more somber for us here at UConn. We stand […]
UConn Develops Special Programming to Connect Students, Reduce Isolation
uKindness initiative offers creative ways to make contact and beat stress.
Art, Music Faculty Collaboration Illuminates ‘Paradox in Political Tribalism’
Following a divisive election, a multimedia collaboration asks searching questions about values and principles.
A Statement from the Human Rights Institute
Wednesday’s rampage at the Capitol—resulting in the deaths of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick and four others—was among the darkest day of this dark season for the United States.
Special Message from the HRI and Dodd Impact Directors
Statement from the Human Rights Institute Wednesday’s rampage at the Capitol—resulting in the deaths of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick and four others—was among the darkest day of this dark season for the United States. Saturated in lies and conspiracy theories, incited by the President, and protected by white privilege, the mob that stormed the […]
Reflections on the Dodd Center’s Namesake 75 Years After Landmark War Crimes Trials
Sen. Chris Dodd reflects on his father's service as a prosecutor in the Nuremburg war crimes trials 75 years after they began.
Dodd Impact Hosts ‘American Dreams’ Online
Dodd Human Rights Impact is relaunching with an online presentation of a dark theatrical comedy about what it means to be an American citizen.
Dodd Human Rights Impact Joins HRI
We are excited to announce that the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center’s outreach and engagement program has joined the Human Rights Institute.