Global Affairs
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”
June 17, 2025 | Stephanie Reitz, and Combined Reports
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
June 11, 2025 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Represents U.S. at U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium
UConn's Laurencin represented the U.S. at the third annual U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium, held in Kigali, Rwanda.
June 10, 2025 | Jon D'Arpino
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
June 3, 2025 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin of UConn Receives Bioactive Materials Lifetime Achievement Award
The Bioactive Materials Lifetime Achievement Award serves as a catalyst for advancing the field, fostering international collaboration, and inspiring innovation.
June 2, 2025 | Jon D'Arpino
Global Training and Development Institute Marks Significant Milestone
The 20th cohort of the Nexus Startup Hub graduated this spring
April 29, 2025 | Sita Nyame, Office of Global Affairs
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
Neag School Alums Take Their Teaching Skills Abroad, Changing Students’ Lives Around the World
Alumni show that a UConn education can lead you anywhere, including outside the U.S.
April 28, 2025 | Shawn Kornegay
Upcoming Discussions on Public Health, Ecology Designed to Get People ‘Thinking Globally’
'One of the main aims of the series is to get academic expertise down the pipeline and make it available to the wider public'
March 20, 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