Global Affairs

Dr. Fuller outside an International Medical Corps medical tent

A View from the Ground in Quake-Ravaged Haiti

Dr. Robert Fuller, UConn Health’s chair of emergency medicine, recently returned from a deployment to Haiti with the International Medical Corps

October 13, 2021 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS) - UConn Health

The exterior of the Dodd Center building.

President Joe Biden to Visit UConn for Dedication of Dodd Center for Human Rights

'We are deeply honored that President Biden is joining us as we dedicate ourselves to extending the Dodd family legacy'

October 12, 2021 | Stephanie Reitz - UConn Communications

University News

Hundreds of people take part in a Global Climate Strike protest on September 24, 2021, in Cape Town, South Africa, demonstrating against the causes of global climate change, and in particular, the South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE).

Climate Change Literacy Lessons from Africa

'If people are literate about climate change and have a better idea of what's coming, then they can adapt more effectively'

October 7, 2021 | Combined Reports - UConn Communications

Muireann Nic Corcrain is a Fulbright Scholar from Ireland Teaching the Irish language at UConn.

An Bhfuil Gaeilge Agat?: Fulbright Scholar Helps Bring Irish Language and Culture to UConn

Muireann Nic Corcráin is spending the year at UConn teaching the Irish language - and spreading the culture of the Emerald Isle.

October 5, 2021 | Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications

UConn Voices

Portrait of Alexander von Humboldt by Friedrich Georg Weitsch

Confronting History: The Legacy of Alexander von Humboldt’s Encounters with the Americas in the Twenty First Century

On Wednesday, September 22, 2021, UConn Global Affairs and the German Consulate General Boston co-presented the lunchtime discussion "Confronting History: The Legacy of Alexander von Humboldt's Encounter with the Americas in the Twenty First Century."

October 4, 2021 | Kerry Carnahan