Global Affairs

Cyber security concept: lock on digital screen. (iStock Image)

Data Privacy Training for European Union Regs at Stamford

UConn is offering new training courses to prepare companies to comply with European Union data privacy regulations that went into effect this past May.

August 2, 2018 | Claire Hall

Community Impact

Woman and man brainstorming start-up ideas. (Getty Images)

New Engineering Program Aims to Attract the Most Talented Entrepreneurs to Connecticut

UConn is launching a Master’s of Engineering in Global Entrepreneurship, the first entrepreneurial graduate degree in the state that is focused on engineering.

June 28, 2018 | Eli Freund

Entrepreneurship

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, with U.S. President Donald Trump during their historic summit in Singapore on June 12. (Kevin Lim/The Straits Times/Handout/Getty Images)

Op-ed: Summit with Kim is Boosting Trump’s Confidence. That Might Not Be a Good Thing

Having met Kim, the President will be even less likely to listen to experts in the intelligence and diplomatic communities, writes political scientist Stephen Dyson.

June 13, 2018 | Stephen Dyson, Department of Political Science

Small bronze plaques in memory of victims of the Holocaust are seen between the paving stones of the Jewish Ghetto in Rome, Italy. The Roman Jewish Ghetto was originally established by Pope Paul IV in July 1555 as a walled quarter with its gates locked at night and survived until the walls were torn down in September 1870 when it the neighborhood remained the heart of the city's Jewish community. In October 1943 the Holocaust reached Rome when German Nazi troops entered the area and deported over 2,000 Jews, of which only about 100 survived the war. The quarter today is a bustling neighborhood famous for its ethnic Jewish food and restaurants. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

Op-ed: We Need to Rethink How to Teach the Holocaust

Twenty-two percent of millennials have not heard of, or are not sure if they have heard of the Holocaust. Why this matters.

May 23, 2018 | Alan Marcus, Neag School of Education

A sad little boy in a Syrian refugee camp in Turkey. (Getty Images)

Many Migrants Can Take Nothing for Granted

As a growing number of host nations raise concerns about national security, migrants are often denied their basic human rights, says sociology professor Bandana Purkayastha.

May 22, 2018 | Kenneth Best

Research & Discovery

The decision to acknowledge sponsorship of a cyberattack is often linked to whether the attacker hopes to draw attention to a cause or to actually influence events, says political scientist Evan Perkoski. (Getty Images)

Claiming Credit for Cyberattacks

The decision to acknowledge sponsorship of an attack is often linked to whether the attacker hopes to draw attention to a cause or to actually influence events, says political scientist Evan Perkoski.

May 2, 2018 | Kenneth Best

Research & Discovery