Global Affairs

Yasmin Taib, '21 (CLAS) (center) performs with the UConn Taiko Club.

Celebrating UConn’s Global Reach

UConn Worldfest fetes UConn's international student community, and promotes global engagement and learning across cultures.

During excavations at Hahgtanak-3, participants from five countries unearthed stone tools from deep layers at the site and sediment samples were collected for dating and environmental reconstructions. UConn's Daniel Adler is at top left. (Photos courtesy of Dan Adler)

Snapshot: Dan Adler in Armenia

Anthropology professor Daniel Adler co-directed excavations at an archaeological site in Armenia that documents the earliest human occupation of the area, and may be more than 1 million years old.

MBA student Junau Boucard '11 (BUS) at the Stamford Campus. (Nathan Oldham/UConn Photo)

MBA Student to Run New York Marathon for Children of Vietnam

Stamford MBA student Junau Boucard ’11 (BUS) was inspired to action by a School of Business field trip to Vietnam.

Richard Anyah, associate professor of natural resources and the environment. (Kevin Noonan/UConn Photo)

The Rains in Africa: How Global Climate Influences the Water Cycle

A new study found relationships between certain global climate indexes and the availability of water in Africa.

A Muslim prayer service at the Hartford Public Library before a Metanoia event at the Hartford Campus in November 2017. (Sean Flynn/UConn File Photo)

CLAS to Offer New Major in Arabic and Islamic Civilizations

'We want to shatter the binaries of East and West,' says Nicola Carpentieri, director of the new Arabic and Islamic Cilivilizations program.

About 100 South Koreans crossed the heavily armed border to meet their separated families for the first time since the 1950-53 Korean War, during a family reunion at North Korea. (Photo Lee Su-Kil-Korea Pool/Getty Images)

Economic, Social Issues at Forefront for South Koreans

While the world’s eyes are on the peace process with North Korea, South Koreans are looking for greater economic stability, according to history professor Alexis Dudden.

Forestry logging landscape. (Getty Images)

Nature Needs People and Here’s Why

Ecologist Robin Chazdon argues that while nature can play an important role in mitigating climate change, concerted human interventions are also essential.

Large cargo filled with containers navigating through ice-surrounded passage. (Getty Images)

More Ships and More Clouds Mean Cooling in the Arctic

A new study suggests that growth of trans-Arctic shipping and the accompanying increase in emissions may offset some of the overall warming trend in that region.

UConn & Baden-Württemberg – One of Our Most Vital Relationships

UConn’s collaboration with the German State of Baden-Württemberg is one of the University’s most important global partnerships. 

UConn and Brown to Partner on State Department Academic Fellowship

In 2013 the U.S. Department of State launched the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) aimed at strengthening leadership development in Southeast Asia.