Global Affairs

Stephen Schirra ’14 (CLAS) in Bahía de Caráquez, Manabí, Ecuador, in April 2016. At each stop, Schirra leaves the kids with soccer balls so they can keep the game going. (Photo courtesy of Stephen Schirra)

Te Gusta Fútbol?

Stephen Schirra ’14 (CLAS) has turned his passion for soccer and travel into a career, teaching underprivileged children across the globe how to play the sport.

Pathobiology professor Paulo Verardi began working to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus at the height of last year's outbreak in his native country Brazil. (Elizabeth Caron/UConn Photo)

Responding to a Crisis: A Vaccine for Zika

Pathobiology professor Paulo Verardi began working to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus at the height of last year's outbreak in his native country Brazil.

Veteran Michael Zacchea discusses the hardships and challenges of his assignment as the first U.S. military adviser to build, train, and lead the Iraqi Army after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. (Photo courtesy of Michael Zacchea)

UConn’s Michael Zacchea: Leading the Iraqi Army Fifth Battalion

'When you’re experiencing an event, you don’t see all the things that are going on. Only later did we see the rise of ISIS, the fall of Fallujah.'

Cycles & Cyclones – Riding on the Wheels of Opportunity

There’s a storm brewing and Albert Einstein, famed physicist, caught wind of it.

American flag and fence. (Alxey Pnferov via Getty Images)

UConn Group to Spend Spring Break Assisting Asylum Applicants

A team led by UConn Law's Asylum and Human Rights Clinic will spend the break at a detention facility offering free legal help and social work assessments and support to female detainees from Central America.

The UConn wordmark, in white on a navy background.

UConn Examining Implications of White House’s New Travel Restrictions

A working group is reviewing new parameters released Monday, and the University is updating its guidelines for those affected.

The Eye That Cries (El ojo que llora), Lima, Peru. (Photoholica Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

From Conflict to Peace: The Role of Art

Memorials commemorating a nation’s past conflicts can help build a more peaceful future, say two UConn researchers.

Resisting The “Wheels of History” – Rupture and Remembrance in Cambodian American Memory Work

The wheel of history is inexorably turning: he who cannot keep pace with it shall be crushed." – Khmer Rouge Saying.

A UConn researcher is working in three African countries, exploring ways to use video and photography to empower young people to tell the stories that matter to them. (Courtesy of Lisa Butler)

Empowering People Through Film

UConn's Lisa Butler is working in three African countries, exploring ways to use video and photography to empower young people to tell the stories that matter to them.

Smartphone and Data Cable Disconnected. (iStock)

The Right to Disconnect

As the French people say 'Non, merci' to after-hours work, two UConn business professors discuss whether U.S. employees should follow.