Global Affairs
Games from Around the Globe
Students played board games from around the world at Late Night Goes Global on Nov. 11.
UConn Reads: ‘Half the Sky’
The first book selected in the new campus-wide reading program focuses on the plight of women and girls living in poverty across the globe.
Preserving the Music and Dance of Darfur
A gift from Mia Farrow to the Dodd Center will help preserve the cultural heritage of the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan.
The Meaning of Global Citizenship
'Global citizenship' is more than just feeling at home in another country, says the director of global programs in his blog.
Cultural Adjustments
New international students attended a three-day orientation last week to get acclimated to living and studying in the U.S.
UConn Undergrad Does the Research, Does the Math
Education major Briana Hennessy traveled to Tanzania earlier this summer to teach math.
No Time for Isolationism
London’s quiet again. The 16,000 police did their job, and the riots have been quashed. The city is no longer burning. The phone calls from anxious parents have stopped. Our 37 students will travel to London to study abroad for the semester in less than two weeks, and we’re sending hundreds more to other destinations […]
U21 Conference Draws Three UConn Students to Shanghai
The Shanghai skyline at dusk, taken by one of three UConn students attending the Universitas 21 Undergraduate Research Conference at Fudan University, China. (Dayton Horvath for UConn)
Studying Conflict Resolution in the Home of ‘The Troubles’
Five UConn undergraduates spent nearly two weeks in Ireland at the Universitas 21 summer school.