Dodd Impact
Investigate, Expose, and Change – Jo Becker on Advocating for Children’s Rights
Human rights advocate shares insights with UConn audience
At Visit to Dodd Center, Former Members of Congress Discuss Bridging Divides – and Issue a Call to Action
'Today's conversation is important, because it is a reminder of what our discourse can be'
Dodd Center to Host Bipartisan Conversation on Fostering Civic and Democratic Engagement
Two longtime members of Congress will bring their insights to UConn on September 26
2024 Malka Penn Award Recognizes I Kick and I Fly and Jovita Wore Pants
Children’s literature selections honored for outstanding work addressing human rights issues and themes
First Scheidt Family Seminar Fellows at UConn Join Growing International Genocide Prevention Network
'The heart of genocide is one social identity hoping to wipe out another social identity'
Human Rights Close to Home: A Unique Civics Education Program for K-12 Students, Supported By the Redstone Family Foundation, Launched at UConn
'I think we fundamentally underestimate how much our kids can learn even about the biggest and most important issues of today. We just need to teach them in ways that are relatable'
Memories of the Past, to Support the Future: UConn Presents 2023 Dodd Prize with Sweeping Conversation about Global Democracy
'This year’s recipient of the Dodd Prize embodies the understanding that human rights are a cause that cannot be limited to individual countries'
Inaugural Human Rights Summit Comes to The Dodd Center with Critical Focus on Global Assault on Democracy
UConn community and leaders, activists, academics, artists, policymakers, and students from across the country and around the world will come together in Storrs to place critical focus on human rights at the inaugural Human Rights Summit at The Dodd Center
Statement from UConn President Radenka Maric
Many of us at UConn have close family, friends, colleagues and former classmates and students in the region. Our thoughts are with all those impacted in the wake of this outburst of extreme violence and human tragedy.
2023 Malka Penn Award Recognizes Beneath the Wide Silk Sky and The Tower of Life
Children’s literature selections honored for outstanding work addressing human rights issues and themes