Human Rights Institute
UConn Pop-up Courses Launching Soon on Islamophobia, Antisemitism
'An important part of providing a world-class education is preparing our students to become global citizens'
February 27, 2024 | Stephanie Reitz
Dean of Engineering to Transition from Administration to Research, Teaching
Dean Kazem Kazerounian leaves a legacy of leadership and growth for the College of Engineering
February 21, 2024 | Olivia Drake
Pandemic Journaling Project Archive Opens for Research
A repository of data detailing the personal experiences of more than 1,800 people living during the COVID-19 pandemic is available to researchers for the first time
February 15, 2024 | Mac Murray
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'
December 12, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
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'
October 26, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
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
October 23, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
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.
October 9, 2023 | Office of the President
Genocide Fears in Darfur Have Attracted Little Attention – Have Nations Abandoned Their Responsibility to Protect Civilians?
Today there is little appetite among the international community to intervene in a way that would protect civilians
September 22, 2023 | Mike Brand, Adjunct Professor of Genocide Studies and Human Rights
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
September 7, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance
New Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights Practice to Direct Dodd Impact Programs
James Waller, eminent scholar of the Holocaust and genocide studies, will combine classroom learning with human rights practice
August 17, 2023 | Jaclyn Severance