Human Rights Institute

The volunteers distributing donations to refugees on the Ukrainian border, Russian-Ukrainian war concept.

School of Social Work Researchers Explore New Model to Sponsor Refugees

Their paper suggests a combination of community and private sponsorship could transform the future of refugee resettlement in the US

Andréa Nunes standing at the UConn School of Law campus.

Law School Alum Pursues Passion for Aiding Immigrants

From the Asylum and Human Rights Clinic to a prestigious legal fellowship in New York City

The Dodd Center for Human Rights.

New UConn Endowed Chairs in Human Rights Inspired by the Legacies of Dodd, Osiatyński

The new faculty positions will be part of the Human Rights Institute

Professor Jon Bauer.

Federal Court Cites UConn Law Professor on Key Immigration Case

2nd Circuit appeals court cites Jon Bauer's work in overturning a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals

2022 Malka Penn Award Recognizes Defiant by Author Wade Hudson

A powerful memoir on the hardship and resilience of growing up in Louisiana in the 1950s & 1960s, Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South by author Wade Hudson is the 2022 recipient of the Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children’s Literature, presented by Dodd Human Rights Impact at UConn.

Aerial shot of UConn from Rte. 195, looking west.

Climate Change, AI, and Criminal Justice: Transatlantic Partnership Dives Deep on Human Rights

A partnership between Connecticut and Baden-Württemberg bears fruit in scholarship and engagement

Community health workers assist patients as they gather their medications and supplements to discuss them during remote visits with pharmacists.

How Pharmacists and Community Health Workers Build Trust with Cambodian Genocide Survivors

With training in trauma-informed care, health workers help survivors improve their mental and physical health

Caption: Participants in the Hate Crimes Practicum included Luke Reynolds '22, Rebecca Oestreicher '23, Associate Dean Richard Wilson, Hallie Tingstad '22, Devon Fray '22 and Laura David '22. (Molly Sullivan photo)

UConn Law Work on Hate Crimes Already Getting Results

Student research will yield recommendations to Gov. Lamont and General Assembly

Samantha Gove '23 (CLAS) stands outside The Dodd Center for Human Rights on May 5, 2022.

Rising Junior Named a Udall Scholar

Samantha Gove is just the ninth student in UConn history to receive the prestigious scholarship

Sarah R. Luria, a Ph.D. candidate in Educational Psychology, receives PEO Scholar Award

Graduate Student Sarah R. Luria wins 2022 Scholar Award

Sarah R. Luria, a Ph.D. candidate in Neag School of Education's Educational Psychology program, has been selected as one of 100 recipients of the $20,000 Scholar Award from the Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) Sisterhood.