UConn Voices
UConn Reads: The Immigrant Journey
El Instituto director Mark Overmyer-Velazquez discusses migration from Mexico and books that have helped him understand his family's experience as immigrants in the U.S.
July 14, 2015 | Mark Overmyer-Velazquez, Director, El Instituto
UConn Reads: The Realities of Race and Policing
Africana Studies director Jelani Cobb discusses policing as a racial flashpoint in American social history.
July 6, 2015 | Jelani Cobb, Director, Africana Studies Institute
UConn Reads: Wrestling With Race
The chair of the UConn Reads Steering Committee discusses how 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' one of the books nominated, is painfully relevant to the present.
June 25, 2015 | Cathy Schlund-Vials, Chair, UConn Reads Steering Committee
Race in America is This Year’s UConn Reads Theme
Cathy Schlund-Vials, chair of the UConn Reads Steering Committee, says she turns to literature to understand contemporary events.
June 19, 2015 | Cathy Schlund-Vials, Chair, UConn Reads Steering Committee
Molly Rockett ’15 (CLAS): Making Her Voice Heard
The target of bullies throughout her adolescence, Molly Rockett ’15 (CLAS) found a way to turn her feelings of powerlessness into a sense of purpose.
November 6, 2014 | Stefanie Dion Jones
Star Trek’s Takei Boldly Goes Toward Social Justice Issues
Actor and activist George Takei will speak at Jorgensen today.
November 4, 2014 | Kenneth Best
Enhancing Diversity in the Biomedical Workforce
UConn’s CICATS is among a select group of institutions to take part in a new NIH initiative.
October 24, 2014 | Carolyn Pennington
Increasing Diversity in Talented and Gifted Programs
UConn’s Neag School of Education receives top funding for talented and gifted research.
October 16, 2014 | Colin Poitras
Secret Societies and Private Discrimination
Sociologist Matthew Hughey's new book explores the role of race and ethnicity in the perpetuation of inequality through private organizations.
November 13, 2013 | Christine Buckley