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During the first week of the Summer Institute, high school students and teachers delved into learning about human rights issues together – a unique, highly intentional, and unexpectedly successful aspect of the program.
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' Read more.

4 UConn students share recycling facts on posters outside a football stadium.

UConn Earns High Marks in Global Sustainable University Ratings

GreenMetric releases global higher education sustainability rankings for 2023 Read more.

Key Events Push QuantumCT Forward

Development grant in hand, the UConn and Yale-led partnership is laying the foundation for a regional innovation engine Read more.

Rebecca Puhl of the UConn Rudd Center (center) participates in a panel discussion on weight stigma and the media in New York along with Deborah Roberts, Al Roker, David Sloan, and Holly Lofton. (contributed photo).

Taking On Stigmatization and Body-Shaming in the Media

Rebecca Puhl of the UConn Rudd Center was a panelist along with national media figures to discuss the ways in which body weight and obesity are covered and portrayed in the press Read more.

UCONN MAGAZINE

The Moments That Made Sue Bird

Husky royalty and WNBA icon Sue Bird reflects on some of the most fateful moments in her 30 years of trailblazing. Think you've heard them all? Think again! Read more.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

BUS

UConn ‘BUILD Hartford’ Students Brainstorm Ideas to Make Capital City More Vibrant

CAHNR

CAHNR Celebrates Record-Setting Year in Research Success

CAHNR

Engineering a Strong Pint

CLAS

CLAS Connections: Heather Parker and Kelsey Hammerman ’17 (CLAS)

DENT

Biomedical Engineering Student Places in “Science as Art” Competition

UCONN IN THE NEWS

Education Week

3 Decades In, Charter Schools Continue to Face Legal Challenges

Hearst Connecticut Media

Inside UConn’s One-of-a-Kind Puppetry School That Shows Students How to Get to ‘Sesame Street,’ Broadway

Hearst Connecticut Media

More Dogs Are Getting Sick From Eating Cannabis, Report Shows

Hearst Connecticut Media

Here’s What to Know About Connecticut’s Gun Laws, From Background Checks to Backyard Shooting

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