Statements on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice
Statements on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice
2025
- Honoring and Supporting our UConn Communities: April 2025 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting our UConn Communities: March 2025 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting our UConn Communities: February 2025 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting our UConn Communities: January 2025 Heritage and Awareness Events
2024
- Honoring and Supporting our UConn Communities: December 2024 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting our UConn Communities: November 2024 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting our UConn Communities: October 2024 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting our UConn Communities: September 2024 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Reaffirming UConn’s Commitment to DEI: Important Updates
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: August 2024 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: July 2024 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: June 2024 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: May 2024 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: April 2024 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: March 2024 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: February 2024 Heritage and Awareness Events
- ODI's MLK Day 2024 Message
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: January 2024 Heritage and Awareness Events
2023
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: December 2023 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Message to Graduate Students from the Provost's Office (11/27/2023)
- A Message from President Maric on Israel and Gaza (11/27/2023)
- University Statement in Response to Islamophobia
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: November 2023 Heritage and Awareness Events
- A Message from UConn Human Resources
- A Message from President Radenka Maric
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: October 2023 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: September 2023 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: August 2023 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: July 2023 Heritage and Awareness Events
- President Maric's Message to the UConn Community on Today’s Supreme Court Decision (6/29/2023)
- Juneteenth 2023
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: June 2023 Heritage and Awareness Events
- A Message on Pride 2023
- Provost D’Alleva Statement: Anti-Black Racism Course Requirement
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: May 2023 Heritage and Awareness Events
- ODI Statement in Support of the Anti-Black Racism Course General Education Requirement
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: April 2023 Heritage and Awareness Events
- Provost's Reminder an Religious Observances and Academic Accommodations
- UConn Dining: Storrs Campus Food Pantry Opens on 3/20/23.
- AERA Statement on Judy Heumann
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: March 2023 Heritage and Awareness Events
- President's Statement on Earthquake in Turkey and Syria
- ODI Statement on Earthquake in Turkey and Syria
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: February 2023 Heritage and Awareness Events
- ODI Statement on Tyre Nichols
- ODI Message on California Shootings
- MLK Day 2023
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: January 2023 Heritage and Awareness Events
2022
- Wishing You a Restorative Winter Break!
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: December Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: November Heritage and Awareness Events
- President Maric: At UConn and Throughout the U.S., Diverse College Communities are Essential (10/25/22)
- A Letter to the Iranian Student and Scholar Community
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: October Heritage and Awareness Events
- ODI Statement on Budget Concerns related to the Cultural Centers
- Confronting Bias in a Community that Cares (9/15/22)
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: September Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: August Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: July Heritage and Awareness Events
- Happy Juneteenth National Independence Day!
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: June Heritage and Awareness Events
- Standing Against Despair: Message from University Leadership
- ODI Statement on Buffalo and Laguna Woods Shootings
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: May Heritage and Awareness Events
- Honoring and Supporting Our UConn Communities: April Heritage and Awareness Events
- Update on ODI Efforts to Foster a Safe, Supportive, and Inclusive University Environment
- An Update on Combatting Sexual Assault and the Bias Action Group
- Women's Center Statement on Responding to Student Disclosures of Sexual Assault
- Statement of Solidarity with Ukraine - Human Rights Institute and Dodd Impact
- UConn Health Hires First Chief Diversity Officer (CDO)
- Statement from the President: Our Strengths and Values
- Update from Student Affairs on Bias Incident - 2.21.2022
- President's Task Force on Combatting Sexual Violence and Supporting Our Students
- Women's Center Statement on Sexual Violence: We Are Here for You
- Statement from the President Addressing Sexual Violence
- UConn's Commitment to Campus Safety and Sexual Assault Response
- ODI Statement on Bomb Threats aimed at HBCUs
- Celebrating Black History Month and Lunar New Year 2022
- In Honor of MLK Day 2022
- A message from the AACC on MLK Day 2022
2021
- Honoring and Supporting our UConn Communities: October Heritage and Awareness Events
- ODI's Message to the UConn Community
- AACC & ODI Joint Statement on Haiti
- Graduate Employee Union (GEU-UAW) statement of Solidarity after the Atlanta Spa Shooting
- Juneteenth National Independence Day 2021: A National Holiday
- ODI's Statement on Chauvin Verdict
- President's Statement on Chauvin Verdict
- School of Medicine's Statement on Chauvin Verdict
- Chabad at UConn Condemns Recent Acts of Anti-Semitism on Campus
- USG Condemns Anti-Semitism at UConn
- Message to the UConn Community
- Message from the Rainbow Center and ODI
- APALSA Statement Regarding Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and Discrimination
- ODI's Statement on Anti-Asian Racism
- Statement from HESA's Faculty in solidarity with our Asian American Community
- SSS Statement to Our Asian Community
- President's Statement on Anti-Asian Violence and Bias
- UCPEA Statement on Anti-Asian Violence
- Statement from AAAFS on Anti-Asian Violence
- Message from the Office of the Provost
2020
- President's Task Force report on Free Speech and Civility at UConn
- Message from the Office for Diversity and Inclusion
- Message from ODI and Student Affairs
- International Student Solidarity Statement
- Statement from the Department of Geosciences
- Statement from the Department of Psychological Sciences
- Message from The UConn Foundation to the UConn Community
- Message from Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
- Statement from First-Year Writing Program in Support of Black Lives Matter
- Statement of Solidarity from the UConn Digital Media & Design Department
- Message to the Neag Community from Neag School Equity and Social Justice Committee
- The UConn Rudd Center is Committed to the Fight For Health Equity and Against Systemic Racism
- Message from The Dodd Center & Human Rights Institute on Black Lives Matter
- A Message from Dean John Elliott
- Statement from Centers, Institutes, and Programs on Racial Injustice and Ending White Supremacy
- Message from ODI In Support of Racial Justice
- Letter to UConn Health Family
- The Time for Love, Kindness, and Courage
- Public Statement from Africana Studies Institute on Anti-Black Violence
- Message from Dean of CLAS on Racial Injustice
- Message from the English Department on Anti-Black Racism
- Statement to the UConn Avery Point Community in Support Against Racism and Violence
- Message to the CAHNR Community on Racial Injustice
- Message from Student Activities and the Center for Fraternity and Sorority Development
- Message from UConn Athletics
- Message to the Neag School Community from Dean Kersaint
- Message from President and Provost on Racial Injustice
- Joint Letter to the UConn Community on Anti-Asian Racism
- Message from President for International Students
- Nursing House: Anti-Racism Statement
Newsletters
ODI Weekly Updates
2022 – Present
- Subscribe to ODI's Weekly Digests
- Graduate Assistant Spotlight; MLK Living Legacy Honorees (01/22/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: MLK Living Legacy; Awards Spotlight (01/15/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: National Day of Racial Healing; MLK Celebration (01/08/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: Thank You from ODI; MLK Celebration Preview (12/18/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: Yalda Night, TRHT Professional Development Series (12/11/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: Kwanzaa Dinner, Yalda Night (12/04/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil; Community Spotlight (11/27/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: Coffee Break and 1:1 Check-Ins (11/13/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: Scholarly Engagement and Marginalized Communities, IMPAACT (11/6/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: A Conversation with Lynn Malerba, IMPAACT Conference (10/30/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: H.E.A.R.T. Podcast on Concentrated Poverty; Mali Obomsawin Quintet (10/23/23)
- https://mailchi.mp/c6342b956f6f/odi-weekly-update-heart-podcast-on-concentrated-poverty-mali-obomsawin-quintet (10/23/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: SCOTUS Affirmative Action Town Hall; Leadership Legacy Speaker Series (10/16/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: Dr. Tara J. Yosso, Indigenous Peoples' Week, A New H.E.A.R.T. Podcast Season (9/25/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: HERO Graduate Student Writing Retreat, Upcoming Events (9/25/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: AACC Welcome Back Dinner, PRLACC Open House (9/18/23)
- ODI Weekly Updates: Coffee Break with ODI, Upcoming Events (9/11/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: A Week of Welcome; Upcoming Events (9/5/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: Human Rights Summit; Apply For NRC Associateship Programs, HEART Podcast (8/28/23)
- ODI Weekly Update: Updates; A New AACC Director (8/14/23)
- Dr. Cato T. Laurencian Award; Write On, Black Girl (5/16/23)
UConn Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in the News
2023
- Objection to Sexual, LGBTQ Content Propels Spike in Book Challenges (6/9/23)
- How Asking People About Things other than Their Health Can Lead to Better Health (6/7/23)
- Queer Science Conference Connects LGBTQIA+ Youth with Role Models in Various STEM Fields (6/6/23)
- Palestine 1948 and Its Lessons for Displacement Today (6/4/23)
- UConn Health Program Gives People with Disabilities Opportunities in Workforce (5/27/23)
- Hartford Students Gain Exposure to AAPI History and Experiences (5/25/23)
- 'When Women Lead: Making a Difference (5/19/23)
- Week in CT News: AAPI Studies in CT (5/19/23)
- 'Anti-Black Racism' Course Focus Of New UConn Requirement (5/18/23)
- COVID-19 data is Missing Lots of Race and Ethnicity Info. Here’s Why. (5/11/23)
- There’s an Inclusive-Employment Program in Connecticut with a 98% Placement Rate. Here’s How ‘There’s Nothing that Compares to It.’ (5/1/23)
- UCONN Hoops Boasts Lasting Connection to Israel (4/26/23)
- UConn Health Doctor on Black Maternal Health Week (4/14/23)
- How Hartford Promise Has Helped 1,000 City Students Attend College (4/11/23)
- Number of Trans People Seeking Gender Care in Connecticut Soaring (3/31/23)
- Husky Harvest food pantry opens (3/21/23)
- Husky Harvest Food Pantry Opens at UConn Storrs, Free Goods and Toiletries for All Students (3/20/23)
- UConn A Cappella Group Sings National Anthem at New York Rangers Game (3/20/23)
- Building Neurodiverse Tech Teams (3/13/23)
- Museums Still Have Hundreds of Native American Remains from Connecticut Despite 1990 Law (3/3/23)
- California Weighs $360,000 per Person in Reparations to Eligible Black Residents. Will Others Follow? (3/3/23)
- What Legal Battle Means for LGBTQ Workers (3/3/23)
- Growing Demand for Food Leads UConn to Expand Husky Harvest Pantry in Waterbury (3/2/23)
- Professor Makes His Mark on Black (and Black Jewish) History (2/27/23)
- Can Mass Atrocities Be Prevented? This Course Attempts To Answer the Question (2/27/23)
- Patriots Cheerleader Speaks at UConn's Annual Black Women in STEM Brunch (2/27/23)
- Colleges Brace for End of Affirmative Action (2/24/23)
- UConn Professor Receives $10M Federal Grant to Create Early Childhood Intervention Center (2/22/23)
- How a UConn Puppeteer Brought Political Theater about Authoritarianism to Present-Day Turkey (2/22/23)
- Peruvians Protest at Hartford Consulate Against ‘Indigenous Genocide’ (2/20/23)
- Worthy Patterson Documentary Illuminates a Lesser-Known Period of UConn History (2/18/23)
- Connecticut-Based Organizations Respond to Earthquake in Turkey and Syria (2/6/23)
- UConn Offers First-Ever ASL Community Housing (2/6/23)
- CT Students Discover their Indian-American Heritage through Oral Histories (2/4/23)
- National Medal of the Arts Recipient Ping Chong Conducts Three-day Creative Residency at UConn (2/2/23)
- "Learning the Rules" a Bootcamp gets Autistic Students Ready for the Workforce (1/31/23)
- Diverse: Issues In Higher Education highlights 25 outstanding women during Women’s History Month (1/31/23)
- Combating Antisemitism Today: Holocaust Education in the Era of Twitter and TikTok (1/27/23)
- CT Foodshare and UConn Hartford Open On-Cqmpus Food Pantry for Students (1/27/23)
- Why Funding Alone Cannot Support the Mental Health of Students of Color (1/25/23)
- Criminologists, Looking to Biology for Insight, Stir a Racist Past (1/25/23)
- New Haven Mayor Says this Weekend's Yale-China Lunarfest Will Have Enhanced Security (1/23/23)
- Amid National DEI Efforts, Greater Hartford Colleges Make Strides in Diversifying Top Leadership Roles (1/23/23)
- Food Pantry Opens for UConn-Avery Point Students, Staff (1/21/23)
- Inspired by MLK, UConn students Help Others (1/17/23)
- UConn Avery Point Celebrates Grand Opening of Husky Harvest Food Pantry (1/17/23)
- After 89 years, Coast Guard Academy and Springfield Man use Racist Episode to Teach a Better Future (1/16/23)
- If Affirmative Action Ends, College Admissions May Be Changed Forever (1/15/23)
- Delta Dental Grant Helps Treat More Patients with Special Health Care Needs (1/12/23)
- David Henderson, MD, on Equity, Diversity & Belonging in Medical Education (1/9/23)
2022
- Why Funding Alone Cannot Support the Mental Health of Students of Color [Opinion] (12/30/22)
- Asian Americans in CT Fight Discrimination, Move Beyond 'Model Minority Myth' (12/29/22)
- Saray Bakery and Cafe in Orange Giving Many Turkish Americans a Taste of Home (12/24/22)
- US Coast Guard Academy Partners With Harrison Fitch Fund to Right a Historic Wrong (12/16/22)
- Worthy Patterson, First UConn Alum to Play in NBA, Huskies of Honor Inductee, Dies at 91 (12/9/22)
- $12 Million-Plus Raised For UConn's Dodd Center For Human Rights (12/9/22)
- UConn Nation Donates $23 Million in Support of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- UConn Center Sets Sights on Improving Employment Outcomes for Neurodivergent Graduates (12/1/22)
- Husky Harvest Pantry Aims to Fight Food Insecurity across UConn Campuses (11/29/22)
- Why Microsfot is on a Mission to Lower the Unemployment Rate for Neurodiverse Talent (11/28/22)
- For 40 years, this UConn Group has been Reading and Dissecting Yiddish Text (11/28/22)
- Refugees Need Medical Care When They Arrive in CT from Overseas. UConn Immigrant Health has seen more than 1,000 Patients and Counting (11/28/22)
- Iranian-American Students Speak Out in Support of Protesters in Iran (11/23/22)
- Connecticut Landlords Usually Have Lawyers. Tenants Often Don’t. UConn Law Students Want to Change That (11/20/22)
- Why Overcoming Depression Can Be Harder If You're BIPOC (11/18/22)
- UConn Stamford Students Say Money is Tight and Food is Expensive. So the University Started a Food Pantry (11/17/22)
- New Study Shows Unhealthy Food Advertising Continues to Disproportionately Target Consumers of Color (11/16/22)
- Race on Campus: What Do Students Say About Race in Their Application Essays? (11/15/22)
- Tuesday is Fee-Free College Application Day for CT High School Students (11/15/22)
- Applying to UConn, Conn. State Universities is Free on Nov. 15 (11/14/22)
- Why Jews in CT and Around the Country Are Frightened Amid Rising Antisemitism (11/14/22)
- Free Dental Clinic at UConn Dental School Serves More Than 850 Patients in One Weekend (11/13/22)
- Asian American Mental Health: Heritage and Roots [opinion] (11/8/22)
- Prominent US Academics Urge Biden to Do More to Help Anti-Government Protesters in Iran (11/2/22)
- A Clash over Race and College Admissions [opinion] (11/1/22)
- President Maric: At UConn and Throughout the U.S., Diverse College Communities are Essential [opinion] (10/25/22)
- States Are Mandating Asian American Studies. What Should the Curriculum Look Like? (10/28/22)
- 23 and us: The problem of counting American Jews in 2022 [opinion] (10/20/22)
- UConn MBB Associate Head Coach Kimani Young Named Finalist for ‘Next Up’ Initiative (10/17/22)
- GOPIO reaches out to new Indian students in Connecticut (10/17/22)
- Kanye West Confused About Antisemitism and Racism, Professor Says (10/12/22)
- PBS Docs Depict Frederick Douglass’ and Harriet Tubman’s Paths of Freedom, Faith (10/11/22)
- With 1 in 3 College Students Facing Food Insecurity, CT Colleges Respond (10/11/22)
- UConn Health joins NAACP in Campaign to Employ Formerly Incarcerated in Hartford Area (10/11/22)
- UConn Health, NAACP Partner to Help Inmates Get a Second Chance (10/7/22)
- How Two SCOTUS Cases Could Change American Universities (10/6/22)
- UConn Social Work Professor Achieves Two Firsts as a Latina, Aims to Help Immigrant Families (9/30/22)
- Why Race Matters if You Have Depression (9/27/22)
- How Colleges Can Prepare for the Possibility the Supreme Court will Strike Down Race-Conscious Admissions (9/23/22)
- UConn Releases 2021-2022 Bias Incident Statistics (9/19/22)
- Humanities Grant To Train Educators In the Teaching of Black And Latino History (9/13/22)
- UConn Student Creates Clothing Swap Shop on Campus (9/2/22)
- Husky Market Program Again Fighting Food Insecurity At UConn (9/1/22)
- Biden's Meeting with Historians over Threats to Democracy Draws Criticism (9/1/22)
- UConn: Incoming Freshmen Class Will Be Most Diverse Ever (8/23/22)
- UConn Among Recipients of Grant Funding to Help Disadvantaged Students (8/22/22)
- The Little-Known History of the Connecticut Kansas Colony and its Role in Ending Slavery (8/6/22)
- Report: UConn Students Lack Awareness, Trust in Sexual Assault Resources (8/3/22)
- Commentary: Feigning Interest in Black Female Athletes is Not Enough (7/24/22)
- Hotter Days Don’t Affect Connecticut Residents Equally (7/19/22)
- West Indian Museum Coming to Connecticut (6/29/22)
- As professors leave, University of Denver Confronts a Campus Diversity Challenge (6/28/22)
- UVU’s Latino Scientists of Tomorrow Program to be Duplicated at Universities Across US (6/28/22)
- Are School Choice Programs Compatible with the Goal of Racial Integration? (6/27/22)
- Title IX at 50: How Early UConn Women’s Basketball Players, Coaches and Administrators paved the way to a Powerhouse (6/23/22)
- Sen. Murphy to Introduce Bill that Would Hold Schools Accountable for Noncompliance with Title IX (6/23/22)
- Great Jewish Thinker Robert D Kaplan Saw the Anarchy Coming. So What Makes Him an Optimist Now? (6/16/22)
- Dental Clinics Hope to Fill Holes in Rural Care (6/15/22)
- UConn Pilot Program Trains Bilingual Social Workers to Serve Latinx Families (6/9/22)
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies Curriculum for CT Schools Being Developed (6/9/22)
- Changes are Coming to School Meals Nationwide – an Expert in Food Policy Explains (6/7/22)
- How Connecticut Became the First State to Require — and Fund — Teaching Asian American History (6/6/22)
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Expands into Off-Campus Advocacy (6/6/22)
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Expands into Off-Campus Advocacy (6/6/22)
- UConn Must Stop Greenwashing and Respond to Student Concerns [Opinion] (6/5/22)
- What Would it Mean to Treat Guns the Way we Treat Cars? (6/5/22)
- House Democrats’ Sweeping Gun Control Package Could Be Even Bigger (6/2/22)
- LGBTQ definitions every ally should know for Pride Month (and All Year Long) (6/2/22)
- Racial Healing: 75 Colleges to Explore Truth, Justice through Virtual Event(6/1/22)
- Reparations are a ‘Human Rights Issue’ that Will Boost the Economy (6/1/22)
- State Leaders Speak Out on Formula Shortage at UConn Health (5/31/22)
- Antisemitism ‘Normalized’ in CT and Beyond, Jewish Leaders Say (5/30/22)
- UConn Law Work on Hate Crimes Already Getting Results (5/27/22)
- One Psychologist Offers Strategies for Latinx Community to Cope with Texas Shooting (5/27/22)
- Online Learning Can Help Minimize Racism and Ableism In and Out of the Classroom (5/25/22)
- Scientists at Work: How Pharmacists and Community Health Workers Build Trust with Cambodian Genocide Survivors (5/24/22)
- UConn Professor Helps Develop AAPI Mental Wellness Activity Book (5/23/22)
- Jewish Students Feel Ostracized — and Unsupported — Over Israel Views [Opinion] (5/22/22)
- How Cardiologists Can Make an Impact in the Face of Anti-Abortion Laws (5/20/22)
- What Everyday White Americans and the Buffalo Shooter Have in Common (5/18/22)
- The Buffalo Shooting was Centuries in the Making, Experts Say (5/18/22)
- Nationalism and Replacement Theory [Opinion] (5/18/22)
- Nutrition and Diet in the Latino Community (5/16/22)
- ‘Latinx’ as a Term of Inclusion (5/16/22)
- Advocates, Lawmaker Call for Biden to Sign an Executive Order to Study Reparations (5/14/22)
- Some Jewish Students Say they Feel Ostracized on College Campuses Over Support for Israel (5/14/22)
- Valuing Women's Labor and the Baby Formula Crisis (5/13/22)
- Meriden Native Creates Event to Empower Latinas (5/13/22)
- The Change Higher Education Needs Today: Creating More Environments Designed by BIPOC Faculty (5/13/22) While UConn is not mentioned specifically, the Faculty of Color Working Group mentioned in the article is run by UConn.
- Equipping Future Educators to Fight AAPI Misinformation (5/13/22)
- Study: LGBTQ+ Students More Likely to Experience Bullying (5/13/22)
- UConn Women Still Rowing After Title IX Win (5/11/22)
- The Legacy of Uranium Mining on Navajo Lands (5/11/22)
- Headspace Health Adds to Leadership Team (5/9/22)
- The Evolution of a UCONN Professor: From ‘Radical Cat’ to the ‘Hip-Hop Revolution' (5/8/22)
- What Causes Hate, Terror and How to Fight It: Retired Connecticut Federal Prosecutor Henry Kopel Discusses (5/7/22)
- National Immigrant Heritage Center to Induct Four CT Women (5/5/22)
- Sage Phillips ’22, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (5/2/22)
- The 1898 moment: A turning point in Asian American History (5/1/22)
- Local Leaders to be Inducted into Immigrant Heritage Hall of Fame (4/29/22)
- We Need Help: Analyzing Mental Health and Black Mass Shooters (4/28/22)
- Racism on the Rise in Connecticut (4/26/22)
- ADL report: Antisemitic Incidents in Connecticut Reach Historic High in 2021 (4/26/22)
- Doug Glanville Speaks His Mind on Baseball and Its Future (4/23/22)
- UConn Hartford Conference on Antiracism in Education Comes with ‘Academic Freedom at Stake’ (4/22/22)
- An Indigenous Elsewhere: A Conversation with Sandy Grande (4/22/22)
- Avinoam Patt Discusses New Book on Warsaw Uprising (4/21/22)
- New ‘Lift Every Voice’ Book from Hearst Celebrates Black Elders’ Stories (4/21/22)
- Interpreter Shortage Challenges Appropriate Medical Care For Deaf Patients (4/14/22)
- ‘This Is American History’: The Hall of Fame Reconsiders Race (4/14/22)
- UConn Hartford Hosts Anti-Racism Conference (4/14/22)
- UConn School of Business Offers Minor in Social Responsibility and Impact in Business (4/13/22)
- Psychological Tips Aren’t Enough – Policies Need to Address Structural Inequities so Everyone Can Flourish (4/11/22)
- Students of Color Less Likely to Get Mental Health Treatment (4/11/22)
- The Unspoken Weight-Discrimination Problem at Work (4/11/22)
- West Hartford High Schoolers Participate in Sisters in STEM Program (4/6/22)
- UConn Confronts Antisemitism in a Free Online Class for All Students (4/5/22)
- COVID Made Existing Problems Worse for LGBTQ Students. Can UConn's Rainbow Center Help? (4/1/22)
- Why Putin Name-Checked J.K. Rowling: The Gay Panic Playbook (3/31/22)
- Local Professor Joins a National Call to Guide the First Museum of the American Latino (3/30/22)
- Will Smith, Chris Rock, and When Words are Violent, Too (3/29/22)
- Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, FAAOS, Receives American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' Diversity Award (3/24/22)
- Entering a Third Pandemic Year, Jews see Reasons to Hope — and Stay Cautious (3/23/22)
- Better Reflecting the Growing Diversity of Youth Sexual & Gender Identities (3/21/22)
- Good Talk: College Students Increasingly Fearful of Expressing Their Views (3/16/22)
- Schools Stop Serving Free Lunches to All Students (3/14/22)
- Genealogical Problem of Trying to Trace Ancestries and Family Histories of Black Americans (3/11/22)
- A Survival Tool in Connecticut Transgender Community, Breast Binders are in High Demand: ‘It is Literally Life-Saving’ (3/1/22)
- Cotton Kelly Promoted at UConn Foundation (2/28/22)
- How Some Big Connecticut Companies are Trying to Diversify their Workforce (2/26/22)
- Four Appointed to Senior Leadership Positions at UConn Health (2/24/22)
- UConn Health Professor Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D. awarded the Saint Lucia Medal of Honor (2/23/22)
- UConn Names Members to Sexual Assault Task Force (2/22/22)
- New Haven’s ‘Honey Fitch’ Inducted to UConn Basketball’s Huskies of Honor Program (2/19/22)
- 10 Questions With UConn African American Cultural Center Director (2/18/22)
- UConn Philosophy Professor Lewis R. Gordon Discusses His New Book, Fear of Black Consciousness (2/18/22)
- Pandemic Continues to Push Young Readers Readers Off Track (2/16/22)
- Honoring Alan Thacker Busby: First Black Graduate, UConn Trailblazer (2/15/22)
- Documenting Slavery: Stonington Historical Society Opens Venture Smith Exhibit (2/12/22)
- The Center That Shaped Black Life in 1970s Brooklyn (2/11/22)
- Lessons From a Career Spent Recruiting Graduate Students of Color (2/11/22)
- HBCU Bomb Threats as White Supremacist Violence [opinion] (2/11/22)
- Black History Month: Remembering Hartford's First Black-Owned Pharmacy (2/9/22)
- Harrison "Honey" Fitch, UConn’s First Black Basketball Player, to Take His Place among Huskies of Honor (2/1/22)
- HRC Foundation and UConn Launch 2022 Youth Survey to Examine the Experiences of LGBTQ+ Youth (1/31/22)
- After a Poor Start, CT's Anti-Racial Profile Effort is making Progress (1/30/22)
- Race on Campus: Helping Black Men Feel Less Alone in College (1/25/22)
- New advanced manufacturing center hopes to aid minority-owned businesses (1/17/22)
- Questioning Colonialism in University Administration (Opinion) (1/11/22)
2021
- This Small, Local Laotian-Owned Bakery is Funding Asian American Studies Scholarships (12/15/21)
- White Students Have An Advantage In College Admissions, Says New Survey (12/6/21)
- Experience “Hecho en Puerto Rico: Four Generations of Puerto Rican Puppetry” at the Ballard Museum (11/29/21)
- Impact of the Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial on the Black Community (11/23/21)
- Why Community Is Key in Climate Justice Activism, According to Wawa Gatheru (11/23/21)
- UConn President (Opinion): Double the Pell Grant for College Students (11/15/21)
- UConn Student Groups Band Together to Fight Food Insecurity Across All Campuses (11/11/21)
- Black Leadership Town Hall inspires mentorship (11/11/21)
- UConn map traces history of Native American land in Connecticut (10/18/21)
- UConn Institute Preparing Hispanic Students for the Workforce (10/11/21)
- Dean Daugherty, CDO Tuitt discuss mental health, diversity at USG senate (10/8/21)
- The Ballard Institute Presents 'Exhibiting Racism In Museums' Puppet Forum (10/7/21)
- UConn Doctors Discuss the Roles of Women in STEM (10/6/21)
- As UConn Students Rally for ‘Peaceful Planet’, School Declares Racism a Public Health Crisis (10/6/21)
- Aditya Birla Education Academy Partners With The Renzulli Center For Creativity, Gifted Education, & Talent Development, University of Connecticut (10/5/21)
- State Leaders Celebrate Start of Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15/21)
- New Haven Foundation and UConn start BIPOC Cohort for Nonprofit Leadership Program (9/9/21)
- New Haven Foundation and UConn start BIPOC Cohort for Nonprofit Leadership Program (9/9/21)
Featured Articles
2023
- Hartford Juneteenth Event Honors CT’s Historic Black Civil War Regiment (6/18/23)
- How Asking People About Things other than Their Health Can Lead to Better Health (6/7/23)
- Building Neurodiverse Tech Teams (3/13/23)
- UConn Professor Receives $10M Federal Grant to Create Early Childhood Intervention Center (2/22/23)
- Worthy Patterson Documentary Illuminates a Lesser-Known Period of UConn History (2/18/23)
- Combating Antisemitism Today: Holocaust Education in the Era of Twitter and TikTok (1/27/23)
- Inspired by MLK, UConn students Help Others (1/17/23)
- After 89 years, Coast Guard Academy and Springfield Man use Racist Episode to Teach a Better Future (1/16/23)
2022
- President Maric: ‘At UConn and Throughout the U.S., Diverse College Communities are Essential (10/25/22)
- ‘No One is Expecting You to Be Perfect': UConn's Recovery Community Center Offers a Supportive Space for Students, Faculty, Staff, and Allies (10/19/22)
- McLean, First Black Dean of UConn Law, Will be Honored as Higher Ed Inspiration (10/6/22)
- UConn Today: Seeking Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Research (9/7/22)
- National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education Statement on the 10th Anniversary of DACA (6/15/22)
- Taking Pride in UConn’s Rainbow Center as Leaders Look at Work Beyond Celebration (6/2/22)
- Resources for Talking to Kids about Gun Violence [English and Spanish] (5/27/22)
- Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera
- The Change Higher Education Needs Today (5/13/22)
- The Evolution of a UCONN Professor: From ‘Radical Cat’ to the ‘Hip-Hop Revolution' (5/8/22)
- Equipping Future Educators to Fight AAPI Misinformation
- COVID Made Existing Problems Worse for LGBTQ Students. Can UConn's Rainbow Center Help? (4/1/22)
- Why White People Shouldn't Use the N-Word
For UConn General Counsel's explanation of the race-based admissions cases, see The Office of the General Counsel's website
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