As Dean of the University of Connecticut School of Law, I join the statement below issued by the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association condemning Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and Discrimination. Our community stands against racism of every kind. No one should be subject to violence and incidents of hate. Yet, Asian Americans across the country […]
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Statement on Anti-Asian Violence
UCONN ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN AMERICAN FACULTY AND STAFF (AAAFS) STATEMENT ON ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE The first cases of Covid-19 in the United States were reported in January 2020, and since that time there has been a massive increase in anti-Asian violence across the United States. STOP AAPI HATE notes that hundreds and sometimes thousands of reported […]
Statement from HESA’s Faculty in Solidarity with our Asian American Community
Dear HESA Community, It is, again, with heavy hearts that we reach out to you to name, acknowledge and reckon with racial violence impacting our communities. In particular, our Asian and Asian American communities are under attack. Everywhere we turn, we are surrounded by racial injustices and increasing onslaught of anti-Asian violence across our nation. […]
SSS Statement to Our Asian Community
Dear SSS students, We are devastated to see the increase in hate crimes directed at the Asian community. Over the last year, an increasing number of Asian American families have felt the impact of racism through bullying, violence, and acts of discrimination. Our SSS family is rich with diversity, and is made up of many […]
Statement on Anti-Asian Violence
UCONN ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN AMERICAN FACULTY AND STAFF (AAAFS) STATEMENT ON ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE The first cases of Covid-19 in the United States were reported in January 2020, and since that time there has been a massive increase in anti-Asian violence across the United States. STOP AAPI HATE notes that hundreds and sometimes thousands of reported […]
President’s Statement on Anti-Asian Violence and Bias
Dear UConn Community, One of the most alarming and upsetting developments of the past year stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic has been a surge of hate crimes, bias incidents, and racist bullying directed against the Asian community throughout our country. Since the pandemic began last year, many Asians and Asian Americans around the United […]
Message from the Office of the Provost
This message was sent to Deans, Associate Deans, and Department Heads Dear Colleagues, I am writing to share an update on two recent bias incidents on the Storrs campus. On Friday, a swastika was found drawn on the wall of the men’s bathroom in the Biology/Physics Building. Later that day, the University was also informed […]
Statement from ODI & Student Affairs
To the UConn Community: As you know, last weekend the word “Black,” in the “Black Lives Matter” message that was painted on the Spirit Rock on the Storrs campus was scratched out and replaced with “All,” altering the statement to read “All Lives Matter.” We write to share an update: After reviewing the incident, including […]
International Student Solidarity Statement
The Africana Studies Institute, the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, the American Studies Program, the Center for Judaic Studies, El Instituto (Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies), the Human Rights Institute, the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP), the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality […]
Statement from First-Year Writing Program in Support of Black Lives Matter
First-Year Writing Program, Department of English, The University of Connecticut Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter The First-Year Writing program in the Department of English at the University of Connecticut affirms the Department of English’s statement in support of recent protests against police brutality, systemic racism, and anti-Black violence.a) We acknowledge the long history […]