Contributed by Victoria Almodóvar   Students, friends, and faculty gathered in the UConn Puerto Rican and Latin American Cultural Center community room on October 22nd to get a preview of Dr. Daisy Verduzco Reyes’ book, Learning to Be Latino, a book she just published with Rutgers University Press. Reyes, an Assistant Professor with a joint […]

Contributed by Julia Marchese Last Tribes of the Amazon: Protecting Earth’s Most Threatened People can be found on the following link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/10/isolated-brazil-peru-amazon-tribes-remote-protected/ Photographs by Charlie Hamilton James / National Geographic On September 20th, 2018, Professor Scott Wallace (UConn, Journalism) gave a talk at El Instituto titled, Speaking for Those Who Cannot Speak for Themselves: The […]

July 17, 2018 – Combined Reports – UConn Communications About 13,000 residents of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands who arrived in Connecticut in the aftermath of the hurricanes Maria and Irma continue to struggle with obtaining basic needs including adequate housing, food, medical care, and jobs, according to a survey by UConn researchers for the Hartford Foundation […]

As leaders of centers, institutes, and programs at the University of Connecticut dedicated to advancing critical understanding of social justice and human rights, we are fully committed to the aim, outlined in the university’s mission, of helping students grow intellectually and become contributing members of society. We pursue this work with full consciousness that many […]

El Instituto announces the establishment of a Puerto Rican Crisis Research Group. This initiative aims to channel information within and beyond the UConn community about the background to the PROMESA/Hurricane María crisis, its nature and magnitude, and the prospects and initiatives for recovery. Our first priority at this stage is gathering and sharing information: Are […]

University of Connecticut anthropology professor Dr. Chrystal Smith has been granted $174,000 from the National Science Foundation to study the effects of academic climate and social networks on sexual and gender minority undergraduates who are in STEM fields. To read full article, go to https://innovation.uconn.edu/news/234/Understanding%20the%20STEM%20Climate%20and%20Social%20Networks%20effects%20on%20the%20Persistence%20of%20sexual%20and%20gender%20minorities%20in%20STEM%20fields

The UConn Migrant Farm Worker Clinic fellowship is a competitive award that allows students with an interest in migration studies and/or medicine to spend part of the summer working with a team of UConn medical professionals to provide services to migrant farmworkers. Students will be working with two teams: practitioners providing services and researchers examining […]

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A 100 años de la ciudanaía de EE.UU.: Más dudas que repuestas   Conferencia: La Base Constitucional de la Ciudanía Estadounidense de los Puertorriqueños    Are Puerto Ricans really American citizens?

Op-ed: Are Puerto Ricans Really American Citizens?