The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) announced the award of five Scholarship and Collaboration in Humanities and Arts Research (SCHARP) Program grants, including the following grants won by affiliates of El Instituto: SCHARP Breakthrough Award – $50,000 Mark Healey, Department of History Bibliohack Plus: An Integrated, Low Cost, Open Source Digitization Tool […]
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UConn PhD and Latinx Political Behavior Expert Publishes Study on Secular Americans
2015 UConn Political Science PhD, Juhem Navarro-Rivera has published a report, Reshaping American Politics: The 2020 Secular Voices Survey, for Socioanalitica Research. The report examines the political beliefs and behavior of Americans who identify as atheist, agnostic, or simply nonreligious. Sociolanalitica report.
UConn Facemasks Show Commitment to Human Rights Along With Public Health
Full story here: https://today.uconn.edu/2020/09/uconn-facemasks-show-commitment-human-rights-along-public-health/?utm_source=faculty-staff-daily-digest&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily
UConn Stamford Faculty Member Oscar Guerra Film to be Broadcast on Frontline
Love, Life & the Virus, a documentary film by Oscar Guerra, Assistant Professor of Digital Media Design at UConn’s Stamford campus, will air nationally on the acclaimed PBS in-depth journalism program, Frontline, Tuesday, 11 August, 10PM. The film follows the struggle for survival of two immigrant families struck by COVID-19 infections in southwestern Connecticut. A […]
El Instituto apoya el Proyecto Diarios de la Pandemia
El Proyecto Diarios de la Pandemia (Spanish) Esta primavera, cuando la fuerza y la magnitud de la pandemia de COVID-19 empezaron a hacerse cada vez más claras, un equipo interdisciplinario de investigadores en la University of Connecticut, la Brown University, y el Trinity College se apuró a crear el Proyecto Diarios de la Pandemia, una […]
Student-Produced Film Tells Story Of Undocumented Immigrant Community
For more information click here: https://today.uconn.edu/2020/07/student-produced-film-tells-story-undocumented-immigrant-community/.
Instituto MA Student Caesar Valentín Honored in Obama Foundation Class of 2020 Video
The work of UConn Philosophy/Political Science graduate and joint Public Policy/Latinx Studies MA student, Caesar Valentín, is featured in a recent Obama Foundation Class of 2020 Video. After joining the Obama Foundation Community Leadership Corps in the summer of 2019, Valentín started a peer mentoring program at his local high school, Connecticut River Academy (CTRA) in […]
New Director Named for La Comunidad Learning Community
A new Faculty Director has been appointed to lead La Comunidad, UConn’s Latinx heritage first-year learning community. First Year Program and Learning Community Program Director, Melissa Foreman writes of Dr Nienhusser, “We believe he is well suited to continue developing an impactful experience for the amazing students involved in this community.” Dr. Nienhusser is an […]
Publication Scholarship Articles on Puerto Rican Studies
In recognition of Puerto Rican Heritage Day (14 June) we highlight recent public scholarship from three UConn faculty and former students: From Hilda Lloréns (Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Rhode Island), the article ‘Racialization works differently here in Puerto Rico, do not bring your U.S.-centric ideas about race here!’ and short book Ustedes tienen […]
Three UConn Faculty Awarded NEHC Seed Grants
The University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (UCHI) is pleased to announce that three UConn faculty are among the 30 recipients of the New England Humanities Consortium’s 2020 seed grants for research in the humanities. These NEHC grants seek to capitalize on the collaborative network of the consortium’s 11 member institutes. UCHI is the current executive hub […]