Human Rights at UConn
Examining the most pressing human rights questions and preparing the next generation of human rights leaders.
UConn Today News
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Selections honored as outstanding works that address human rights issues and themes
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HRI is proud to award more than $130,000 through its annual funding competitions, supporting human rights scholarship and research across the university
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Kristina Hook draws on her long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Ukraine providing a zoomed-in view of the war as it is lived and fought
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Students learned tools for facilitating constructive dialogue and fostering connections with those with different perspectives
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Jul82026 Human Rights Close to Home Summer InstituteThe Dodd Center for Human RightsALL DAY
A week-long institute at UConn Storrs bringing together K-12 educators and Connecticut high school students as part of the Human Rights Close to Home fellowship. Fellows explore human rights issues, rights-based teaching strategies, and civic engagement skills alongside expert scholars and community leaders.
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Jul92026 Human Rights Close to Home Summer InstituteThe Dodd Center for Human RightsALL DAY
A week-long institute at UConn Storrs bringing together K-12 educators and Connecticut high school students as part of the Human Rights Close to Home fellowship. Fellows explore human rights issues, rights-based teaching strategies, and civic engagement skills alongside expert scholars and community leaders.
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Jul102026 Human Rights Close to Home Summer InstituteThe Dodd Center for Human RightsALL DAY
A week-long institute at UConn Storrs bringing together K-12 educators and Connecticut high school students as part of the Human Rights Close to Home fellowship. Fellows explore human rights issues, rights-based teaching strategies, and civic engagement skills alongside expert scholars and community leaders.
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Sep21Communicating to Build Support for Economic Rights With the U.S. Public: Actionable Insights From Communications ResearchThe Dodd Center for Human Rights12:15 PM
What does communication science tell us about how to build support for economic rights? This session will dive into the work of the Center for Public Interest Communications at the University of Florida and the resulting practical communication strategies that emerged across a variety of economic rights topics.