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2022

A portrait of Laila Bera '23 with the U.S. Capitol in the background.

Laila Bera ’23 awarded prestigious PPIA graduate scholarship

October 20, 2022

Students wait to ask Alexander Vindman questions during his lecture at ¾«¶«AV.

Alexander Vindman ties Trump’s 2019 impeachment to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calls the war Putin’s ‘most critical mistake’

September 16, 2022

A portrait of U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (ret.)

¾«¶«AV to host Alexander Vindman, former NSC expert on Ukraine

September 7, 2022

The ¾«¶«AV seal on the entrance sign

¾«¶«AV appoints new members to Board of Trustees

August 26, 2022

Iyad Ait Hou '22, Abubakr El Sobky '23, Sbidag Demerjian '23, and Maged Hassan'25 at the international championship.

¾«¶«AV students participate in international Arabic debating championship

July 7, 2022

The logo for the Gilman Scholarship

Two awarded prestigious Gilman International Scholarship

July 6, 2022

The logo for CISLA

CISLA in Spain

June 28, 2022

The Fulbright Logo

Nine awarded U.S. Fulbright grants

June 14, 2022

Chinese ink art of Marian Bingham ’91 on display at ¾«¶«AV

June 3, 2022

A portrait of Emily Hackett '23

Emily Hackett ’23 wins prestigious Beinecke Scholarship for graduate study

April 28, 2022

A group picture of the 2022 Winthrop Scholars

15 seniors named Winthrop Scholars

April 19, 2022

The logo for Critical Language Scholarships

Two awarded Critical Language Scholarships from U.S. State Department

March 29, 2022

Kevin Ventura ’22 presents his poster at the symposium.

Summer science research on display at student poster symposium

February 21, 2022

2021

Maged Hassan, Iyad Ait Hou, and Abubakr El Sobky at the 2nd U.S. Universities Arabic Debating Championship in Chigaco.

Arabic Debate Team qualifies for international championship

December 3, 2021

Author Charles Yu and Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Culture Ayako Takamori discuss

One Book One Region: ¾«¶«AV hosts ‘Interior Chinatown’ author Charles Yu

October 6, 2021

A portrait of Professor Sarah Queen

History Professor Sarah Queen awarded NEH grant to translate influential early Chinese texts

September 21, 2021

The ¾«¶«AV seal on the entrance sign

¾«¶«AV appoints new members to Board of Trustees

August 16, 2021

A portrait of Debo Adegbile ’91

Debo Adegbile ’91 discusses voting rights on NPR

July 14, 2021

Senior Stories 2020 Main

Ready to launch: The Class of 2021

May 17, 2021

The Fulbright Logo

Three awarded U.S. Fulbright grants

May 12, 2021

¾«¶«AV students unveil global COVID research project

April 5, 2021

The logo for the Critical Language scholarship program

Two students add to ¾«¶«AV’s impressive record of Critical Language Scholarship winners

March 23, 2021

logo of the Watson Foundation

Two ¾«¶«AV students awarded distinguished Watson Fellowships

March 17, 2021

A language wall inside the Walter Commons

¾«¶«AV expands global partnerships with universities abroad

February 15, 2021

A head and shoulders shot of Martha Joynt Kumar '63

Transition, truncated

February 2, 2021

The logo for the Biden-Harris transition

Jeffrey Wexler ’10 named White House Director of COVID-19 Operations

January 15, 2021

2020

The logo for the Marshall Scholarships

¾«¶«AV student receives prestigious Marshall Scholarship

December 7, 2020

The ¾«¶«AV Logo

Pathway and Center enrollment jumps to nearly 70 percent for the Class of 2023

November 23, 2020

A close up of a Walter Commons wall with words in different languages.

¾«¶«AV celebrates International Education Week

November 23, 2020

Halle Paredes ’21 participates in the second annual All-College Symposium

¾«¶«AV hosts second annual All-College Symposium

November 6, 2020

The logo for Scholar Strike

#ScholarStrike

September 10, 2020

Isis Torres Nuñez ’20 works at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Alumni work to keep ¾«¶«AV safe

September 9, 2020

A portrait of Meghan Murray ’21

Summer internships

August 21, 2020

The logo for the Gilman Scholarship

Two ¾«¶«AV students awarded prestigious Gilman International Scholarship

July 28, 2020

A portrait of Shyanne T. Temple ’20

Seven alumni join ¾«¶«AV’s Board of Trustees

July 15, 2020

A graphic logo for the Summer Language Challenge

Summer Language Challenge: ¾«¶«AV community commits to studying 23 languages

July 13, 2020

The ¾«¶«AV Seal

Statement by ¾«¶«AV on recent guidance issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

July 9, 2020

A portrait of Professor Eric Fleury

Professor Eric Fleury pens op-ed about police reform

June 23, 2020

The logo for the critical conversations series.

Global Islamic Studies hosts Critical Conversations series

June 17, 2020

The cover of

One Book One Region kicks off

June 16, 2020

A portrait of Grace Kovic ’21

Students win prestigious national scholarships for language

June 1, 2020

The Fulbright Logo

Four awarded U.S. Fulbright and Fulbright Austria grants

May 26, 2020

A portrait of Ann Monk '21

Ann Monk ’21 is honored as Newman Civic Fellow

May 18, 2020

Senior Stories 2020 Main

Ready to launch: The Class of 2020

May 15, 2020

Professor Little's souvenir shop

Faculty, students and staff get creative with remote teaching and learning

May 6, 2020

A clinical trial use vial of remdesivir

Remdesivir becomes first drug to show clear-cut effect in treating COVID-19

April 30, 2020

A portrait of Jamila Ezbidi ’19

Jamila Ezbidi ’19 awarded Gates Scholarship

April 29, 2020

A photo of Hector Salazar '20 in his firefighting gear.

¾«¶«AV students work as EMTs, firefighters during COVID-19 pandemic

April 10, 2020

A portrait of ¾«¶«AV's exchange student, Mustafa

¾«¶«AV welcomes U.S. Department of State Global UGRAD-Pakistan exchange student

March 3, 2020

A portrait of Khalil Gibran Muhammad

The 1619 Project: Khalil Gibran Muhammad exposes the ‘long arc of racial criminalization’

February 26, 2020

Fulbright Program Top Producer Logo

¾«¶«AV named a top producer of Fulbrights

February 10, 2020

A portrait of professor Sufia Uddin

The Lady of the Forest: Professor Sufia Uddin awarded NEH fellowship

January 30, 2020

A portrait of Professor Eileen Kane

Emigrant Empire: Professor Eileen Kane awarded NEH fellowship

January 21, 2020

A portrait of Hillary Tun ’21

Junior Posse scholar wins Fund for Education Abroad scholarship

January 15, 2020

A representative photo

Four ¾«¶«AVecticut research projects get NEH funding

January 14, 2020

Found in Translation: ¾«¶«AV College Steps Up

July 18, 2019

2019

A Camels Abroad instagram post

The New York Times recognizes ¾«¶«AV for innovation in education abroad

December 13, 2019

Kate Rushin

¾«¶«AV hosts 1619 Project commemoration

December 6, 2019

A representative photo

Lost in a sea of letters

December 6, 2019

The logo for the Academic Minute

¾«¶«AV professors featured on The Academic Minute

December 2, 2019

Professor Sandy Grande gives the keynote address

¾«¶«AV hosts MMUF Northeast Regional Conference

October 8, 2019

Hector Salazar conducts archaeological research at a dig site.

Summer internships

August 26, 2019

A group shot of the new tenure-track faculty

New Faculty

August 19, 2019

logo of the Watson Foundation

¾«¶«AV Partners with Watson Foundation

July 23, 2019

The logo for the National Endowment for the Humanities

Professors awarded NEH summer research stipends

July 18, 2019

A portrait of Ashesi exchange student Nana Ekua Egyirba Aggrey

On the Other Side of the World

July 16, 2019

Two base jumpers on a mountainside

Base Jump: Inside the virtual world of Esther Li ’19

July 3, 2019

A portrait of Olivia Domowitz '20

Pathways and Centers: An Innovative Approach to Integrative Education

June 12, 2019

A portrait of Professor Sandy Grande

Professor awarded Ford Foundation Fellowship

June 6, 2019

The Messy Cookers Jazz Band performs

¾«¶«AV alumnus plays at New Orleans Jazz Fest

May 6, 2019

The logo for the US Fulbright program

Six awarded U.S. Fulbright grants

April 16, 2019

A portrait of Emily Cowan ’21

Sophomore wins fellowship to explore underground music in Korea

April 10, 2019

Essay on Bina Nepram, ¾«¶«AV’s Resident Scholar and Activist in Exile, by Fiona Hull '21

April 3, 2019

A portrait of Devon Rancourt '21

Four awarded Critical Language Scholarships from U.S. State Department

March 21, 2019

Sophia Mobayed '19

Innovative from the start

February 27, 2019

2018

A portrait of Cecile Dominguez-Yujuico '04

Cecile Dominguez–Yujuico ’04 named ‘Woman to Watch’ for 2018

December 12, 2018

Alexandra McDevitt '17 poses with a colleague Zhicheng Public Interest Law in Bejing, China

U.S. Department of Education grant supports new Foreign Language Internship Program

November 27, 2018

A head and shoulders portrait of Brandy Darling '19

Senior wins State Department’s prestigious Pickering Fellowship

November 19, 2018

Dr. Mae Jemison

Conscious Inclusion: Dr. Mae Jemison Highlights the Complexity of Science, Race and Power

October 17, 2018

A close up of a scroll.

¾«¶«AV receives $806,000 grant for Global Islamic Studies

October 15, 2018

A portrait of visiting scholar Binalakshmi Nepram

Visiting scholar wins prestigious humanitarian award

October 9, 2018

Teenage girls from rural Nepal hold signs that read,

Amiansu Khanal ’20 works to end menstrual exile in rural Nepal

September 26, 2018

A head and shoulders portrait of Professor Yibing Huang

Professor Yibing Huang named curator of the Chu-Griffis Asian Art Collection

September 12, 2018

A group photo of all the new faculty members

New Faculty

August 22, 2018

Students sitting around a table with laptops

Pathways

July 18, 2018

The logo for ¾«¶«AV

9 faculty promoted, 7 earn tenure

June 29, 2018

The logo of the Phi Beta Kappa society

44 inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

June 22, 2018

The logo for the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program

¾«¶«AV honored by Aspen Institute for innovative curriculum

June 4, 2018

The logo for the US Fulbright program

Two awarded U.S. Fulbright grants

May 16, 2018

A group photo of Professor Ross Morin, Tristan Borer, Virginia Anderson, Sunil Bhatia

Professors honored with College’s highest faculty awards

May 3, 2018

A head and shoulders portrait of Emma Race '18

The Day highlights senior’s community project

April 17, 2018

President Katherine Bergeron cuts the ribbon to official dedicate the Otto and Fran Walter Commons for Global Study and Engagement.

Founders Day dedication

April 6, 2018

Vincent Van Gogh by Zhang Hongtu

From the Guggenheim to ¾«¶«AV

March 26, 2018

Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT) speaks to students at a ¾«¶«AV rally to address gun violence.

¾«¶«AV students add their voices to national gun safety movement

March 2, 2018

Pamela D. Zilly '75

¾«¶«AV receives $7 million gift—one of the largest in its history

February 23, 2018

A group photo of all of the Winthrop Scholars with President Katherine Bergeron

14 seniors named Winthrop Scholars

February 20, 2018

A logo for the top producers of US Student Fulbright awards

¾«¶«AV named a top producer of Fulbrights

February 19, 2018

A head and shoulders shot of Binalakshmi Nepram

Human rights scholar begins yearlong fellowship at ¾«¶«AV

February 12, 2018

President Bergeron cuts the ribbon at the opening of The Otto and Fran Walter Commons for Global Study and Engagement

Globally Minded

January 31, 2018

A small group of students sits in a circle in the foyer of the Garde Arts Center

Conference empowers emerging student leaders

January 30, 2018

Chelsea Groton's Christina Nocito (second from left), Sarah Harris (second from right), and Professor Joyce Bennett (far right) present a check to New London Area Food Coalition Treasurer Bob Lavoie (far left)

Student garners grant for local food pantry

January 29, 2018

2017

A beauty shot of students talking in front of a campus building.

¾«¶«AVecticut college da la bienvenida a estudiantes de Puerto Rico

December 8, 2017

Author Yaa Gyasi poses with President Katherine Bergeron

Author Yaa Gyasi visits ¾«¶«AV

September 29, 2017

The 2017 Winthrop Scholars

14 seniors named Winthrop Scholars

March 9, 2017

The Walter Commons for Global Study and Engagement

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Director of the Walter Commons
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