Carina Adams-Szabo ‘26 was the fourth place winner in the Innovation Quest (iQ) entrepreneurship competition in April, which drew 170 participating UConn students in the entrepreneurship workshops, and 30+ entering the formal competition. The 5 winners shared a $35,000 prize. Carina create MadeByMe!, a simple “one-click” protection tool for creators and can be built directly into […]

Undergraduate POLS Alumni Julian Cote-Dorado ’24 and Daniel Leaf ‘23 had a chance meeting in Germany recently while on respective State Department programs.  Julian was there as part of the Congress-­Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals program while Dan was in Germany as an International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS) Bundestag Fellow.  Julian has now accepted a position at […]

Dr. Virginia Hettinger and Ph.D. Alumni Dr. Alllyson Yankle ‘16 have published an article entitled, “I Can’t Define Judiciousness, but I Know It when I Don’t See It,” in the Journal of Law and Empirical Analysis (2026) which examines how allegations of unethical behavior influence public perceptions of judicial nominees.   Dr. Michael Rubin has published […]

Hadia Ahmad (POLS ’23 – Honors) presented her research at the annual Frontiers Exhibition in Stamford. Her paper was titled “Fight or Flight: Examining the Struggles on Nonwhites in Academia”.  Gianella Anyosa’s (POLS ‘23 and BOLD Scholar) documentary, Migrar o Morir, was screened in the Puerto Rican Latin American Cultural Center Community Room this past March.  […]

Click here to view Faculty Achievements for Fall 2023! Elva Orozco Mendoza’s review article, “Maternal Activism in Comparative Perspective: Past, Present, and Future” was published in Sociology Compass and her book chapter, “Dissident Memories: Feminicide, Memorialisation, and the Fight Against State Cruelty,” is forthcoming in a book that will be published by Routledge this year.  […]