The University of Connecticut is among the top 10 producers of Fulbright Scholars from research institutions this year. The University has seven Fulbright Scholars on its faculty who will be teaching and performing research around the world in the 2016-17 academic year, according to the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The […]
Awards
Menachem Begin Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Adane Zawdu received a Menachem Begin Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Israeli Ministry Of Science & Technology. He will be spending the year in the department of sociology and anthropology at Ben Gurion University.
Kristen Kirksey: Wood/Raith Gender Identity Living Trust Fellowship
Congratulations to Kristen Kirksey, recipient of the 2021 Wood/Raith Gender Indentity Summer Fellowship! The Wood/Raith Living Trust is named for Audrey Wood (UCONN class of ‘47) and Edeltraut Raith. Both Wood and Raith earned their Masters in Library Science from the University of Southern California and spent their careers as librarians with the San Francisco […]
Jessica Yorks: 2021 Honorable Mention Awardee of the Beth B. Hess Memorial Scholarship
Please join us in congratulating Jessica Yorks, the 2021 Honorable Mention Awardee of the Beth B. Hess Memorial Scholarship. The Beth B. Hess Memorial Scholarship Award was established in 2005 to support first generation college students who began their academic careers in a community college, have faced significant obstacles, are committed to teaching, and […]
Winners of the 2021 Sociology Department Awards
Please join us in congratulating the 2021 winners of the Sociology Department Awards!
Asmita Aasaavari: Human Rights Institute Grant Winner
Congratulations to Graduate Student Asmita Aasaavari, recipient of the Human Rights Institute Graduate Funding Competition! This funding is given to an individual whose proposal demonstrates overall excellence with a focus on human rights issues.
Noel Cazenave Receives Faculty Excellence in Research Award
Congratulations to Noel Cazenave, recipient of the Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity-Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Award! The Faculty Excellence in Research and Creativity Awards are given to individual faculty who have made significant and or creative contributions to a field of knowledge or area of inquiry. These awards recognize research excellence and the […]
2020 Wood/Raith Gender Identity Living Trust Summer Fellowship Winners
Congratulations to Asmita Aasavari, Koyel Khan, and Kylar Schaad, recipients of the 2020 Wood/Raith Gender Indentity Summer Fellowship! The Wood/Raith Living Trust is named for Audrey Wood (UCONN class of ‘47) and Edeltraut Raith. Both Wood and Raith earned their Masters in Library Science from the University of Southern California and spent their careers as […]
Koyel Khan: WGSS Teaching Award
Congratulations to Koyel Khan, who has been selected for the Excellence in Graduate Teaching in Women’s Studies Award. This award recognizes excellence in teaching by graduate students in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Program. It is awarded annually to a graduate student who exemplifies feminist pedagogy in the classroom.
Congratulations to Our 2020 Award Winners!
“I am an undergraduate Honors student at UConn triple majoring in Sociology, the Biological Sciences, and Spanish with plans to graduate in December 2020. Throughout my college career I have been dedicated to the cause of improving my community through social justice. As a part of my efforts I have headed the student-led UConnPIRG hunger […]