April and May, once again, is award season, and we are thrilled to celebrate our German Studies students with the following awards issued by the Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages and by the Baden-Württemberg Exchange Program: Marlis Zeller Cambon Scholarship Fund: Ian McWilliams and Aditya Makarla Excellence in the EUROBIZ program: Grace Oberbannscheidt Excellence […]
Julian Cote-Dorado, who majored in Political Science with German Studies and Economics minors, has been accepted into the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals for the 2025-26 academic year. Here’s an excerpt from the UConn Today story released on June 3rd, 2025: “I love to travel meeting people, and I am very interested in […]
Evelyn Pazan (EUROBIZ) has been awarded a Benjamin Gilman scholarship, and we are proud and honored to share her post from LinkedIn: I am happy to announce that I have been selected as a Gilman Scholar by the U.S. Department of State for my upcoming study abroad program. This is a prestigious scholarship meant to […]
The very first “Germany on Campus” Intercultural Symposium + Company Expo will take place November 14, 2024 at the Alumni Center. The Intercultural Symposium initiates sustainable engagement between five interconnected stakeholders: over 100 German companies located in Connecticut, the German Innovation and Research Institute in New York City, three of UConn’s schools (CLAS, ENGR, and […]
April and May, once again, is award season, and we are thrilled to celebrate our German Studies students with the following awards issued by the Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages and by the Baden-Württemberg Exchange Program: Joseph A. Palermo Oustanding Senior Scholars: Alyssa Weber The Lederer Prize: Aditya Makarla Honor Roll for Phi Beta Kappa: […]
We are celebrating the EUROTECH program’s 30th anniversary, and we invited our alums to participate by reflecting on the program. Here’s our first portrait of Nicole Henry (’16): 1) When you think back on your EUROTECH studies at UConn 2016, what stands out most for you, in your memory? When I think back on the EUROTECH […]
The semester has barely begun, and the 30th-anniversary celebration of the EUROTECH program is already making a splash: here’s the new video, designed and edited by the Engineering College’s Chris Larosa, featuring many of current and just graduated students. Stay tuned for more events!
Inga Poetzl, who directs the Baden-Württemberg exchange program at UConn, initiated a wonderful exchange-before-the-exhange initiative called “The Tandem Project.” We are reposting from Global Affairs (read the full post here) and from LinkedIn to share the experiences of students about to come to UConn from Germany. What is the Tandem Project? – UConn student perspectiveAt […]
During a recent visit of the Baden-Württemberg delegation on the occasion of celebrating 30 years of bridge-building in education and research, videographers captured some of the pivotal moments and testimony towards the enduring success of this partnership. With the Human Rights Research Consortium and continuing efforts to strengthen collaborative research and teaching with student and […]
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