Awards & Scholarships

Michael Hernandez, above, addresses a crowd during UConn’s Week of Welcome in Jorgensen Auditorium on August 25, 2019. (Bri Diaz/UConn Photo)

UConn’s Fifth Newman Civic Fellow Pursues Social Change Through Public Policy

Michael Hernandez ’22 (CLAS) is UConn’s fifth Newman Civic Fellow, honored for his political activism and service to his community.

Wanjiku (Wawa) Gatheru standing in the Student Union. She is UConn's first Rhodes Scholar.

Student Leader Wanjiku (Wawa) Gatheru Named UConn’s First Rhodes Scholar

Wanjiku (Wawa) Gatheru, a highly accomplished student leader whose academic achievements have garnered national recognition, has been selected as the University of Connecticut’s first Rhodes Scholar.

Akshayaa Chittibabu at the Wilbur Cross South Reading Room on Dec. 6, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Senior Wins Prestigious Marshall Scholarship

Akshayaa Chittibabu '19 (CLAS) is one of 48 Marshall recipients nationwide this year, and the fifth UConn student to be so honored.

Former medical students with Dr. Susan Levine.

Following in the Footsteps of Physicians for Human Rights

This fall UConn School of Medicine students are starting the UConn Immigration Rights Initiative (UIRI) to assist asylum seekers in their pursuit of safe haven in the U.S. Learn how their advocacy efforts have been guided by the internationally renowned Physicians for Human Rights, winners of the 2017 Dodd Prize who are set to be honored Nov. 2-3 at UConn and UConn Health.

A Syrian physician being trained how to document evidence of torture. (Physicians for Human Rights Photo)

Doctors’ Group to Receive UConn’s Dodd Prize in Human Rights

Physicians for Human Rights, which uses science and medicine to combat abuses and atrocities, will accept the award on Nov. 2.

Antonio Campelli '15 (SFA) cuts fabric while preparing one of his 'larger than life' installations. (Photo courtesy of Antonio Campelli)

Fine Arts Graduate Wins Marshall Scholarship

The scholarship will enable artist and poet Antonio Campelli '15 (SFA) to earn a master's degree at the University of London.

President Bill Clinton, center, receives an award from former Senator Christopher Dodd, left, and Helena Folks, chair of the national advisory board during the ceremony to award the Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights held at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 15, 2015. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

President Clinton Awarded Dodd Prize for Human Rights

Clinton was one of two recipients honored during a ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at UConn.

Julianne Norton gives her Holster First Year Projects presentation at Konover Auditorium on Sept. 20, 2012. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Senior Wins Award in Recognition of Leadership Potential

Julianne Norton '15 (CLAS) will use her Mitchell Scholarship to pursue a graduate degree in creative writing in Ireland as she continues work on a graphic novel.