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Recent News
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Professor Micki McElya’s “Liberation Summer” is well received in NYT book review
Reviewer Katie Roiphe calls the book a “lively, stylish social history” and remarks on the fact that the book faces the “divisions and power struggles at the heart of the women’s liberation movement”…
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UConn Today Article “Curating the 250th: History Professors Mark Country’s Anniversary with Museum Exhibitions” features Professors Sinha and Horowitz
Manisha Sinha curated the “The Second American Revolution” exhibition at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, and Andy Horowitz was part of the team behind the “Connecticut’s Revolution” exhibit at the Museum of…
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For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health
Sara Silverstein Oxford University Press, 2026 In For Your Health and Ours: An Eastern European History of Global Health, Sara Silverstein uses new research and material in six languages from seven countries…
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Connecticut State Historian Andy Horowitz presents talk “Why Connecticut 250 Matters” at New Haven Museum’s new exhibition, “New Haven’s Unfinished Revolutions”
The immersive exhibit features some innovative tech that museum goers can use to interact with primary sources to get glimpses into the lives of people that were central to (but…
Upcoming Events
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Aug4Art Exhibit in Celeste LeWitt GalleryUConn HealthALL DAY
Oil Paintings by Don Bonner and “Peaks and Valleys. Field of Vision”- Abstracts by Chris Gann.
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Aug4Hydration Across America Hydration ChallengeALL DAY
Hit the road to better health with our Hydration Across America Challenge! From August 10 through September 6, you’ll travel virtually across the United States by meeting your daily hydration goals.
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Aug4Open Air 2026: Exhibition of Outdoor Sculpture and InstallationALL DAY
Explore Open Air 2026, with seven new sculptures installed along the shoreline walkway of the UConn Avery Point campus.
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