Nation & World

• A Hero’s Welcome: The American Public’s Attitudes Toward Veterans Roper Center experts analyze public opinion on what the government owes veterans and whether it is fulfilling its obligations.
  

• November 7, 2014 When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: The American Public and Berlin On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Roper Center experts review how Americans viewed the division and reunification of Berlin.
• November 6, 2014 The International Language of Sports UConn recently hosted 10 South African educators with a mutual interest in the power of sports to build relationships and effect social change.
• November 3, 2014 Getting Out the Vote The director of UConn’s Nancy A. Humphreys Institute for Political Social Work discusses the importance of making voting a habit instead of a chore.
• October 28, 2014 Turning the Tide for Great White Sharks A 2012 graduate has taken his UConn marine sciences degree to the seas, launching pioneering research on great white sharks.
• October 28, 2014 Money, Politics, and the American Public Public concern about the influence of money on politics is nothing new. Roper Center researchers look into what they are willing to do about it.
• October 24, 2014 Going Too Far: The American Public’s Attitudes Toward Protest Movements Demonstrations in Ferguson are the latest in a long history of American protests. Roper Center experts review public attitudes over the years toward this form of political engagement.

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• UConn Archaeologist Discovers 17th-century Shipwreck October 21, 2014
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• The Public and Ebola: What the Polls Say October 17, 2014
• Increasing Diversity in Talented and Gifted Programs October 16, 2014