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Aida Mansoor Receives Vision Award from Charter Oak Cultural CenterMay 21, 2025
We are proud to announce that Aida Mansoor, Director of Field Education, received the Vision Award for Social Justice from the Charter Oak Cultural Center at a ceremony earlier in May.
Alumni News
HIU Student Presents at BTI ConferenceMay 20, 2025
Hartford International University student Hayden Shaw was recently selected as one of five presenters at the Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium (BTI) event “Liberation Across the Traditions.” The same weekend, he also presented a paper at “Accessing the Divine: Religious Sources of Resilience in an Age of Political Turmoil,” a graduate conference co-sponsored by Boston College’s Boisi Center and the BTI.
General HIU News
HIU to Offer Online Biblical Hebrew as Continuing Education ClassMay 19, 2025
For the first time, HIU will offer a Biblical Hebew class this summer as part of its non-credit continuing education program.
General HIU News, Interfaith & Interreligious Dialogue
Peace Covenant Unites Jewish Community Leaders, Indonesian DignitariesMay 19, 2025
A group of Indonesian dignitaries, led by Dr. Nasaruddin Umar, attended an HIU interfaith breafkast on May 16 with the express purpose of meeting Hartford-area rabbis. The highlight of the event was the signing of "The Hartford Covenant: For the Peace of the World."
General HIU News
HIU Community Celebrates President Joel N. Lohr's TenureMay 15, 2025
The HIU community gathered on May 13 to celebrate the seven-year tenure of President Joel N. Lohr, who announced last year that he would be leaving his position at the end of June 2025.
General HIU News, Student News
Certificates, Degrees, and Prizes Awarded During 2025 GraduationMay 13, 2025
Hartford International Universeity for Religion and Peace awarded 52 degrees and certificates at our Graduation Ceremony on Thursday, May 15.
General HIU News, Interfaith & Interreligious Dialogue
Imam Nasaruddin Umar of Indonesia to Receive Honorary DegreeMay 8, 2025
Hartford International University will award an Honorary Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, to the esteemed Imam Nasaruddin Umar of Indonesia during Graduation on Thursday, May 15.
General HIU News
Award-Winning Commentator David Brooks Visits HIU, Gives Public LectureApril 30, 2025
Award-winning New York Times columnist, best-selling author, and PBS News Hour panelist David Brooks had a chance to meet some peacebuilding students at HIU on Tuesday, April 29, before a public lecture sponsored by HIU and the Spiritual Life Center as part of the Forum for Life and Meaning.
General HIU News
Hartford Institute for Religion Research Welcomes New Fellow
April 21, 2025
Originally from California’s Bay Area, Joyce began her role in January and has recently relocated to Connecticut. In her position, she focuses on quantitative analysis and report writing for the Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations (EPIC) project.
Faculty In The News
Dr. Lucinda Mosher Co-edits Book on Interreligious Pedagogies and Practices
April 17, 2025
Dr. Lucinda Mosher co-edited Interreligious Studies and Secondary Education: Pedagogies and Practices for Living and Learning in a Religiously Plural World, along with Christine Gallagher (Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies) and Axel Takács (editor-in-chief, Journal of Interreligious Studies). The book was published on April 15 by Interreligious Studies Press, an imprint of Interreligious Studies Media.