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Indonesian Cohort Arrives at HIU
September 5, 2024
HIU recently welcomed 12 Indonesian students who will live on campus for the semester. They came to us for a study abroad experience. All of them are in the final stages of their MA or Ph.D. programs in the department of Tafsir (Quranic commentary) at the PTIQ University in Jakarta. The Istiqlal Mosque, the largest mosque in the world, also sponsors them.
General HIU News
Steven Havira Named Hartford Business Journal's Chief Creative Officer of the Year
September 5, 2024
Interfaith & Interreligious Dialogue
HIU and UHart's Presidents' College Partner to Examine Pathways to Peace
August 14, 2024
Alumni News
Dr. Joshua Salaam '20 and Dr. Bilal Ansari Speak on Islamophobia and Substance Use
August 6, 2024
On Tuesday, Aug. 6, alum Dr. Joshua Salaam ‘20, Chaplain and Director of Muslim Life at Duke University, and Dr. Bilal Ansari, Director of HIU’s Islamic Chaplaincy Program, presented and responded at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C. on “The Impacts of Islamophobia and Substance Use Disorder on Muslim Communities.”
Faculty In The News
Journal of Interreligious Studies Releases New Issue
August 6, 2024
Dr. Lucinda Mosher, HIU’s professor of interreligious studies and senior editor of the Journal of Interreligious Studies (JIRS), is pleased to announce the release of JIRS Issue 42, the focus of which is the 19th Annual Engaging Particularities Conference hosted by the Boston College Theology Department in April 2022.
General HIU News
HIRR New Report Highlights Post-Pandemic Financial Landscape of US Congregations
July 17, 2024
Alumni News
MAP Alum Speaks at the United Nations as an Artist for Social Good
July 17, 2024
On Thursday, July 11, Master in International Peacebuilding alum Amar Al Moussawy '24 spoke for the United Nations at an event titled "Visions for Sustainable and Youth-Led Peace Ahead of the Peacebuilding Architecture Review 2025."
Faculty In The News
Dr. Lucinda Mosher Book Wins 1st Place Award in Interfaith Relations
July 15, 2024
The book With the Best of Intentions: Interreligious Misteps and Mistakes (Orbis 2023), co-edited by Dr. Lucinda Mosher, Director of HIU’s Master of Arts in Interreligious Studies program, along with Elinor J. Pierce and Dr. Or N. Rose, has received a First Place Award in the category of Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations from the Catholic Media Association (CMA).