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Certificates, Degrees, and Prizes Awarded During 2025 Graduation
May 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 Degree
May 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 Lecture
April 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.
General HIU News
Shirley Dudley Continues Late Husband's Legacy at HIU
April 10, 2025
With the consent of former professor Carl S. Dudley’s widow, Shirley Dudley, the New Horizons Scholarship Fund—a fund established in his honor upon his retirement in 2003—merged this year with the Carl S. Dudley Scholarship Fund, created by his family after his passing in 2009. The fund supports individuals interested in studying congregational life in either the MA or D.Min. programs.
Faculty In The News
Journal of Interreligious Studies Releases New Issue
April 2, 2025
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 45.