This year, the University celebrates its 30th anniversary of the International Festival, which promotes cultural diversity and intercultural learning. The University’s International Center has a long tradition of helping international students both socially and academically.
The University of Hartford will host a screening of the film, "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin," on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 19. That will be followed that evening by a panel discussion of the issues involved in Civil Rights Movement, as well as the personal issues facing this openly gay black man.
Misty Copeland, the first black ballerina in two decades to be a soloist at the American Ballet Theatre, took time to teach a class at the University of Hartford’s Hartt School dance studios.
