The Mgrublian Center for Human Rights provides an educational experience that combines classroom and hands-on learning, activism, and research to foster in students a deeper understanding of human rights in their lives, and to prepare interested students for careers and postgraduate work in related professions. The Center hosts leading scholars and human rights activists, sponsors academic travel, internships, student-led task forces, research projects, and supports local and global campaigns, thereby advancing the cause of human rights more broadly while helping students develop the ethical commitments and leadership qualities necessary to identify, prevent, and overcome human rights abuses in today’s world.
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On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, A Moment to Reflect on the Constitution
By Elizabeth Wydra ’98 The Constitution is occasionally amended and continually interpreted, and it still offers hope for the future. Living charter: The Constitution’s meaning has never been fixed; its promises depend on each generation’s willingness to...
Professor Heather Ferguson to Succeed Professor Wendy Lower as Center Director
By Thomas Rozwadowski Mission matters more than ever at the Mgrublian Center Margaret Mgrublian P’11 (left), Professor Jonathan Petropoulos, and Professor Wendy Lower celebrate at the 20th anniversary dinner commemorating the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights in April...
A Story of Struggle and Support: Ukrainian Disability Activists in Times of War
By Anna Romandash Nina Pakhomiuk is a human rights defender and a disability activist working together with the National Assembly of People with Disabilities of Ukraine. She is also the head of a civil society organization “Volyn Perspectives”, which she founded...
