General HIU News

Hartford Seminary Welcomes Katy O'Leary as Director of Executive and Professional Education

March 16, 2021

Katy O’Leary is joining Hartford Seminary as Director of Executive and Professional Education. She will guide, develop, and grow programs responding to a growing demand for interreligious understanding to support organizations’ religiously diverse workforces, clients, patients, and students.

Faculty In The News, General HIU News

EPIC Project Beginning Outreach to Congregations on COVID Impact

March 15, 2021

The EPIC project – Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations: Innovation Amidst and Beyond COVID-19 – has a $300,000 planning grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. that allows it to prepare for a major research effort ahead.

General HIU News

Dr. Hossein Kamaly, Holder of Imam Ali Chair, Calls Pope's Iraq Visit a 'Seminal Moment'

March 10, 2021

The first weekend in March 2021 marked a seminal moment in Muslim-Christian relations and interreligious understanding, as His Holiness Pope Francis met Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani in Najaf Ashraf, Iraq

Faculty In The News

Dr. Bilal Ansari to Speak on Panel: 'Christian Nationalism: How It Harms Us All'

March 8, 2021

Dr. Bilal Ansari will join an interfaith panel to discuss “Christian Nationalism: How It Harms Us All” from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 18, an event organized by the Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ.

General HIU News

Seminary Welcomes Back Jennifer E. Schimmel as Development Associate

March 4, 2021

Hartford Seminary welcomes Jennifer E. Schimmel, who worked in our Development Office from 2003 to 2006, back to the Seminary as Development Associate. She will work closely with Chief Operations Officer Ann Crawford and Perry Davis Associates, our fundraising consultants.

General HIU News

Seminary Mourns Passing of Dr. Joseph Duffey, Famed for Anti-War Senate Campaign

March 2, 2021

Dr. Joseph Duffey, who attended and taught at Hartford Seminary and launched a legendary anti-war Senate campaign in the early 70s, has passed away at the age of 88.

General HIU News

Sarah Brown Hired as Project Director for Grant to Study COVID Impact

March 2, 2021

Hartford Seminary and the Hartford Institute for Religion Research welcome Sarah Brown as the project director for the new Lilly Endowment funded project, Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations (EPIC): Innovation Amidst and Beyond COVID-19.

Faculty In The News

Dr. Patricia Tevington Joins HIRR as Postdoctoral Research Fellow

March 2, 2021

The Hartford Institute for Religion Research at Hartford Seminary is pleased to welcome Dr. Patricia Tevington as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, where she will be leveraging her qualitative and quantitative skills as part of the new project, Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations (EPIC): Innovation Amidst and Beyond COVID-19.

Faculty In The News

Dr. Deena Grant to Speak at Rabbinical Assembly Convention

February 25, 2021

Deena Grant, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, will speak on March 1, 2021, at the Rabbinical Assembly Convention, an annual meeting of the International Association of Conservative Rabbis.

Alumni News

Seminary Mourns Passing of the Most Rev. Dr. Lorraine Bouffard, MA and D.Min.

February 18, 2021

The Hartford Seminary community mourns the passing of the Most Rev. Dr. Lorraine J. Bouffard, 80, on Jan. 31, 2021.

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