Author Archive: Christine Buckley, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• April 24, 2013 Four UConn Students Selected as National Science Foundation Fellows Three seniors and a second-year graduate student have been awarded 2013 Graduate Research Fellowships by the NSF for work in the STEM disciplines.
• April 24, 2013 Asian American Studies Professor Earns National Honor Cathy Schlund-Vials is being honored in part for her work on the Cambodian-American experience as portrayed by artists.
• April 22, 2013 New Geochemical Method Highlights Links Between Terrestrial Climate and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide In a new study led by UConn’s Michael Hren, evidence from 34 million years ago lend weight to predictions of future profound climate change.
• April 22, 2013 Covering Newtown Panelists, including one of the first journalists on the scene and the police spokesperson, discussed their experience of covering the Sandy Hook tragedy as it unfolded.
• April 22, 2013 Science Students Win National Goldwater Scholarship, Honorable Mention Ragini Phansalkar ’14 (CLAS & ENG) has won a national Goldwater Scholarship, and Nicholas Gallo ’14 (CLAS) earned an honorable mention for the prize.
• April 19, 2013 Students Earn First University Professional Development Certificate The certificate, recognizing attendance at four or more career events in a year, signals to employers that students are well prepared for the marketplace.
• April 15, 2013 Liberal Arts and Sciences Hosts First Alumni College Experience Alumni from around the Northeast gathered on campus last week for a day of talks by prominent faculty members.
• April 9, 2013 Anthropology Graduate Student Awarded Marie Curie Fellowship Ph.D. student Phil Glauberman has won a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship from the European Commission for archaeological research in Armenia and Turkey.
• April 8, 2013 UConn Hosts High School Science Olympiad Five hundred students from high schools across the state competed in science activities on campus this weekend.
• April 2, 2013 Linguistics Students Earn National Honors Two graduate students have received awards from the Linguistic Society of America, including the top honor, the Bloch Fellowship, given to Troy Messick.
• March 14, 2013 A Historian’s Perspective on Cod Fishing’s Drastic Downturn Avery Point professor Matthew McKenzie says the decline in fish stocks is not new, but it is on a scale not previously seen.