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A collage of head shots of seven new professors who joined the UConn CLAS faculty in August.

New Faculty Members Join CLAS

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences welcomes seven talented scholars and educators to its faculty for the 2018-2019 academic year.

Holster Scholar presenters with Robert Holster '68 (CLAS), second from right, on September 25, 2017.

Holster Scholars Present on Topics from Cancer to Plastic to Aging

Eight ambitious students from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering conducted research that they began planning in their freshman year at UConn.

Beckman Scholar Brock Chimileski ’17 (CLAS), left, alongside mentors Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neurobiology Alex Jackson and Ph.D. student Laura Mickelsen.

Beckman Scholars Program Prepares Research Leaders

The national scholarship program provides immersive research experiences to outstanding undergraduates majoring in the biological sciences or chemistry.

Will Ouimet, assistant professor of geography, and Katharine Johnson, a PhD. student, look over old maps of New England. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Seven Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards for Research, Education

Seven faculty members have received highly competitive early career awards from the National Science Foundation to support their research. Two more were recognized by the Office of Naval Research.

Patrick Hogan head shot

Patrick Hogan Named Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor

Hogan, a professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is an influential writer who specializes in literary universals and the relations between narrative and emotion.

CLAS Invests Three New Endowed Chairs

Professor of English Brenda Brueggemann, Professor of Economics Stephen Ross, and Professor of History Manisha Sinha were recognized at a ceremony on Wednesday, April 5.

dying swamp

Louisiana Wetlands Sea-Level Rise Four Times the Global Average

Without major efforts to rebuild Louisiana’s wetlands, there is little chance that the coast will be able to withstand the accelerating rate of sea-level rise, according to a new study co-authored by researchers at UConn and Tulane University.

A candle burning.

In Memoriam: Ralph Porter Collins, Emeritus Professor of Biology

Collins retired from UConn in 1989 as a full professor and head of the botony section.

From left to right, English Ph.D. candidates Melissa Rohrer, George Moore, and Reme Bohlin. (Sydney Lauro/UConn Photo)

Shakespeare in Context: Player, Author, Imposter

On September 9, three English Ph.D. candidates gave presentations at the event "Shakespeare: Player, Author, Imposter," which painted a picture of who Shakespeare really was and why we are still reading his work 400 years after his death.

English and history dual-major Helen Stec '18 (CLAS). (Sydney Lauro/UConn Photo)

A Summer with Mark Twain

This summer, Helen Stec '18 (CLAS) interned at the Mark Twain House in Downtown Hartford, assisting the museum's education department in creating and facilitating educational programs for visiting students.