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Suddenly it Happened: Answering the Call for Climate Leadership

Two UConn environmental leaders applaud President Obama’s hoped-for stand on climate change.

Jae-Eun Joo is Director of Online Programs at the Neag School of Education. (Shawn Kornagay/UConn Photo)

Implementing High Quality Online Education at the Neag School

Jae-Eun Joo hopes to position UConn's Neag School of Education at the center of an online content and resources superhighway.

ACSM's Guidelines for Exercising Testing and Prescription

Latest Edition of Widely Used Exercise Guidelines Edited by UConn Fitness Expert

The American College of Sports Medicine's handbook is considered the 'international gold standard' for exercise professionals.

Former men's basketball player Emeka Okafor, with children at the Clark Elementary School in Hartford, after announcing his $250,000 gift to the Husky Sport program. In the back row, at left, is Lashika James, a paraprofessional at the school. Husky Sport, developed by kinesiology professor Jennifer Bruening, uses UConn students as mentors in nutrition and life skills, and encourages children to take part in sports and physical activities.

Donation Takes Okafor’s Legacy Beyond UConn Sports Record Books

Former UConn basketball player Emeka Okafor has made a second donation to the Husky Sport program, which mentors Hartford schoolchildren.

Neag students show their excitement to be in Paris for the Study Abroad Program. (Photo courtesy of Alan Marcus)

Helping Future Teachers Develop Global Literacy Skills

The Neag School’s David Moss is a champion for the global literacy skills teachers and their students will need.

UCoUConn science Wizard and future physics teacher Peter Dufner '12 (CLAS), '13 MA, right, helps an Illing Middle School 8th grader test his poly putty. (Cathy Torrisi/UConn Photo)

UConn Students Bring the Magic of Science to Middle Schools

A group of graduate and undergraduate students spent three weeks giving hands-on polymer chemistry demonstrations at 12 Connecticut schools.

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Spring 2013 ‘Faculty Large Grant’ Award Recipients

The Research Foundation’s Faculty Large Grant competition aims to help scholars better position themselves to apply for and receive extramural funding.

McNair scholars Luis Organista, ’14 (CANR), left, Angelina Hernandez ’14 (CLAS), Robert Stickels ’15 (CLAS) and Tiahna Spencer ’15 (CLAS) at the Wilbur Cross Buildin.. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Summertime is Research Time for McNair Scholars

This summer, four undergraduates are conducting original research and taking classes to build their skills for graduate study, as UConn's first McNair Scholars.

Health Center Grants, May 2013

The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center’s Office of Research Administration and Finance in May 2013. The list represents new awards as well as continuations and is supplied to UConn Today by the Office of Research Administration and Finance. Federal Alessi, S. Prize Contingency Management for Cocaine-Dependent Methadone Patients National Institute on […]

Health Center Grants, April 2013

The following grants were received through the UConn Health Center’s Office of Research Administration and Finance in April 2013. The list represents new awards as well as continuations and is supplied to UConn Today by the Office of Research Administration and Finance. Federal Bansal, R. Role of ERK1/ERK2 Map Kinase in Myelin National Institute of […]