Author Archive
Senior’s Retelling of Folktales Headed to Stage
'There’s something exhilarating about having a script out and watching the actors play and work with it. There have been times I’ve forgotten that I had anything to do with writing it'
Children’s Book Author, Soon-To-Be Grad Sees Value in Experience
Having grown up in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, Luisana Duarte Armendáriz ’26 Ph.D. straddled the line between languages, cultures, and national borders
Two-Day Puerto Rican Summit Aims for Change
Puerto Rico: Puerto Ricans in Connecticut, sponsored by UConn’s Puerto Rican Studies Initiative for Community Engagement and Public Policy (UConnPRSI), was held March 20-21
Surviving Adversity Comes From Daily Choices
'We all will experience hardship, and what’s important is how you respond to it'
‘None of us can escape aging’: Doctoral Project Looks at Getting Older in Northeastern CT
Asmita Aasaavari immersed herself in ethnographic research and slowly built relationships for her dissertation, which this year received support from a fellowship through the UConn Humanities Institute
Study: Sympathy Works Best on Health Warnings
UConn professor's research pit narrative versus nonnarrative pictorial warning labels against one another and measured their emotive effects
Honors Thesis Asks Thoughts on Man-or-Bear Question, Tries to Assess Outside Influences
The survey asked five demographic questions and five research-based questions, including how the person feels about the trend, whether the question makes them feel validated or scapegoated, and if the debate accurately reflects real-world issues
‘Love Is Not a Plan’
UConn researcher talks about the different forms that caregiving can take, the result of absent social safety nets, and how ableism permeates the culture
More Than Disease: Art Major with Goal of Becoming MD Humanizes Patients on Canvas
‘People make this crazy distinction between art and science, but they’re really just two sides of the same coin to me’
UConn Faculty, Alum Help Bring Story of Tortured Renaissance Composer to Life
'Death of Gesualdo,' which premieres in the U.S. on Feb. 13 in New York City, is being staged as a tableau vivant, in which the actors strike poses to tell a story