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A compilation of headshots of Sakeena Everett, Alexandra Freidus, and Grace Player.

Three Neag School Faculty Members Receive Spencer Foundation Grants to Support Equity Research

Sakeena Everett, Alexandra Freidus, and Grace Player recently received the competitive awards, which support transformative, methodologically rigorous education research projects that help create a better, more equitable society. 

Puppets Nico, CJ, and Mena.

Feel Your Best Self Collaborative Project Nominated for Kidscreen Award

'These are like the Oscars for kid’s programming': Educational toolkit built to address children's emotional challenges is recognized in the 'Best Web/App Series—Original' category

Devin M. Kearns uses a lightboard during a lecture

Neag School Faculty Member Appointed to New York City Literacy Advisory Council

Devin M. Kearns, associate professor of special education, has dedicated his career to researching reading disabilities such as dyslexia

D. Betsy McCoach

Neag School Researcher Named a Distinguished Scholar by the National Association for Gifted Children

D. Betsy McCoach’s areas of expertise uniquely combine gifted education and quantitative methodology

Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead

Neag School Researcher Named Co-Editor-In-Chief of Prestigious Evaluation Journal

Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead is serving a three-year term leading New Directions for Evaluation

Group Of Elementary School Pupils Sitting On Floor In Classroom

Helping Schools Put ‘Whole Child’ into Policy and Practice

The UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health launches “WSCC blueprints” to help schools implement the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model.

A view of the School of Nursing with Wilbur Cross in the background.

Three New Faculty Members Join the School of Nursing

This fall, the School is welcoming two new tenure-track and one new clinical faculty members.

A student teacher reads with students

Neag School Sees Increase in Enrollment, Diversity of Students in Teacher Education Programs

Since 2017, the number of students of color has more than doubled in the Neag School's Teacher Certification Program for College Graduates and increased by 33% in the Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s Teacher Education Program.

School of Nursing graduates

School of Nursing Graduates 107 Bachelor of Science Students, Honors 91 Master’s and Doctoral Candidates

For the first time since 2019, UConn School of Nursing held its May commencement ceremony at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts

Sharon Casavant

Nurse Researcher Receives $15,000 Grant from UConn InCHIP to Investigate Inherited Stress in Black Mothers and Preterm Infants

The two-year award will allow Sharon Casavant to examine perceived discrimination, neighborhood vulnerability, and stress among 35 mother-infant pairs