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Complex Math Visuals are This Researcher’s Handiwork
Visuals can help students learn complex math, says David Nichols at UConn. Just not ones he has drawn by hand.
From IDEA to Implementation
Students who received IDEA grants displayed and explained their projects to their peers and to the public at the IDEA Grant Year-end Showcase.
Wait, Who’s Teaching That Class?
Who knew that UConn faculty and staff had so many celebrity look-alikes? Check out the best of the best UConn celebrity doppelgängers.
Meet Ama Appiah – USG President
'I want to make sure every student reaches their maximum potential academically, socially, research-wise, and in any way I can,' says the newly elected president of UConn's Undergraduate Student Government.
Spider Silk Key to New Bone-Fixing Composite
A UConn materials science team has developed an innovative composite for healing broken load-bearing bones based on a protein found in the silk fibers spun by spiders.
Republicans More Persuasive than Scientists on Climate Change
Regardless of political affiliation, people are more likely to believe facts about climate change when they come from Republicans speaking against what has become a partisan interest in this country, says a new UConn study.
Overcoming Bias About Music Takes Work
A new study has found that simply being told a performer is a professional or a student changes the way the brain responds to music, and it takes a deliberate effort to overcome this bias.
Retired Business Professor Resumes Pursuit of Art
Through many years of teaching accounting, much-loved professor Dick Kochanek never forgot his teenage dream of being an artist.
Submarine Engineers Simulate Real-Time Conditions to Test Key Components
The new method to test vibrating, manufactured components includes a mathematical model that simulates the rest of the ship and the surrounding ocean.