College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Speaking the Same Language for Deaf Children of Hearing Parents
A new UConn research project will track the acquisition of signed and spoken language by young deaf children whose parents are hearing to help bridge development gaps.
December 16, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
A Bug Life
A multi-sensory glimpse inside the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology's vast Biodiversity Research Collection.
December 16, 2019 | Julie (Stagis) Bartucca '10 (BUS, CLAS), '19 MBA
UConn Receives $3M Gift For Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Research
An anonymous donor has gifted $3 million to endow two new research positions in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
December 12, 2019 | Grace Merritt, UConn Foundation
Battling Climate Anxiety with Knowledge
A new course at UConn aims to explore and define what it means to be alive in a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene.
December 10, 2019 | Elaina Hancock
UConn Study: Wing Genes Responsible for Tiny Treehopper’s Extraordinary Helmet
A study by UConn researchers sheds new light on how the distinctive "helmets" of treehopper insects evolved.
December 9, 2019 | Jaclyn Severance
Finding Courage in Madrid: A Personal Reflection
UConn Professor Mark Urban reflects on what's changed - and what hasn't - in five years of attending United Nations climate conferences.
December 9, 2019 | Mark Urban, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
UConn Alums Want You to ‘Roast’ Them
Three members of UConn's class of 2019 are about to launch a card game they developed while students on campus.
December 4, 2019 | Claire Hall
It’s a(n American) Girl Thing
The venerable American Girl doll collection provides the inspiration for a popular podcast by two historians who received their doctorates at UConn.
December 4, 2019 | Julie (Stagis) Bartucca '10 (BUS, CLAS), '19 MBA
Researchers: Look at factors outside the family that cause child neglect
UConn researchers say that looking beyond family dynamics to larger social factors may inform policy makers looking to reduce instances of child neglect.
December 2, 2019 | Kenneth Best
Where’s the Beef?
UConn alum oversees Burger King's roll out of the meatless patty.
November 28, 2019 | Eric Butterman, freelance writer