College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Timothy "Scott" Case 92 (ENG), co-founder of Priceline.com speaks to students to kick off UConn's “Month of Discovery.” (Lucie Turkel/UConn Photo)

Priceline.com Alum Ushers In ‘Month of Discovery’

“When you are looking to start a company, you have to be curious about the problem the company will solve and if there is really a need for it,” said Timothy "Scott" Case, ’92 (ENG).

A view of the US Capitol building on a gray and stormy day

Talking Impeachment, Politics, and Elections with David Yalof

American politics expert David Yalof talks about the politics of impeachment throughout American history.

Black and white photo showing a crowd of people listening to speakers in front of the UConn Student Union in 1969

‘Day-Glo and Napalm’ Exhibition Looks Back at UConn Activism

An exhibit on display at the Dodd Center looks back on the turbulent years of Vietnam-era protest at UConn.

Illustration of world map.

For This Ocean Dweller, Ability to Respond to Warming Waters is About Location

Our knowledge about species adaption patterns is mainly from animals living on land. In a new study, UConn scientists take a look at animals in ocean currents.

A group of a dozen students sit and two lecturers stand against a South African landscape

UConn to Offer Tropical Studies Courses in South Africa

The courses will cover the country’s ecosystems, history and culture from the Skukuza Field Station in Kruger National Park.

A man with gray hair stands alone in a large room filled with long tables, each one holding many different chess boards

How Our Brains Cope with the Constancy of Change

Objects and people change around us constantly, and yet we can still identify them. How our brain keeps track of that is a mystery for which a UConn scientist and his students proposed a novel solution.

Computer simulated evolution of a C60 molecule at 0, 60 and 240 femto seconds after the X-ray flash. (Zoltan Jurek/Submitted Photo)

How Molecular Soccer Balls Burst in an X-ray Laser Beam

The results mean it will be easier than expected to capture X-ray images of biological molecules, says Nora Berrah of UConn.

A worker at Norm Bloom & Son Oysters offloads shellfish harvested from the company’s beds in Norwalk harbor.

CT Sea Grant Leads National Aquaculture Projects

Connecticut Sea Grant will lead two major new aquaculture initiatives and be a key contributor to two additional projects in the National Sea Grant’s $16 million award program for collaborative aquaculture projects. The awards, announced by National Sea Grant last week, will fund 42 research projects nationwide aimed at advancing sustainable aquaculture in the United […]

A woman, her face controted in anger, leans over a desk, staring at a laptop computer open in front of her

Op-Ed: ‘Always Sticking to Your Convictions’ Sounds Like a Good Thing – But It Isn’t

People’s convictions reflect the kind of person they aspire to be, and as a result they are ready to make all sorts of sacrifices for them – including sacrificing the facts and logic if need be.

A maze of colored mosaic tiles at UConn Avery Point, part of the new cognitive garden at the campus

Cognitive Garden Takes Root at UConn Avery Point

A brand-new garden at UConn Avery Point is designed to help children learn through using experience.