College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Winter is Coming – Just How Bad Will it Be?
From analyzing long-range weather forecasts to reading signs in nature, UConn experts weigh in on what may be in store this winter.
Find Your Niche: A Day in the Life of Irma Valverde ’18
The way to carve your own niche at UConn is to get involved, says Valverde, president of the Undergraduate Student Government.
How Silly Putty is Like Bone
A physiology and neurobiology professor explains that the physical characteristics of both substances vary, based on how fast a force is applied on them.
Flocking to Storrs: A Birder’s Tour of Campus
From UCONN MAGAZINE: Ornithology professor Margaret Rubega said 'birds are everywhere.' Then she proved it.
Should the Vegas Mass Murder Be Memorialized?
'One of the real tensions is that by drawing attention to the killing, it also draws attention to the killer,' says geography professor Ken Foote, who has written a book about memorialization of place.
Our Calculator Will Guess How Many Healthy Years of Life You Have Left
We are living longer than ever. But for how many of those years will we be healthy?
Fueling the Future with Seaweed
UConn researchers are part of a federally funded project to boost seaweed production for use as a biofuel.
Op-ed: Gentrification? Bring it
Hartford will never become New York. But why not look to North Adams, Pittsburgh, or Columbus for examples of a different kind of gentrification?
Skype a Scientist
A program to engage schoolchildren in science has grown in 8 months from one graduate student in one UConn lab to thousands of scientists across 12 time zones and all 50 states.
Old Specimens, New Insights
In UConn’s Biodiversity Research Collections, scientists, like detectives, are discovering new information about species today, even from specimens collected decades ago.