College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
‘Trash Talk’ Really Can Put Players Off Their Game, UConn Researcher Finds
A study of 200 adults conducted by a graduate student confirmed the ability of trash talk to negatively affect the game performance of a competitor.
Summer Undergraduate Researcher Grace Nichols ’20 (CLAS)
"A topic you might learn about in one slide or one lecture, you are now going in depth on and on the front lines," says Grace Nichols '20 (CLAS).
Running the Show at ‘NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt’
As executive producer of 'NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt,' Suozzo, a former dancer, says she directs each episode as if it were a ballet.
OVPR Announces Research Excellence Awards
The primary goal of the REP is to provide seed funding to fuel innovative research, scholarship, and creative endeavors with strong potential for significant extramural funding and/or achievements consistent with the highest standards of accomplishment in the discipline.
Summer Undergraduate Researcher Christian Connors ’20 (CLAS)
'With insects, there is this hidden guild of organisms that are secretly controlling insect numbers,' says Christian Connors, who is conducting research on insect parasitoids.
In Memoriam: Brian Jones, State Archaeologist
Jones, a professor of anthropology, received his Ph.D. in anthropology at UConn and led the Office of the State Archaeologist for five years.
The American Jewish Year Book, a Record for Posterity
Emeritus professor of sociology Arnold Dashefsky, co-author of the year book, discusses the importance of keeping records on the Jewish population in America, and the challenges of updating the publication.
Horseshoe Crabs – The Fortunate Ones?
The horseshoe crab has persisted, unchanged, for hundreds of millions of years. But now, its survival is threatened by the harvesting of its prized baby-blue blood. A team at UConn seeks to map its DNA and save it from extinction.
Summer Undergraduate Researcher Sarah Baker ’20 (CLAS)
Baker, a SURF award recipient, is researching the eastern red-backed salamander, which is found in woodlands close to the Storrs campus.
Opportunities Exist to Restore Tropical Rainforests – Here’s How We Mapped Them
Using high-resolution satellite imagery and the latest peer-reviewed research, experts integrated information about four benefits from forest restoration: biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation and water security.